The Ups and Downs of Toyota AMA Arenacross for TeamVRM.com's Roy Horton at Des Moines, IA

11/10/2006

Waukesha, WI (Nov. 10th, 2006)  - Roy Horton of Frankfurt, IL began the 2006/2007 Toyota AMA Arenacross series showing raw speed but ended up disappointed with his week one results in Des Moines, IA.  Roy began the weekend well by landing spots in both main events on Friday night but Saturday night would be one he would like to forget. 

 

Horton, riding his TEAMVRM.com / Nielsen / Honda Oils began his Friday well by winning his day qualifiers (due to some many competing riders) to be set for the night program in each class. 

 

Friday Lites:

Roy began this moto by finding himself on the ground.   Horton remounted and push up to fourth place with a little more than a third of the race to go.   An unexpected bike malfunction over the catapult jump caused Roy to eat the load.  Roy was beaten up but hobbled back to the pits for his Arenacross class ride.

 

Friday Arenacross:

Roy commented, “I made it to the main event but after that get off in the Lites class due to my bike locking up I was lucky to be racing this class.  I put in the ride but it was survival for me.”

 

Saturday Lites:

Roy didn’t race as his engine on his Lites bike was being repaired.

 

Saturday Arenacross:

Roy did not qualify for the night program.   To be automatically qualified for the night program you need to be in the top twelve in points and Roy finished 13^th on Friday.   His day qualifier he came in second to Robbie Reynard (Saturday night’s Arenacross champion) and only one was taken to the main event.   Roy said, “second to Reynard and not in the night show that is very disappointing.  I have to start focusing on Albany and not hang my head.”

 

Roy summed up the weekend as “All in all, it was an up and down weekend.  I know I’m fast and can qualify as I did Friday but the racing Gods weren’t on my side on Saturday.  I was able to show off my new ride this year and get some exposure for my sponsors.  Next weekend we’ll improve on this!”

 

 

Audio Interviews of Roy from Des Moines:

Roy Horton Interview 1

Roy Horton Interview 2

Roy Horton Interview 3

 

 

Next Event(s):  Roy will be competing in both classes at Albany, NY

11/10/2006 - Pepsi Arena - Albany - NY - USA

11/11/2006 - Pepsi Arena - Albany - NY - USA

 

 

Watch for the release of Roy’s Official web site coming soon.

 

 

Roy’s Sponsors:

TeamVRM.com, Nielsen, Honda Oils, Yoshimura, MB1, Efitness Academy, VRM, UFO, Pro Wheel Racing, Guts Racing, Decal Works, Regina, Renthal, Hot Cams, Ride Engineering, Uni Filter, Scott USA, Universal, Weapon MX, Stealth, Unbound Energy, Oxtar

 

Des Moines, IA Race Results:

Date	POS	Class	Brand	Venue	State
11/4/2006	DNQ	Arenacross	Honda	Wells Fargo Arena	IA
11/4/2006	DNS	Arenacross	Honda	Wells Fargo Arena	IA
11/3/2006	13	Arenacross	Honda	Wells Fargo Arena	IA
11/3/2006	14	Arenacross Lites	Honda	Wells Fargo Arena	IA

 

 

About TeamVRM.com: TeamVRM.com is a division of Virtually Real Motocross LLC (VRM), which was founded in 1999.  TeamVRM.com is a top-level professional rider support program, which was created by riders for riders of all ages and skill.  To learn more about VRM logon to www.VRMweb.com. 

 

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