SAN JUAN COUNTY — The Bureau of Land Management will investigate whether all-terrain vehicle riders broke rules when they raced at Glade Run Recreation Area last weekend.
Between 30 and 40 ATV riders held an organized race on trails designated for mountain bikes Sunday, said San Juan County Undersheriff Mark McCloskey.
Mountain bikers and ATV riders clashed, with one biker accusing an ATV rider of driving over his bicycle and ATV riders accusing bikers of blocking their race course with rocks, McCloskey said. No one was ticketed or arrested.
“It appeared it got rather heated between the two groups,” …Â Details
Springfield’s Tim Wilkerson, driver of the Levi, Ray & Shoup Shelby Mustang Funny Car, can approach this weekend’s National Hot Rod Association AC Delco Gatornationals at Gainesville, Fla., with the confidence that comes from last season’s success.
Despite failing to qualify for this season’s opener at Pomona, Calif., Wilkerson’s third-place finish at Phoenix actually put him ahead of his 2008 pace …. Details
Some achievements in sports don’t elicit beer-commercial offers or calls from advertising firms or publishing agents.
Take Ron Capps, for example, who recently was introduced as having the most victories of any funny-car drag racer without winning an NHRA championship.
After an awkward moment, Capps responded the best way he could. He talked about …Â Details
All week the weather reports forecasted a weekend filled with wind and rain, but as the weekend rolled around the sun was shining on Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, CA for the opening round of the ITP Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship series presented by Parts Unlimited. Some teams arrived on Thursday to take advantage of the regular open practice but the space was being filling quickly by Friday night as many of the country’s top professional riders made their way across the country for the first race of the season.
Even with a struggling economy, there was no shortage of support from various manufactures …Â Details