This is a press release from EnduroCross…
Irvine, CA (April 16, 2015) – The 2015 GEICO AMA EnduroCross Championship returns home to Las Vegas on Friday, May 1. Just like it all began in 2004, the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas will host the stars of EnduroCross. But this time they’ll be tackling a track seemingly impossible to ride during that first event in 2004.
To make room for all the obstacles 2015 requires, EnduroCross track builders have moved the start outside! Riders will blast into the Arena, straight into the mayhem.
The first thing racers will face is a rock turn guiding them straight to an elevated Matrix—closely spaced logs that often send riders over the bars. After a quick trip through a firewood pit, over a mountain topped with logs, across a couple log double-jumps and scrambling up a huge rock pile, riders will navigate through massive wire spools, jump into a pond and exit into a sand pit. Sounds like a days’ worth of extreme trail riding crammed into every lap!
If that’s not enough to get you excited, the Las Vegas event, three rounds into the 2015 season, will be a qualifying race with three X Games Enduro X spots up for grabs. Outstanding performances will earn three lucky riders invites to the 2015 Austin X Games Enduro X. So you can expect a few of the up and comers that have not yet earned an invite to be going for it.
Speaking of X Games qualifying, check out the launch ramp in the middle of the floor — this will be used for the first-ever X Games Step Up qualifier. This special event is open to 30 riders with the top 10 advancing to the evening show. The top three will get an invite to compete at the X Games on June 4 in front of the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin.
To enter the Step Up qualifier, go to Endurocross.com. Click on the “entry form” tab and select the Las Vegas event to complete the event registration form. A fee is required to enter.
For more info on the X Games Step-Up qualifier, please contact Eric Peronnard, the Sport Organizer (eric@ericperonnard.com) or Miki Keller (mikikeller@ericperonnard.com).
The 2015 Las Vegas GEICO EnduroCross track is crammed full of challenging obstacles.
If you have never been to an EnduroCross, you must get to an event in 2015. The exciting show and amazing skills on display will blow you away. And if you want to see how your skills match up to the EnduroCross track, there are classes for Open Amateur, Vet 35+, Women and TrialsCross that anyone can enter! Sign up today! https://secure.tracksideonlineresults.com/mmsx_ex/
Tickets for all of the 2015 EnduroCross events are available at: www.EnduroCross.com/tickets
If you can’t be there in person, you can follow the events via the FMF Live Timing and Scoring at: http://endurocross.escoremx.com/liveresults.asp
All eight 2015 GEICO AMA EnduroCross events will air full one hour shows on CBS Sports Network. The Las Vegas event is scheduled to air on Wednesday, May 13th at 7:00 PM ET. For more information, please visit www.CBSsportsnetwork.com.
2015 GEICO AMA EnduroCross Championship Schedule
3/6 Ocean Center – Daytona Beach, FL
3/21 Energy Solutions Arena – Salt Lake City, UT
5/1 Orleans Arena – Las Vegas, NV
6/5 X Games, Circuit of the Americas – Austin, TX
9/26 Sleep Train Arena – Sacramento, CA
10/3 National Western Complex – Denver, CO
10/17 XFINITY Arena – Everett, WA
11/7 Ford Idaho Center – Boise, ID
11/20-21 Citizens Business Bank Arena – Ontario, CA
For more information, please visit www.EnduroCross.com