9 championships across 4 countries
Oct 23, 2006, From a Press Release
Peter Lenz from Vancouver, Washington wrapped up the regular season this past weekend, clinching the Mini50GP title with a solid win over his FNB Racing teammate Bennie Taylor (Metrakit). The season plan was to only have Peter ride the nearly oversized 2004 Honda NSR50 in practice until he hit a growth spurt. Peter prayed hard and sprouted an inch, which was just enough to allow him to control the MiniGP racer. In early Spring he showed so much maturity on the track that his pleas to race the bike were heeded. Though Peter didn't start racing in the series until the third event he was able to win the class championship in Mini50GP and set the outright 50cc track record.
Over the last year Peter has received coaching from Keith Code and several of his highly trained California Superbike School coaches, most recently supersport ace, Misti Hurst.
This past weekend Peter rode a new bike, a Pro-Circuit KTM65SX Motard/ Roadracer. After his session with Misti the week before, Peter set a scorching time of 48.5 seconds, setting a class record. Not bad for a little guy that was supposed to have spent 2006 focused on pocketbikes.
When not on his MiniGP and MiniMotard bikes, Peter races pocketbikes for the BMS Factory team. In their travels (USA, Spain, France, Canada) Peter won 8 pocketbike championships including the CMA sanctioned Canadian National Open Class Pocketbike Championship. That’s 9 championships so far in 2006.
Peter has over 40 race wins in 2006, but racing season isn't over yet with the biggest race of the year just around the corner. You can catch Peter and a swarm of other mini racers at the upcoming AMA Southern California Mini Gran Prix (http://www.scminigp.com) being held November 4-5 at California Speedway.
Get to know Peter from his feature in Cycle World (page 94, Nov. 06) and keep up with his progress through this website http://www.peterlenz.com
Thank you to Peter's 2006 Sponsors:
MiniGPX.com
BMS Pocketbikes
Comcast Cable
Arai Helmets (thank you for keeping Peter safe)
Keith Code's California Superbike School
FNB Racing
Smokin' Pocketbikes
Vortex Racing Components
SpyOptic
Tranquil Velocity Photography
SpeedGraffix
Fully sponsored KTM65SX bike provided by MiniGPX in conjunction with these fine sponsors: ASV, Barnett Tool & Engineering, Bridgestone, Buchanan Spoke and Rim, Everlast Custom Powdercoating, Graves, Galfer Braking, GP Tech, KTM North America, Moto Tassinari vForce3, Pro Caliber Motorsports, Pro-Circuit, Pro-Wheel Racing Wheels, Rain City Powersports, Renthal, SpeedGraffix
