Cobra's Pierce Brown Takes Three O/A at Oak Hill

HILLSDALE, Mich.,– A big start to the 2011 competition season as Cobra factory-backed racers showed up in full force at the Oak Hill (Texas) MX National this past week/weekend and swept the entire 50cc class races – five of them in all!

The story from Oak Hill – out of all the classes – was surely Cobra’s Pierce Brown. The Utah native raced to victory in all three 50cc classes he entered on his Cobra CX50SR, aka the “King Cobra,” including 7-8 Stock, 7-8 Modified and the  hotly-contested 4-9 Open class. In all Brown went 6-0 in six motos - the best results of any Cobra racer.

“Pierce just killed everybody,” said Cobra President Sean Hilbert. “He’s been busting his tail during the off season to get ready for Oak Hill and it certainly showed.”

Joining Brown in the “Atta boy!” department at Oak Hill were California’s Dilan Schwartz and Oregon’s Max Miller who, combined with Brown, pretty much made it a Cobra ‘Wild West’ show in Texas. Pierce, Schwartz and Miller, along with Oklahoma’s Chandler Baker, made up the podiums in both 7-8 races and the 4-9 Open.

7-8 Stock                              7-8 Modified                     4-9 Open

1st – Brown                         1st – Brown                         1st - Brown
2nd – Miller                          2nd – Miller                          2nd - Schwartz
3rd – Schwartz                    3rd – Baker                          3rd – Miller

The little Cobra guys, 4-6 50cc class, were led by Oklahoma’s Ryan Smith, who won the Stock class and Washington’s Alex Mann, who won the Modified class. Joining Smith and Mann on the podium with a couple excellent races was Texas local Seth Milam who placed 2ndin both the Stock and Modified classes. Oklahoma’s Ramon Rusche (3rd Modified) and Brock Bennett (3rd Stock) rounded out the Cobra 4-6 podium sweep!

4-6 Stock                              4-6 Modified

1st – Smith                           1st – Mann
2nd – Milam                         2nd – Milam
3rd – Bennett                     3rd – Rusche

Also noteworthy: Cobra-backed Parker Mashburn (Texas) scored a number of 65cc class top ten finishes at Oak Hill, including a 4th place overall run in the 65cc 7-9 Modified class.

The week prior to Oak Hill Cobra lent its factory support at the new Mill Creek MX National in Alabama. And though most of Cobra’s team would focus on opening the season at Oak Hill (hence the complete 50cc class sweep at Oak Hill), Cobra’s Reed Cooper from Texas swept top honors in both the 4-6 Stock and 4-6 Multi-Speed classes.

Next up for Cobra is the World Mini GPs at Mesquite (Nevada) MX, April 11-17.