TROY LEE, BOB WEBER & BRIAN MYERSCOUGH CRASH OUT

It is often said that if you want to be seen by the motorcycle industry, the best place is the Saturday morning REM races at Glen Helen. It is the place where the head honchos of the motorcycle industry race–and this Saturday was no different as Ludovic Boinnard (One Industries), Troy Lee (Troy Lee Designs), Willy Musgrave (MTA), Pete Vetrano (TM Motorcycles), Ron Lawson (Dirt Bike), Bob Barnett (ARC levers), Rob Healy (N-Style), Tony Amaradio (Lightspeed), Mark Hall (VP Fuels), Dave Stephens (Pirelli), Tom White (White Brothers) and Chris Wheeler (Tag Metals) all showed up at REM.

TROY LEE WIPEOUT

While Chris Wheeler (#9) dominated the 125 Pro class, as did Tony Amaradio (#130) in the 250 Pros, one of the hardest fought class of the day was the Over-40 Master class. It included three Troy Lee Designs employees, including founder Troy Lee (#25), General Manager Bob Weber (#6) and former Team Suzuki rider Brian Myerscough (#88). Flyin’ Brian was the first TLD racer to bite the dust. In moto one, Myerscough had worked his way through the pack of 40 Masters into the Pro ranks (they started on the same gate). Unfortunately, Brian overcooked a fast straight and endoed over a hump leading into a muddy right-hand sweeper (over by the REM starting line). He cartweeled over the bars and his CRF slammed in to him–producing a deep puncture wound. Brian was no longer flying and retired for the day.

In moto two Bob Weber and Troy Lee came together on a steep drop-off jump, and the resulting carnage left both TLD employees stunned by the side of the track. The crash was painful, not just because the two men work at the same company, but because Weber was nursing a flat front tire and was trying to stay out of the way, when Troy and he collided.

SO WHO WON THE TLD PRE-MEMORIAL RACE?

Former Over-40 world Champion Pete Murray (#7) won both motos ahead of former French Champion Patrick Boniface, father of Motoworld rider Steve Boniface. VP Fuel’s Mark Hall was third.