Las Vegas BikeFest 2011 Showing Growth in All Areas

With the Las Vegas BikeFest just four months away, organizers are excited about the growth in all aspects of the event. BikeFest 2011 will be held September 29 – October 2 at Cashman Center, as well as returning its headquarters to the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino on the popular Fremont Street Experience.

Mindi Cherry, Event Manager said, “We’re so excited because every day we’re seeing more and more participation in Las Vegas BikeFest. Increases in exhibit space, the additional activities during the event, and more entertainment than ever before are all reasons we are seeing an increase in attendance.”

Attendee registration is up 35 percent over 2010, with visitors coming from all over the world including Afghanistan, Australia and the United Kingdom. Riders from Canada and the East Coast have already indicated that they will be coming in, both in groups and riding solo.

Las Vegas BikeFest has added Team Empire, Extreme Style Stunt Show featuring Nick Brocha and Ernie Vigil who will perform multiple times a day during the Event, builders and entertainment from Limpnickie Lot and twists to the traditional contests and events on the Cashman Center site. Since the event is one of few that has all it’s events on one campus, it guarantees vendors lots of face time with attendees.

In addition, Las Vegas is enjoying a resurgence in motorcycle sales, echoing the national increase of 7 percent in the first quarter of 2011 over the previous year. “There are still great vendor spaces available, both inside and outside”, said Cherry. “We expect to sell out before the event, so vendors are encouraged to contact us immediately for space.”

More information about Las Vegas BikeFest 2011 is available at www.LasVegasBikeFest.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.