Dirt Wheels - June 2014

selves Bombardier, came out with a new 4x4, and we put their Traxter 500 in a shootout against Suzuki’s Quadrunner 500 4x4. Not everyone was crazy about the Traxter’s step-through design in front of the seat.

That model didn’t last very long in Can-Am’s lineup, but they continued to be innovative with the models that followed.

The June 1999 issue also included a shootout between Honda’s 300EX and Yamaha’s Warrior 350, an ATV T-shirt buyer’s guide, and a special report on a project Honda TRX470R two-stroke. It was basically a 250R with a bored-and-stroked engine from a Honda Pilot 400. We concluded that it was the quickest single-cylinder, naturally aspirated quad we had ever ridden.

2014 RACE SCHEDULE
ATV NATIONAL MX

March 22-23 ... Aonia Pass MX, Washington, GA April 5-6Muddy Creek Raceway, Blountville, TN May 17-18... High Point Raceway, Mt. Morris, PA May 31-June 1.........Sunset Ridge MX, Walnut, IL June 14-15.................. Briarcliff MX, Nashport, OH June 28-29........... Spring Creek MX, Millville, MN July 12-13 Unadilla Motorsports, New Berlin, NY July 26-27 .................Red Bud MX , Buchanan, MI August 9-10.. Loretta Lynn’s, Hurricane Mills, TN

WORCS

www.worcsracing.com

*Beau Baron, TRX450R.............................. Taft, CA **RJ Anderson, RZR XP 1000

*David Haagsma, TRX450R ................ Primm, NV **Beau Baron, RZR XP 1000

*Beau Baron, TRX450R............. Lake Havasu, AZ **Mitch Guthrie Jr., RZR XP 1000

April 11-13......................................... Hurricane, UT May 9-13.......................................... Ridgecrest, CA July 11-13 .................................................... Pala, CA Aug. 1-3 .........................................Straddeline, WA Sept. 12-14............................. San Bernardino, CA Oct. 17-19................................................. Primm, NV *ATV winner **UTV winner

GNCC

www.gnccracing.com

*Chris Borich, LT-R450 ........................ Blunnell, FL 4X4 Kevin Trantham, Renegade 800R *Walker Fowler, YFZ450R .......... Washington GA 4X4 Jordan Phillips, Renegade 800R **John Yokley, RZR XP 900

March 29 ................. Steel Creek, Morganton, NC April 12 ................................... Big Buck, Union, SC April 26 ......... Loretta Lynn’s, Hurricane Mills, TN May 10 ...................Limestone 100, Springville, IN May 24 ........ Mountaineer Run, Masontown, WV June 7 ........................... John Penton, Millfield, OH June 21 ........................ Snowshoe, Snowshoe, WV September 6 ................. Unadilla, New Berlin, NY September 20 ..................................................... TBA October 4...... Powerline Park, St. Clairsville, OH October 25................Ironman, Crawfordsville, IN *ATV winner **UTV winner

BORICH GOING FOR HISTORY

Suzuki LT-R450 rider Chris Borich has tied Barry Hawk’s all-time win record for the ATV Pro class in the GNCC series with 68. Sometime this year, Borich will most likely break that record, as well as extend it to who knows how high. However, guys like Walker Fowler and Adam McGill may have something to say about that. You can watch all the races this year live on www.racertv.com.

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15 YEARS AGO IN DIRT WHEELS

On the front cover of our June 1999 issue, we featured a KFX250 two-stroke quad that was put together by Kawasaki’s racing team. It was a prototype of what was supposed to be a new production model that you could buy. However, a change in plans put the project on hold indefinitely.