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Cobra
In The News
5/3/2004
Cobra Scores An
‘A+’ On Latest Mini National Report Card
Cobra Motorcycles
dominate at Lake Whitney, Mosier Valley and Las Vegas!
ANAHEIM, Calif., (May 3, 2004) – The future stars of
motocross, representing Cobra Motorycles, have put up some
terrific numbers in recent weeks, with dominant performances at
the Lake Whitney Spring Classic Championship and The GNC Finals
(Mosier Valley) before nearly sweeping the World Mini Grand Prix
(Las Vegas) by capturing eight out of the top ten spots in the
junior 50cc stock class and seven out of the top ten spots in
the junior 50cc modified class.
The big winner for Cobra at the recent Vegas race came from
SoCal’s hotbed of motocross, Corona. Six-year-old Blake Green
won both the junior stock and modified classes at Vegas, his
best effort of the year thus far.
"We had a lot of fun as a family going and racing,"
said Blake. "My Cobra ran great and I was happy that all
the hard work I put in paid off!"
At Mosier Valley, Cobra swept an amazing top four spots
(including seven out of ten) in the Teeny Mini (4-6) stock
class. On the podium for Team Cobra was Connor Mitchell (Oregon
City, Ore.) in first, Parker Fleming (Quinlan, Texas) in second
and Jay Dearing (Mansfield, Texas) in third. Close by in fourth
place was the Cobra-mounted Chase Marquier from Newcastle, Okla.
Again in the Teeny Mini (4-6) Modified class it was Team Cobra
sweeping the top four spots, with young Conner Mitchell again
taking first. The all Cobra yellow podium was rounded out by
Fleming and Dearing, with Macon’s (Ga.) Coleman Martin coming
in fourth.
In all, Cobra dominated both 4-6 classes by taking the top six
spots in the modified and top seven spots in the stock. An
amazing feat to say the least for the All-American made Cobra
Motorcycles!
“These races really allow us to get a good idea of how our
season’s going to go”, said Bud Maimone, founder of Cobra
Motorcycles. Kids like Tyler McSwain and Dalton Myers, who both
have earned national titles riding Cobras, were very impressive,
and the new crop of kids like Thomas Covington, Blake Green, and
Conner Mitchell, showed that they represent the future of the
sport, and hopefully the future of Cobra as well.”
The first major Mini National of the season, Lake Whitney, saw
Cobra get out of the 2004 gate on fire as well, with Cobra
Motorcycle mounted kids blazing to some spectacular results.
Again it was Conner Mitchell, taking first in the 51cc stock
(4-6) class. Mitchell was joined on the podium by Coleman
Martin, with Youngsville’s (La.) Hunter Hilton not that far
off in fourth place after going 2/8.
In the 51cc Open Stock (4-8), Cobra’s most decorated rider –
Tyler McSwain – blazed to a 1/1 finish. McSwain, Shelby
(N.C.), was followed by another Cobra pilot folks are calling
“The next big thing,” defending AMA Amateur Nationals
(Loretta Lynn’s) shaft drive champion Thomas Covington of
Vernon (Ala.). Another
noteworthy performance in the Open Stock (4-8) class was by
Cobra-mounted Joshua Cartwright. The Memphis native overcame a
tough first moto to finish strong in the second moto (2nd) for
fourth place overall.
Cobra would take four out of the top five spots in the 7-8 Stock
Class, with a noteworthy performance coming from factory rider
Nick Gaines (Ring Gold, Ga.) who rode with an injured leg that
was later determined to be broken!
“I couldn’t be happier about the performance of our 2004
line of bikes,” said Sean Hilbert, President of Cobra
Motorcycles. “Everybody at Cobra is real excited to see that
we took right around 60-percent of all the top tens in the 50cc
classes we raced at the first three Amateur Nationals – and
that’s against some very fast kids and three other world-class
motorcycle manufacturers. We’re looking forward to even more
success in the coming months at races such at Ponca, Loretta
Lynn’s and the Mini O’s – as well as local tracks all over
the U.S.!”
Cobra, founded in 1993, produces the most successful line of
competition minicycles in the United States with more than 45
national titles in the last decade. Based out of Youngstown,
Ohio, Cobra's mission is to build premium minicycles for the
serious racer. For more information about Cobra, please visit
our website at cobramotorcycle.com.
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