Minibike Racers Turn 249 Laps for Track Safety
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Minibike endurance racing just helped put more soft barriers on American racetracks. United Minimoto wrapped up its riding calendar with a four-hour team endurance race at the 0.86-mile United Karting track in Hanover, Maryland. The charity event brought out 32 riders across 12 teams to raise funds for the Roadracing World Action Fund.
To balance competition across different bike displacements, organizers set strict pit stop rules. Open-class motorcycles had to make 13 pit stops, F1 bikes made 10 stops, and Stock 125 machines had no minimum stop mandate. When the clock ran out, Gwen Lease and Gavin Anderson of Chicken Banana Racing took first place overall with 249 completed laps.
This event directly helps track riders across the country. The Roadracing World Action Fund collects donations to install Airfence soft safety barriers at road race facilities nationwide. Those barriers keep riders from hitting hard track perimeters when a crash happens.
