Track conditions were good at Sunday Creek in Millfield, OH and that helped Cliff Beasley get a good start and take the lead. Beasley increased his lead with each lap and rode a solid race to take the U2 class win, his 27th consecutive win. Beasley's time of 01:50:17 was over four minutes ahead of anyone else in his class and earned him seventh overall for the morning classes. Beasley needs one more win to wrap up the U2 class championship and he is anticipating doing just that after the summer break when the team heads to Unadilla.
In the 4x4 Open class, Michael Swift got a good start and was in fourth place heading into the woods. Swift picked off the competition one by one and took the lead before the end of the first lap. Swift was leading all the way up to the final lap and he was battling hard with Bryan Buckhannon, but in that last lap, a rider who was spun out on a hill got in the way and slowed Swift's progress. The hand up was just enough to let Buckhannon get by. Swift put the hammer down, but could not make the pass on Buckhannon before reaching the checkered flag and finished in second place. Swift still maintains the 4x4 Open points lead and has every intension of keeping it that way.
"I'm happy with how I rode and I still made the podium in my class. I'm going to be working hard over the break and training because I'm going to do whatever it takes to win that championship," said Swift adamantly.
"We're possibly going to be having a third rider join us, and we will make an announcement regarding that at a later time when everything is confirmed," said Swift.
The 4th Annual Heartland Challenge is scheduled for August 19th - 21st in Carlisle, IA where the UXC Racing team will be competing for a big purse and for the chance to reclaim their championship title.
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