Ram Truck/RCH Racing MX Series Race Advance - Round 10 - Unadilla  

August 6, 2013 , NEW BERLIN, N.Y. -  RAM/RCH RACING NEWS
· RCH Racing’s Broc Tickle (No. 20 Ram/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing Suzuki RM-Z450) scored a career-best 450MX class finish of runner-up last year at Unadilla. Tickle was second in Moto 1 to James Stewart and fourth in Moto 2 to earn an overall finish of second.
· RCH Racing’s Broc Tickle has an overall 450MX race finish average of 10.37 this season. He is currently ninth in the season rider standings, only 12 points out of sixth. His seventh-place (overall) finish at Round 5 (Mechanicsville) is a season best.

FAST FACTS:
· RCH’s Ricky Carmichael earned overall MX wins at Unadilla in six of his seven race starts (2000-02, 2004-06).
· RCH Racing’s Broc Tickle has an overall scoring average of 5.7 in the three remaining 450 MX events this season – Unadilla (2.0), Steel City (12.0) and Lake Elsinore (3.0).

DID YOU KNOW
· RCH Racing’s Broc Tickle has made 83 MX starts -- 450MX Class (22), MX Lites (24), 250MX (34) and MX (3). He has an average finish of 8.75 in the 22 450MX starts.
· Live TV Coverage: Moto 1 – Saturday, Aug. 10 at 1:00 p.m. on Fuel TV; Moto 2 – Saturday, Aug. 10 at 3:00 p.m. on NBCSN; Highlight Show – Tuesday, Aug. 14 at 2:00 a.m. on NBCSN (All times EDT).
· Ram Truck is in its first season teamed with RCH Racing for competition in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series.
· RCH Racing’s SX rider Josh Hill earned a silver medal last weekend at Summer X Games Los Angeles in Men’s Moto X. Hill led 19 of 20 laps en route to the podium finish.

2013 LUCAS OIL PRO MOTOCROSS STAT CHECK
Starts Motos Wins Top 3s Top 10s
Tickle 9 18 0 0 8

RAM FACTS
· RAM is in its first season teamed with RCH Racing for competition in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship.
· Broc Tickle finished runner-up three times last year in MX competition (Mechanicsville, Southwick and Unadilla).
· RCH co-owner Ricky Carmichael claimed a record 15 championships – 10 MX (record) and five SX. He recorded 150 career wins (record) – 102 MX (record) and 48 SX (second all-time). Carmichael rode to two perfect MX seasons and captured 10 consecutive titles (1997-2006).

BROC TICKLE
No. 20 Ram/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Suzuki RM-Z450
Birthdate: 11/21/1989
Hometown: Holly, Mich. Mechanic: Tony Berluti

Highlights
· First season riding the No. 20 Ram/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Suzuki RM-Z450
· Finished fifth in 2012 MX rider standings with nine top-10 finishes
· 2011 AMA Supercross Series Lites West champion

G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) CHATTER - RICKY CARMICHAEL
ON THE LAST THREE RACES OF THE SEASON: “We’re nearing the end of the grind to really long indoor and outdoor seasons but you have to stay mentally sharp these last few motos. Guys are sore, beat up and tired but you have to put that behind you and battle your way through it all. There are still plenty of points to be earned over the last six motos. The guys who are still mentally and physically on top of their game will be the ones who you see ride well.”

“The message to Broc this week is to keep on doing what’s been working for him over the last few races. His race starts have been tremendously better and the results speak to that. Keep on keeping on. He’s only 12 points back of sixth place and with a good race weekend at Unadilla, he’ll have the opportunity to gain some more ground on the riders in front of him.”

BROC (TICKLE) SITS ONLY 12 POINTS SHY OF SIXTH PLACE IN MX RIDER POINT STANDINGS. WHAT’S THE MESSAGE THIS WEEK TO TICKLE? “The message to Broc this week is to keep on doing what’s been working for him over the last few races. His race starts have been tremendously better and the results speak to that. Keep on keeping on. He’s only 12 points back of sixth place and with a good race weekend at Unadilla, he’ll have the opportunity to gain some more ground on the riders in front of him.”

IS UNADILLA STILL ALL ABOUT THE RACING LINES? “The biggest key to Unadilla is that you have to keep your corner speed up. There’s virtually no grip and the race track is extremely slippery inside. When you rely on traction and it’s not there, you have to find alternate lines. It took me a couple years to figure out how to run that track after I got my butt beat up there. Once I figured out how to race there, race fast and with the right lines, I never lost a race there.”

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT (RCH RACING RIDER) JOSH HILL WINNING SILVER MEDAL IN MEN’S MOTO X LAST WEEKEND AT SUMMER X GAMES IN LOS ANGELES? “I was really happy for Josh. He and MJ (RCH Racing’s Mark Johnson) really prepared for that event and put the time in to be successful. There was a plan in place going into the event and Josh did a great job executing it. To see him ride with so much confidence, ride out front and nearly get the gold medal was really cool. I’m proud of everyone at RCH for putting the time and effort into X Games and it paid off.”
-- Ricky Carmichael

RCH RACING QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Last year was awesome. I was second for a lot of the race until the leader fell down and I led the race for probably 20 minutes. (Ryan) Dungey ended up getting me with two laps to go. It was a really good race for me because Dungey was so competitive at every race last year. It was awesome to be up there racing him. And the track was fun last year because it was really rutted and slow, conditions I like. The track is normally really, really fast but it rained I think on Thursday night. That place is always better I think when it gets rain so hopefully we’ll get a little bit of rain on the track before the race and have nice weather on race day.”
-- Broc Tickle, No. 20 Ram/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Suzuki RM-Z450

BROC TICKLE QUOTES
YOU FINISHED SECOND AT UNADILLA LAST YEAR. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ENTERING THE RACE THIS WEEKEND? “Last year was awesome. I was second for a lot of the race until the leader fell down and then I led the race for probably 20 minutes. (Ryan) Dungey ended up getting me with two laps to go. It was a really good race for me because Dungey was so competitive at every race last year. It was awesome to be up there racing him. And the track was fun last year because it was really rutted and slow, conditions I like. The track is normally really, really fast but it rained I think on Thursday night. That place is always better I think when it gets rain so hopefully we’ll get a little bit of rain on the track before the race and have nice weather on race day.

“I really like the track. Last year was the only year I’ve really done really well there.”

WHAT IS THE KEY TO GOING FAST THERE? “They’ve been riding on the same track for so many years that the dirt has kind of washed away and it’s not as good as what it has been. It has a lot of rocks in it. They’ve actually done a good job throughout the years of somehow getting a lot of them out.

“The key to going fast is carrying momentum and corner speed but especially there because normally it’s so fast. There’s just a couple jumps on the whole track, so it’s really important to carry momentum because it takes you throughout the whole track. So if you can carry your momentum the whole lap you’re going to be good. There’s a couple sections that it’s known for – you drop down this steep hill and then you turn around and come right back up it.”

IS IT DIFFICULT TO PASS AT UNADILLA? “Last year I wouldn’t say so because there were so many lines. There were ruts everywhere, like down the straightaways and in the corners; there were two or three ruts in every corner. In years past when it hasn’t been as wet and rutted, it has been hard to pass. The main thing there is getting a good start. The start is a 90-degree, right-hand corner and it opens up to a sweeper so it’s pretty safe there. Then it opens back up again and straightens out. It spreads everybody out really quick so everybody is not on top of each other for the first half a lap.”

ALL OF YOUR GUYS THAT RACED IN THE SUPERCROSS SERIES EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THEN WENT RIGHT INTO THE MOTOCROSS SEASON MUST BE FEELING A BIT FATIGUED WITH WEAR AND TEAR OF THE SEASON. HOW BIG OF FACTOR IS THAT GOING TO BE OVER THE FINAL THREE WEEKS OF THE SEASON? “As soon as Elsinore is over (final race of the Motocross season) it’s going to be relaxing. Honestly, it’s hard for me to sit still anyway because this is the lifestyle that I’ve chosen and what I love to do. So, I’m like non-stop the whole year.

“Once we start riding in October (preparing for the next season), it’s pretty much non-stop training and riding to get ready for the season that starts in January. From January to September, it’s pretty much non-stop – flying and racing. If everything wasn’t going well, if I wasn’t building and making improvements, it would be tougher on me, mentally fatiguing. But since I’ve been getting better each weekend, it’s been easier on me physically and mentally and it’s not draining. I have something to look forward to and I have some momentum behind me.”

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