AMSOIL Named Title Sponsor of WMDRA Sturgis Nationals

AMSOIL has signed an agreement to become title sponsor for the Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) Sturgis Nationals.

"This is a very exciting day for the Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association," says Sandra Alberti, WMDRA operations director. "We are thrilled to welcome AMSOIL as our title sponsor for the Sturgis Nationals, and excited to continue the drag racing tradition at the 2012 Sturgis Rally."

AMSOIL is the Official Oil of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Daytona Bike Week, Laconia and the Lone Star Motorcycle Rally in Galveston. AMSOIL manufacturers advanced synthetic motorcycle oils for Harley and V-Twin engines as well as the whole range of metric bikes on the market.

“Drag racing has been a tradition at the Sturgis Rally,” said AMSOIL’s director of dealer sales Rob Stenberg. “And we’re glad to be able to support this type of event for this year. The AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals provides rally attendees with a great event.”

Racing is currently slated for August 7 and 8 at Sturgis Dragway. An event schedule will be posted on the WMDRA and Sturgis Dragway websites prior to the event.

For more information about the WMDRA, visit www.westernmotodrags.com.

Having come tantalizingly close on a number of occasions this year, Team Honda HRC finally completed an AMA Supercross win sweep at Round 10 in Detroit, with Chase Sexton topping the premier division and Hunter Lawrence ruling the 250SX East Region category.

To earn his premier-class main-event win, Sexton had to pass some of the class’s top riders. Following an eighth-place start, he quickly moved up a spot, then passed Ken Roczen for sixth on Lap 2. He displaced Adam Cianciarulo for fifth two laps later, moved around Eli Tomac on Lap 8 and got Cooper Webb for third on Lap 10. One lap later, he came out on top of a scrap with Justin Barcia to assume second place, and he set out after Aaron Plessinger, who had a lead of over eight seconds. Sexton shrunk the gap to as low as 3.5 seconds before Plessinger crashed two laps from the end, helping the CRF450R to take the win.