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Sign up for our Email Newsletter	THE CHECKERED FLAG March 24, 2006 Edition GREEN FLAG Eckstrom Finishes Season On Top AMSOIL rider grabs two top tens Superior, Wis. ~ Team AMSOIL/Scheuring Speed Sports received two top honors at the World PowerSports Association Banquet in Lake Geneva, Wis. on Sunday, March 19, 2006.  D.J. Eckstrom finished the Snocross series with two top10 finishes in the 2005-06 season. In the Pro Open standings, Eckstrom finished the year in third place with 485 points, just 35 points behind champion Robbie Malinoski and only 12 behind second place rider Ross Martin.  Eckstrom finished the season with three podiums in the Pro Open class, including a win at his hometown track at the AMSOIL Duluth National.  A crash in the final at Lake Geneva pushed Eckstrom out of second in the point’s race. In the Pro Stock standings, Eckstrom finished the year in seventh place, just two points behind the fifth spot.  He finished the season with three third place podiums in the Pro Stock class.   Teammate Carl Schubitzke finished the season 19th in the Pro Open class and 20th in Pro Stock despite competing in only two rounds and missing the last round with a cracked rib and a broken hand. Grant Grabs Second Win Windham makes 2006 season debut Orlando, Fla. ~ With Mike LaRocco’s retirement still fresh on the minds of race fans, the AMSOIL/Factory Connection team needed a boost of good news heading into Orlando last weekend.  The team was able to hold out hope on two impressive fronts.  The first was the season debut of superstar Kevin Windham to the Supercross class after missing the first 10 rounds with a broken arm.  The second bit of good news came in the form of rising star Josh Grant.  The young Californian had three straight podiums heading into Orlando, including his first career Supercross Lites win. In the Supercross Lites class, a battle has been brewing between Grant and points leader Davi Millsaps.  Grant is second overall in the points race, but only because of two crashes during the opening round of the East Coast Lites series, which yielded no points.  Since then, Grant has been on a tear. Click image to view photo gallery   In the first Lites heat of the night, Grant followed KTM’s Jay Marmont into the first turn.  The AMSOIL rider quickly muscled his way to the front of the pack.  He turned the fastest lap times of the day and easily won the qualifier.  Meanwhile, teammate Tommy Hahn had to go through the Last Chance Qualifier to get into the main.  Hahn finished second in the LCQ, good enough to advance to the final. In the Lites main, Grant didn’t battle for his patented holeshot, but he quickly found the right lines and his unprecedented speed.  From the fourth position, he battled with Millsaps for before Grant, before moving into third.  By lap four, Grant was breathing down the necks of the top two riders. On lap four he passed them both and quickly stretched out his lead. No other rider challenged Grant from the point on and the 22-year-old easily took the checkered flag and his fourth straight podium.  Hahn, meanwhile, finished a strong sixth. “I got a bad start tonight and was a little disappointed with it,” said Grant afterwards.  “I knew it was my day though and I'm happy. I've been working on the whoops all this week with Windham and it's really paid off." Windham, who battled the flu earlier in the week, was hoping for a strong showing in his first race since the Motocross des Nations in late September.  He took a strong second in his qualifying heat behind Ricky Carmichael, and easily qualified for the main.  Teammate Billy Laninovich is also continuing to ride the 450cc Honda while the AMA is on the East Coast, and qualified for the final after taking over fifth place in the final turn of his heat race. In the main, Windham got a good start and battled Chad Reed early on for sixth.  He rode strong early in the race, but conditioning became a factor.  Windham gave way to Reed and faded to the middle of the pack, finally finishing in ninth.  Laninovich finished the race in 20th. The AMA Supercross Series returns to Detroit this weekend. For a complete schedule of the AMA Supercross Series and television coverage, go to www.amsoil.com. Co-op Sponsorships If you are an AMSOIL Dealer looking to sponsor a local racer through the AMSOIL Co-op Race Program, please fill out the G-2074 and send it the AMSOIL Racing Department.  Teams who were sponsored last year will need to fill out the form once again.  Also, please remember to send in your race results, as they will be included in the Checkered Flag. More From Team AMSOIL Justin Williamson landed on the podium last weekend at the first OMA National in Oklahoma.  Williamson also took a 13th overall at the first GNCC race in Florida.  Last weekend, he was running well at the GNCC race in Georgia before his chain fell off after he slammed into a deep-rooted rut.  He was still able to finish in the top 20.  He is currently ranked 21st out of the top 100 off-road races in the country in the latest Dirt Bike Magazine.  Team AMSOIL rider Jacob Aizikovitz of JESCO Racing is getting closer to his goal of qualifying for the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Nationals presented by AMSOIL.  The KTM 125 rider finished tenth in a tough 19-bike field.  Aizikovitz will spend the next few weekends preparing for the Loretta Lynn’s qualifiers and Ponca City race.  AMSOIL Dealer Ken Moorehead sponsors Aizikovitz through the AMSOIL Race Co-op Program.  “Now that our vehicles are on AMSOIL,” said Aizikovitz, “My free time at the track is not spent changing oil.” Team AMSOIL rider Brandee Payne is trying hard to get back to Loretta Lynn’s.  The Orange, Texas rider finished first in the girls 65-105cc 9-13 year-olds race at Gravity Alley in Breaux Bridge, La.   Payne finished sixth overall at Loretta’s in 2005.  AMSOIL Dealer Jason Keranen sponsors her. Kenneth Moore is fighting both the weather and the competition this year.  Because of bad weather, Moore has had to race in two TT Scrambles instead of his usual motocross races.  On March 12, he finished fifth and last weekend he improved to fourth.  He is expected to be back on a motorcross track this week.	\ New Products SSO - Signature Series Oil® P.i. Performance Improver Concentrate   Ea Oil Filters    Ea Air Filters Ea Air Filters Ea Induction Air Filters
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