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Cobra Mini Quads – Led By Dylan Bradford - Sweep
GNCC Series’ 90cc 11-15 Modified Class O/A
Podium!
Cobra ECX70 racers Josh Merritt (2nd) and
Kyle Riley (3rd) join Bradford on overall box in
the GNCC Series’ 90cc 11-15 Modified class
Cobra Podium Sweep photo: (L to R) Sam Parr
(3rd), Dylan Bradford (1st) and Josh Merritt
(2nd) at the John Penton GNCC |
HILLSDALE, Mich., (Nov. 8, 2007) – Cobra’s ECX70
mini quads picked up in the finals of the Can-Am
Grand National Cross Country Series, aka the
“GNCCs,” right where they left off in Moose
Racing ATVA Motocross Series, sweeping the
overall podium in the premier 90cc 11-15
Modified class.
Leading the charge on the little red rippin’
Cobra ECX70s was Canton, Ohio’s Dylan Bradford.
With five wins, three 2nd place finishes and a
3rd in the 11 GNCC youth ATV races Bradford
topped the field with 157 points. Rounding out
the 90cc 11-15 Modified class podium on their
Cobra ECX70s were Josh Merritt (Akron, Ohio) and
Kyle Riley (Elkins, W.Va.) in 2nd and 3rd,
respectively.
“We couldn’t have planned it any better on paper
to start the season,” said Sean Hilbert,
President of Cobra Motorcycles. “Cobra’s mini
quads are in their second full year of
competition and, as we stated to the press when
we first released the mini quads (“showroom
floor directly to the podium”), they’ve backed
up our claim in both the quick-sprinting ATVA
Motocross Series and now in the demanding
endurance test of the GNCCs.”
Dylan Bradford |
Bradford, much like Cobra’s Walker Fowler last
year, was the 90cc 11-15 Modified class’ elite
racer. Case-in-point: At one race this summer
Bradford was run into a tree as soon as the mini
quads hit the woods following the start. He was
able to re-fire his wounded ECX70 and came back
out of the woods in dead last place. After the
next 5.5 mile lap he’d worked his way up to 3rd
place and by the end of the next lap he’d put
two minutes between himself and the 2nd place
quad!
“And he did that on a box stock Cobra 70cc
motor, no porting or any other modifications,”
added Gary Bradford, Dylan’s father and chief
mechanic. “The Cobra ECX70 is the fastest mini
quad on the planet. And it stood up in the most
horrible conditions you could imagine that these
kids race in. Wide open for an hour through mud,
sand, dust, rocks and water and we didn’t have a
single pit stop or mechanical issue all season
long.”
Rounding out the top five in overall points in
the GNCC 90cc 11-15 Modified class were Cobra
ECX70 racers Jerry Welch (Oakland, Md.) in 4th
and Seth Mumford (Crooksville, Ohio) in 5th.
For all the Cobra results from the GNCCs, link
to:
www.gnccracing.com
About Cobra
Motorcycles
Cobra, founded in 1993, produces the most
successful line of competition mini cycles and
mini quads in the United States with more than
100 national titles in the last decade. Based
out of Hillsdale, Mich., Cobra's mission is to
build premium products for the serious racer.
For more information on Cobra products, please
visit our website at
www.cobramotorcycle.com.
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