Team Öhlins Young Guns Qualify for MX Mains First Try at High Point

Courtesy of Ohlins

Team Öhlins Young Guns Qualify for MX Mains First Try at High Point


Hendersonville, North Carolina: On a fantastic day of learning and luck, at the 
AMA Lucas Oil Motocross Championship round at High Point Raceway, in Mount 
Morris, Pennsylvania, two of Team Öhlins three rookie riders qualified for the 
mains, with AJ Catanzaro earning the 36 spot on the grid and Garret Toth locking 
in position 39, in a field of 88 riders hoping to qualify for the 40 available 
gate positions of the Mains. 

The plan then was for each rider to move up throughout Moto #1, gaining improved 
positions for the start of Moto #2, and increasing chances of a points-paying 
finish. Each rider made measure of the plan, with Toth (#687) incredibly 
catapulting to a 24th-place finish, making up 15 positions from where he'd 
qualified. Catanzaro (330) nearly equaled that impressive performance by 
finishing 27th, a cool nine spots up from his gate position for Moto #1.

The Moto #2 main was a completely different show of trials and triumphs, with a 
sudden, tenacious and sopping cloud burst flooding the course between the two 
Motos. In the Moto 2 mud-bath Toth quickly moved up to 15th before falling and 
rejoining the race in last place. Yup, last. Despite the mud and mayhem, Toth 
wound his way through the field and captured an incredible 27th. Catanzaro fell 
also, maybe more than once or twice, and finished in 28th, directly behind his 
teammate. For their two finishes in the Mains, Toth is credited with 26th 
overall and Catanzaro with 28th. Nice job.

Stacey Berger, Öhlins USA Off Road Manager, said, "All and all it was a great 
event for us. We were joined by other technicians from Öhlins Racing AB in 
Sweden, showing how serious we are about this effort. Our riders had some things 
to work through and they did a great job. When around 15-minutes before the 
second Moto the bottom fell out of the sky, the conditions became miserable at 
best. Even so, we learned a lot for testing the day after the event, stopping at 
Tomahawk MX Park, just outside Martinsburg, West Virginia on Monday. We're ready 
for the next Motos this weekend."

Öhlins USA distributes and services the world's leading performance suspension 
for automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and snowmobiles. Öhlins develops its 
proprietary and innovative suspension components at the highest levels of racing 
from open-wheel car racing, to Moto GP, to off-road competition on two and four 
wheels. Öhlins USA also provides training for service centers and dealers. 
www.Ohlinsusa.com.

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