The following is from Precision Concepts Racing, regarding its performance at the 24 Hours of Glen Helen:
RIVERSIDE, Calif., October 19–Precision Concepts has a long-standing history with the 24 Hours of Glen Helen, an event famous for pushing both man and machine to their physical limits.
For the past 15 years, Precision Concepts has fielded an effort in the Pro class in the fabled event at Glen Helen Raceway in Southern California, where teams are only afforded four riders and one bike. However, after a few issues made a Pro-level effort difficult to pull off this year, the PC crew decided instead to support a 450 Expert-class team composed of Tommy Harris, Justin Seeds, Alex Morgan, Travis Damon, Michael Del Fante and Clay Hengeveld.
The team got off to a great start in the 2016 edition of the race, pulling out over 20 minutes on the nearest Expert team by the end of the first rotation of riders. As darkness fell, the team continued to impress by turning some of the fastest laps in the field, including the other pro teams, and after a couple of the pro entries suffered mechanical issues, the Precision-backed team found itself second overall behind eventual winners Ox Motorsports Honda.
Justin Seeds 24 Hours of Glen Helen GoPro Footage
Unfortunately, during the night, the PC team’s Honda CRF450X began to suffer issues with the battery-charging system. Fortunately for the team, the Precision Concepts crew was prepared for as many worst-case scenarios as it could think of, and it had made the decision to bring along numerous spare batteries for back-up. That was the good news. The bad news is that the team would lose an additional minute-and-a-half at every rider change during the night while the PC technicians swapped batteries. Even then, they were able to continue on in the event, keeping their lead in the expert class and only losing two positions in the overall standings.
The team crossed the finish line after a full day of racing to take the Expert-class victory by over ninety minutes. Simply finishing an event that’s so demanding is feat in itself, and much of the thanks has to go to the mechanics, who kept the bike running at optimum; the riders, for their efforts on the track; and the family members, who made sure to keep everybody well-fed and enthused, even in the deepest throws of night.
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