TeamVRM.com's Roy Horton Gets to Know the Dirt Personally at the Albany, NY Toyota AMA Arenacross

11/17/2006

Waukesha, WI (Nov. 16th, 2006)  - Round two of the 2006/2007 Toyota AMA Arenacross series proved to be more difficult than the first for Roy Horton.  Showing solid speed all day didn’t result in the desired finishes as laying on the dirt in Albany will slow any rider down.

 

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

 

Friday Lites:

Roy began this moto by finding himself on the ground. Marred in the back of the pack.  He quickly worked up to sixth place and saw the leaders were checked out.  Roy stated, “The Albany track was the softest dirt I’ve ever rode on for Arenacross.  It seemed like here were ruts deeper than outdoors.  In the Rhythm section you just pick a line in the beginning and rode it out, as with the ruts you couldn’t change lines in the jumps.  The ruts were so bad only a few guys could even jump the catapult during the main event   I didn’t the whole race and ended up seventh.  I wasn’t a big fan of the track but everyone had to ride it so it’s still fair racing.

 

Friday Arenacross:

Roy commented, “Poor starts and crashes.   I wasn’t happy about this performance. “

 

Saturday Lites:

Roy was back in the main event and he continued to know the track personally.  Roy noted, “Let’s start by saying CCE worked extremely hard to make the track more race able by drying it out all Friday night.   It was much better but my over anxiousness put me down again.  11^th place in the main.   Obviously I feel I can do better but need to prove it to everyone.”

 

Saturday Arenacross:

Roy did not qualify for the night program.   In the LCQ he was running third with a right hand 180-turn approaching and Horton hugged the inside right next to the tuf block.  Unfortunately another rider couldn’t stop and torched Roy.  What an opportunity for Chad Johnson as Chad was running 5^th at the time with only 2 laps to pass the two crashed riders.  The Arenacross class is deep in talent.

 

Now Roy has the depressing cross country drive along with his other competitors to due battle in Sin City.  Let’s just say if Roy does well there we will all hear about it.  Track builders have commented that the dirt in Vegas is some of the best to work with.   Rumor also is that Tyler Evans (full time Supercross rider) will be making the Arenacross class even more competitive.

 

 

 

Next Event(s):  Roy will be competing in both classes at Las Vegas, NV

11/17/2006 - Livestock Events Center - Las Vegas - NV - USA

11/18/2006 - Livestock Events Center - Las Vegas - NV - 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

 

Albany, NY Race Results:

Date	POS	Class	Brand	Venue	State
11/11/2006	DNQ	Arenacross	Honda	Pepsi Arena	NY
11/11/2006	14	Arenacross Lites	Honda	Pepsi Arena	NY
11/10/2006	DNQ	Arenacross	Honda	Pepsi Arena	NY
11/10/2006	11	Arenacross Lites	Honda	Pepsi Arena	NY

 

 

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