The Zyp-Ty Husqvarna team did battle on the border last weekend as Cory Graffunder, David Kamo, Jamie Lanza, and Nick Burson competed in the Adelanto GP, the Hare & Hound, and the Tractor Hare Scrambles in Mexico.
Graffunder was the only Zip-Ty racer to claim victory over the weekend. Graffunder was able to win the Tractor Hare Scrambles, which was being billed as "the race."
"It was a really fun race," Cory said. "After racing the Tecate Enduro a couple months ago, I was all over the opportunity to come back to race in the same area.
"I was 4th off the line, but it was really hard to pass on the dusty single track trails. By the time I finally made it into second, Ivan Ramirez had all but checked out, putting a minute on me. I just took it easy and learned the trails on my first lap, then on the second lap I pushed harder and was able to catch and pass Ivan."
Zip-Ty Racing was also hoping to defend Ty Davis's status as the "King of Adelanto." David Kamo and Jamie Lanza stepped up to try and defend the title at the Adelanto GP, but couldn't manage to find the podium.
"I raced the Adelanto GP in the Open Pro class on my TXC250 practice bike," said Lanza. "Many of the top 10 WORCS riders were out, along with some local motocross talent and the course was very dusty as we had to play ‘follow the leader' through most of the off-road section. But my TXC250 is very fast and helped me keep pace with the 450s to a sixth place finish on Saturday."
Zip-Ty Racing also tried their hand at the National Hare & Hound series at Red Mountain. Kamo was back on the track again for the Hare & Hound, but was joined this time by Nick Burson. Dust was a big issue again at the Hare & Hound, and caused Burson to crash into a ravine.
"I didn't get the start I wanted when the banner dropped," said Burson. "I was in a lot of dust, but I think I was somewhere around top 10 before I hit a huge ditch. I tried to jump across… but didn't make it and it sent me over the bars. With a beat up bike and bruised body, I stayed at the ditch for a while slowing other riders down so they wouldn't crash, then rode back to the pits."
