After YZ450F Blows Up at Unadilla, Bryton Carroll Racing Triumph TF 250-X at Budds Creek
Main image by Mitch Kendra
Bryton Carroll’s program looks slightly different this weekend. The New Jersey native’s Yamaha YZ450F blew up last weekend in the second moto at Unadilla MX. Tough luck as he was only planning on racing one more round—his “home” (closets) race, the Budds Creek Naitonal—to end the season off. Shuffling to try and figure out what was wrong with the bike and if his dad and him could get it fixed or not, Carroll thought his season was over one round early.
Enter Tyler Gantt of Triumph of Harrisonburg. Gantt himself was a local privateer for years and knew the struggles those in the back of the pits face week in and week out. Out of his love for motocross and looking for an opportunity to give back to the moto community, Gantt posted on Instagram he was looking for a privateer 250 rider to help for the Budds Creek National.
“Any privateer looking for a 250 to ride at budds this weekend? DM us! Will have to be quick to get numbers in time but a fresh 250 free for a privateer to qualify for the @buddscreekmx national this weekend. Just a thought if it’s possible to help out a privateer! Spread the word!”
Brian Carroll, Bryton’s father, saw the post online and the Carrolls replied, telling the story of the blown up YZ450F. After a few messages and phone calls, Carroll and Gantt worked out a deal that would see #483 graphics on the Triumph of Harrisonburg TF 250-X. Gantt, whose dealership has been involve with Triumph Motorcycles for over a decade, said he never imagined being in this position and offering his dirt bike to someone. Especially not a Triumph Motorcycles one!
“If you would have asked me when I first got involved with Triumph ten years ago if we’d be standing here with a Triumph motocross bike, I would have been laughing at you like it would have been a joke, but here we are!”
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Gantt said the publicity—the comments, posts shares, and messages on the initial post—has been overwhelmingly positive. No matter what Carroll result gets on race day, it does not matter as it is already a win to Gantt.
“Motocross, I think anyone watching, it stays with you forever. ..to be able to help someone else, man, it was just exciting,” he said. “I just wanted to go out of my way and to figure out how to get this [Triumph] bike on the track and somebody that can be on the track and somebody that can be on the track [in the motos]. In your [Bryton’s] exact instance, wasn’t going to be able to because the bike was broken and wasn’t going to be fixed in time. …Just from heart really. I love moto. And I love what he’s got going on with his privateer YouTube series. Just all for the love of motocross, that’s it.”
Carroll’s dad, who took the bike to tech inspection and through the pits, joked he had ridden the bike more than his son had. He was not wrong. Come 8 a.m. in the 250 Class group B qualifying session, the New Jersey rider will put his first laps in on the Triumph as he looks to qualify for the motos on a completely unfamiliar machine. Graphics, a holeshot device, and adjusted clickers were the only changes the crew could make in time for the race. And Carroll could not be more grateful.
Check out the full story with both Carroll and Gantt below.
