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On Aug. 16, 2008 the All American KTM/Precision Concepts ATV ridden by Josh Caster took the Overall win at the SuperCourse Desert Night Race.
The SuperCourse Night Race was part of a desert racing series promoted by Lou Peralta of Alta Vista Events. The race was run for 2 hours over a 10 mile course in the Mojave desert.
Josh Caster took his nearly stock KTM 525 ATV to the winners circle and was able to beat every other entry including the first motorcycle by 3 minutes. In the process of going for the overall win Caster was able to also set the fastest lap time of the race. Off the start he battled with the motorcyle ridden by Nick Blais and they had a great race going. Blais was able to take the lead off the start but Caster was able to use the great power of the KTM 525 to make a pass on Blais early in the race. From that point on Caster was able to keep the lead and gain time each lap. He said after the race " The quad was awesome the whole race. I had a great race going with Nick Blais and he kept pushing hard the whole time. The course was great and had a little bit of everything from sand washes to rocks and whoops."
Lou had a few things to say after the race-
"It was a night race. It was a dead engine start. It was like a bomb run (all lined up on the same row in the dark desert - full moon was just rising), except no bomb. Before starting, you had to straddle the front wheel of your bike or Quad, and when the Green flag dropped, you moved around, jump on your ride, start it and take off.
Josh Caster was among the top five at the start, Nicholas Blais was about three bikes behind, when they all hit the road, it was pandemonium and just like being shot out of a cannon, Caster and Blais were up in front and diced it out for the next eight laps. It was a barn-burner, Mama. Caster took the OA and first in Open Expert Quad, Blais took second overall and first in the Open Exp MC. But what a race! I spotted these guys at various points of the 9.5 mile course, and I have to tell you, they never let off, even on the roughed out, rocky, dusty whoops. Frikin' amazing!
Congrats to Josh. As Blais said at the finish, "I came out on the high speed road and I had it pegged, and then I saw Josh get by me. I figured that was it for me."
Nonetheless, these guys put on a great show."
"OH, yes. That was the first time that a Quad has taken an overall in our Gran Prix and/or SuperCourse events, since we first started in 1986. Even when we start Quads four-minutes behind the start time for the first bikes and adjust their start times accordingly to make them equal, nobody has been able to come close to it. And by the way, you beat no slouch. Nobody has been able to beat Nicholas at our events. I believe he has a 100% record. He's never lost in one of our races. That's sweet and will hopefully light a spark to others if you decide to race with us in October."
The results are posted here - http://www.altavistaevents.com/08-SC4r.htm
Thank you to our sponsors- All American KTM and Precision Concepts
The SuperCourse Night Race was part of a desert racing series promoted by Lou Peralta of Alta Vista Events. The race was run for 2 hours over a 10 mile course in the Mojave desert.
Josh Caster took his nearly stock KTM 525 ATV to the winners circle and was able to beat every other entry including the first motorcycle by 3 minutes. In the process of going for the overall win Caster was able to also set the fastest lap time of the race. Off the start he battled with the motorcyle ridden by Nick Blais and they had a great race going. Blais was able to take the lead off the start but Caster was able to use the great power of the KTM 525 to make a pass on Blais early in the race. From that point on Caster was able to keep the lead and gain time each lap. He said after the race " The quad was awesome the whole race. I had a great race going with Nick Blais and he kept pushing hard the whole time. The course was great and had a little bit of everything from sand washes to rocks and whoops."
Lou had a few things to say after the race-
"It was a night race. It was a dead engine start. It was like a bomb run (all lined up on the same row in the dark desert - full moon was just rising), except no bomb. Before starting, you had to straddle the front wheel of your bike or Quad, and when the Green flag dropped, you moved around, jump on your ride, start it and take off.
Josh Caster was among the top five at the start, Nicholas Blais was about three bikes behind, when they all hit the road, it was pandemonium and just like being shot out of a cannon, Caster and Blais were up in front and diced it out for the next eight laps. It was a barn-burner, Mama. Caster took the OA and first in Open Expert Quad, Blais took second overall and first in the Open Exp MC. But what a race! I spotted these guys at various points of the 9.5 mile course, and I have to tell you, they never let off, even on the roughed out, rocky, dusty whoops. Frikin' amazing!
Congrats to Josh. As Blais said at the finish, "I came out on the high speed road and I had it pegged, and then I saw Josh get by me. I figured that was it for me."
Nonetheless, these guys put on a great show."
"OH, yes. That was the first time that a Quad has taken an overall in our Gran Prix and/or SuperCourse events, since we first started in 1986. Even when we start Quads four-minutes behind the start time for the first bikes and adjust their start times accordingly to make them equal, nobody has been able to come close to it. And by the way, you beat no slouch. Nobody has been able to beat Nicholas at our events. I believe he has a 100% record. He's never lost in one of our races. That's sweet and will hopefully light a spark to others if you decide to race with us in October."
The results are posted here - http://www.altavistaevents.com/08-SC4r.htm
Thank you to our sponsors- All American KTM and Precision Concepts
