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Teixeira Tech Racers
Come out on Top at Heartland Challenge 10 Hour
Tracy, CA (8/24/09) - Teixeira Tech (www.teixeiratech.com)
racers Duane Johnson and Michael Burrows battled
through an epic 10 hour race to stand on top of
the podium at the 2nd Annual Heartland Challenge
Endurance Race. No more than 3 minutes
separated the 1st and 2nd place teams through
out the entire 10 hours of racing. The Teixeira
Tech sponsored team of DirtWorksMotorsports.com
won by just over 2 minutes.
54 teams made the trek to Carlisle, IA to
compete in this year’s event and they were
greeted with perfect weather and a rugged
cross-country race track. Johnson and Burrows
joined with fellow Missouri racer Kyle Martin to
form the DirtWorksMotorsports.com team just
weeks before the event. Both ran similarly
prepped Honda TRX450Rs which where using
Teixeira Tech’s latest XC setup including the
Long Travel Linkage and +1 Maximum Ground
Clearance A-Arms. "It is so nice to be
able to get as good or better performance out of
the rear suspension on the Honda, without having
to run an after market swing arm", Johnson
commented. "The OEM swing arms are stronger and
lighter which makes the rear suspension work so
much better on a rough track like this."
For the first 9 hours and 10 minutes of the
race, DirtWorksMotorsports.com battled wheel to
wheel with the PRO teams of GBC Motorsports and
HMF Engineering, with 3 minutes being the
largest gap between 1st and 2nd place. As
the final hour of the race unfolded the team was
able to take control of the lead and pull off a
victory after 10:09:31 and 41 laps.
Teixeira Tech racer Josh Eaton took top
honors in the ProAm class with his Locked &
Loaded, Teixeira Tech, Dirt Works Motorsports,
team. Josh also ran Teixeira Tech’s +1 XC
a-arms and Long Travel Linkage. Eaton
joined up with Todd Senger and Bryan Hulsey as
the three man team won by over 8 minutes and
finished in 4th place overall.
Teixeira Tech provides the ATV industry with
unmatched handling and suspension components for
desert, xc & mx racing. Visit
www.teixeiraech.com to learn more about our
products or call (209) 833-9160
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