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MotoX Nutrition TEAM 5A Wins BAJA Class 25
Quad Magazine Associate Editor Nick Nelson
and his team finally get the big "W" that has
been eluding them for nine long years. After the
biggest display of rule enforcement by Score
International to date, the 5A Suzuki QuadRacer
R450 went from an unofficial 3rd place finish to
a solid 1st place, finishing forty minutes ahead
of the 2nd place American Honda team of Wayne
Matlock.
The 5A team was the only team in the Class 25
Premiere ATV class that did not receive
penalties for cutting the course or speeding on
the highway. Nick Nelson, Brandon Brown, and
Josh Edwards rode their nearly stock-motored
QuadRacer R450 to a finish in 10 hours and 26
minutes.
“We had a near flawless day—our Suzuki
QuadRacer R450 ran solid from start to the
finish," said Quad Magazine's Nick Nelson.
"Every team member did their job; no one
crashed, broke anything, or did anything outside
the Score rulebook. Kenney Sanford of S&S
Motorsports did an excellent job prepping our
bike for this brutal race. Our Maxxis tires with
TireBalls performed flawlessly with no flats
allowing us to concentrate on merely gassing and
inspecting the machine in every pit. Our CT
exhaust powered, FOX/Walsh suspended Suzuki just
kept taking the abuse like we needed it to. We
are also extremely excited to deliver Suzuki its
first ever Pro win at any SCORE Baja event!"
“We would love to thank our sponsors and pit
crew, who have stuck by us for a decade worth of
trying. Special thanks to Paulina Nelson, Allen
Knowles, Alberto “Chino” Wong, Ron Edwards, Bill
Nelson, Big Frank, Brad Aboltin, Gabe Castillo,
Kenney Sanford and Jason Greenhaw. We’d also
like to thank quadmagazine.com, Suzuki, CT
Racing, S&S Motorsports, Fox Racing Shox, Walsh
Racecraft, Precision Stabilizers, Maxxis, Hyper
Wheels, PWR , Blingstar Industries, FASSTCO,
K&N, Galfer, Spider Grips, PCI Race Radios, UPP,
Dobech, TireBalls, IMS Products, PRM-ATV,
Clarke, Moto X Nutrition, Trail Tech and Klim
Technical Gear.”
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