It's All About The HoleshotRisk Racing has a relationship with Mitch Payton and the entire team at Pro Circuit. Pro Circuit build horsepower bikes but they have a habit of going from Holeshot to win. The common factor is all the riders are training with the Risk Racing Holeshot Practice Starting Gate. For the 2011 AMA Supercross season Risk Racing has teamed up with Monster Energy / Pro Circuit / Kawasaki and Troy Lee Designs / Lucas Oils / Honda. These two teams are completely dominating the Holeshots and the race wins in the 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Lites Championship series. So far in the 2011 we have seen a total 6 heat races and 3 main events. The credit goes to a winning combination of great teams, incredibly talented riders, and it's no co-incidence the are training with the Risk Racing Holeshot Practice Starting Gate. Heat 1 at the Round 3 Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles last weekend took a Holeshot to the next level. The first corner was nothing but Pro Circuit and TLD riders as they competed for the first corner and overall win. Ultimately, TLD rider Cole Seely would steal the night coming out on top with the main event win. Paluzzi and Davalos were the only two non Risk Racing sponsored riders.
Getting a holeshot is easy right? ...Wrong, but most races are won and lost at the drop of the gate, so perfecting your starting technique is key to any MX racer who wants to be on the podium. Improve your reaction time and learn to control power out of the gate and into the first corner. The "Holeshot” is a completely random timed, electronic, wireless, practice starting gate. This innovative product allows riders to independently practice their starts. When the rider presses the wireless remote button mounted on their crossbar pad, it will activate a computer controlled timing sequence which will drop the gate randomly. After the remote button is pressed a green LED will illuminate on the gate. This lets the rider know the gate has received the signal and gives the rider 2 seconds to get his or her hands back on the bars. The LED will then turn red and start blinking. When it starts blinking it is like the 30 second board turning sideways. Get ready because the gate will now drop randomly between 1-5 seconds, just like any event.
The Holeshot also has a new "Instant Drop” feature. If you are using a trainer, parent or riding buddy to practice your starts and want to bypass the random timing sequence in order to control the drop sequence, you can plug the remote button directly into the gate. Simply plug the 6 foot long cable supplied with your gate directly into the remote button and into the ride side of your gate. This will automatically eliminate the wireless signal and random sequence. The gate will drop as soon as the button is pressed. The Risk Racing Holeshot Practice Starting Gate is now available in NZ for $408. Contact Mudtrack on 027 2700 237 Email: mudtrack@kiwilink.co.nz Web: www.mudtrack.co.nz Content and photos courtesy of James Burry, a Partner in Risk Racing and Motocross Planet.
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Resetting the gate is as easy as riding by and stepping on the backside of the hoop without dismounting. Multiple gates can be electronically linked for multi-racer, bar banging practice. Simply plug multiple gates into each other using the supplied linking wire and all the gates will drop at the same time using a random timed signal from one remote button.