HILLSDALE, Mich., (March 18,
2008) - HUGE news out of Texas
this weekend as Factory Cobra’s
Michael Young (Concord, N.C.)
became the first racer in
American motocross racing
history to win a major 65cc
class amateur motocross
championship on an American-made
motorcycle - this past weekend
winning the 65cc 7-9 Modified
class at Lake Whitney.
And if that wasn’t enough,
Cobra-mounted racers swept 1st
place in all three major 50cc
class classes, giving Cobra four
outright titles at Lake Whitney.
”I can’t begin to tell you how
pleased we are here at Cobra,”
said Cobra President Sean
Hilbert. “The work associated
with the CX65 project the last
couple years bordered on
obsession for us. And when word
came back that Michael had won
65cc 7-9 Modified class - with
only a couple modifications to
be honest - we couldn’t contain
ourselves.
”In fact, I was so pumped I
drove down to Texas today to
watch this week’s racing at Oak
Hill (32nd annual GNC
International Motocross Final).
Part of me still can’t believe
the bike we designed from the
ground up won its first national
competition after debuting in
Texas this time last year.
Unreal.”
Also making the podium on the
CX65 in the 65cc 7-9 Stock class
was Austin Forkner (Richards,
Mo.)
who placed 3rd. All
totaled, every rider on both the
65cc 7-9 Stock and Modified
class podiums were either on a
Cobra or raced one in the past.
In the 51cc Open class at Lake
Whitney Cobra’s Tanner Stack (Oak
Grove, Mo.) was victorious, as
was Sean Cantrell (Newbury Park,
Calif.) in the 51cc 7-8 Stock
class and Lance Kobush (New
Florence, Mo.) in the 51cc 4-6
Stock class.
”Again, congratulations to all
the Cobra racers who stepped up
and made the trek to
Lake
Whitney
to race,” said Hilbert. “And to
Michael Young and his dad - an
ice cream on me this week at Oak
Hill! Man, what a great
feeling.”
