2015 Terracross Championship Kicks Off

Mystic Lubricants / ATVriders.com Mickey Thomas won Round One of the Terracross Championship Doubleheader weekend at Del Mar Fairgrounds in California. Cole Cottew finished second, ahead of defending 2014 TerraCross Champion, #1 Jason Luburgh. Colten Moore and Cody Rahders rounded out the top five.

The Del Mar Terracross Championship track was unique, containing a big double jump in the center of a horse arena, a slick concrete section, as well as the “Mystik Mangler”; a section that consisted of half-buried tractor tires. In addition, several vehicles suffered front differential failures during qualifying, so the series decided to disable 4WD for the Pro Main- everyone would race in two-wheel drive only, which made the tight course even more challenging.

Mickey Thomas and RJ Anderson battled from the start with Anderson grabbing the holeshot and early lead. Anderson cased a jump in the tire section and hit a guardrail, handing the lead to Cole Cottew, and after a few laps, Thomas was able to take the lead, but it was far from over. Thomas overcame several red flags to hold the lead and take the eventual victory.

The final results broke down as follows:

Round 1 Results

PRO Polaris RZR
1. #44 Mickey Thomas
2. #21 Cole Cottew
3. #1 Jason Luburgh
4. #31 Colten Moore
5. #16 Cody Rahders
6. #91 James Hill
7. #67 Daryl Rath
8. #42 Joe Sylvester
9. #881 Mike Johnson
10. #31B BC Vaught
11. #108 Levi Levallee
12. #211 Chris Burandt
13. #88 Jeremy Stenberg
14. #37 RJ Anderson
15. #13X Branden Sims
16. #33 Chad Ragland

PRO Womens
1. #91 Sara Price
2. #5 Shelbey Anderson
3. #72 Katie Vernola
4. #8 Danielle Weatherly
5. #5 Cynthia Gauthier

Round 2 Results

PRO Polaris RZR
1. #37 Rj Anderson
2. #13X Branden Sims
3. #1 Jason Luburgh
4. #66 Darren Parsons
5. #67 Daryl Rath
6. #31 Colten Moore
7. #211 Chris Burandt
8. #88 Jeremy Stenberg
9. #881 Mike Johnson
10. #44 Mickey Thomas
11. #21 Cole Cottew
12. #91 James Hill
13. #16 Cody Rahders
14. #31B BC Vaught
15. #4 Andy Ives
16. #8 Mike Gardner

PRO Womens
1. #91 Sara Price
2. #5 Shelbey Anderson
3. #8 Danielle Weatherly
4. #72 Katie Vernola

Not to worry if you missed out on the action, round one of Terracross Racing will be televised on July 19 at 6pm EDT on CBS Sports.