Seattle, WA Supercross

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Just one week after the final AMA Arenacross round in Des Moines, Iowa

Tyler Bowers was ready to make the trek to Seattle to compete in his first

Supercross in over two years.  Aboard his Babbitt’s Monster Energy TiLUBE

Kawasaki KX450F, the new 2011 AMA Arenacross was eager to make his

mark in the bigger venues of AMA Supercross.    

 Easily qualifying into the main event courtesy of his seventh place finish in

heat race number two, Tyler was looking forward to what the night’s outcome

would bring; saying “I got into a decent qualifying position, and then I just

settled in to get into the main event.  The track was very challenging, but I

felt really good out there.”  

 When the main event took off Tyler Bowers and his Babbitt’s KX450F would

start inside the top ten.  Unfortunately just as he was moving up through the

pack on that initial lap, several other riders crashed into him.  “I was making

a move on Chris Blose for eighth place when Ryan Dungey stalled in a turn

and fell over on both of us” said Bowers.  With Tyler’s front brake lever

broken off, he would have a difficult time making his way through the pack;

not to mention the deeply rutted track.  “It was very difficult to race on that

rutted of a track with no front brake, so I just tried to brush the cobwebs off,

and make it through the night” added Tyler.  Eventually Tyler would finish

his night in 17^th, but say “It was good to now have this first Supercross

behind me and I look forward to Salt Lake City!”

 Adding some final thoughts on Tyler’s 2011 Supercross debut, Babbitt’s

Monster Energy TiLUBE Kawasaki Team Manager Denny Bartz would say

“All in all it was a good weekend.  Certainly breaking his front brake lever

in the crash on the very first lap wasn’t good, but still Tyler rode well and

never gave up.”

 Stay tuned for more from Team Babbitt’s as Tyler Bowers now tackles

the remaining two Supercross rounds.  For more on the team, check out www.teambabbitts.com 

April 17, 2011

Jim Kimball