What is AirgoupRacing.com?
This web site is designed to chronicle a National Enduro dirt bike racing team. The National Enduro series provides the most diverse single track terrain America has to offer.
Who is Airgroup Radiant Racing?
Airgroup Radiant Racing is the National Enduro team formed by Jack Morrison, General Manager of Airgroup Radiant Logistics Special Projects Group, based in Omaha, NE. Airgroup is a third party logistics (3PL) provider that handles complex freight logistics for its clients. When Airgroup clients have freight challenges that can’t be solved by the mainstream providers (UPS, FedEX, Mayflower etc), they call Airgroup.
Jack’s loves offroad motorcycle racing and started riding enduros for fun. Almost immediately, he noticed that because the National Enduro Series is so spread out, and often sets up base camps in remote locations, there are plenty of logistical challenges. The National Enduro Series has become a perfect place for Jack to leverage his business to support riders and solve freight logistics problems for the series and its sponsors.
Airgroup Racing History
2009
- Jack Morrison, Brian Peterson, Steve Pakusch and Travis Anderson compete in their first National Enduro at Inyan Kara, WY.
- Jack inspires the group to make an effort to “run the series” the following year.
2010
- Jack Morrison, Brian Peterson, Steve Pakusch and Travis Anderson commit to and compete in 5 rounds of the National Enduros, taking turn transporting the bikes in pickups and trailers
- Airgroup kicks in some prize money in a few of the races and builds a network of potential sponsors for 2011
2011
- Airgroup teams up with GasGas Offroad to field a 6 rider team including 2 pro riders: Cole Kirkpatrick & Jordan Brandt, 2 A riders: Travis Anderson & Steve Levian, and 2 B riders: Jack Morrison and Brian Peterson.
- The investment and support goes big time as Airgroup puts a 40 ft race trailer on the road for the season. Team Airgroup Racing learns a lot about the logistical challenges of supporting a geographically dispersed, part time 6 man race team.
2012 (Current Year)
- Airgroup teams up with Husaberg and fields 3 top tier riders. Paddy Holloway, Shane Hufford and Zach Ingram. Jack will retire his racing jersey for 2012 and focus on supporting the rider, sponsor and supporter’s needs.
Enduro Background
Enduro is a form of motorcycle racing run on courses that are predominantly heavily wooded single track trails. Enduro consists of natural and man made obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the National Enduro Championship is run, is a time-card or reset enduro, whereby a number of stages are raced in a time trial against the clock. (ref. Wikipedia’s Enduro definition)
The AMA National Enduro Series consists of 10 races located in differing locations around the United States. Each event showcases the unique terrain the area has to offer. The series consists of about one race per month from January through October. Each race lasts 4-5 hours and usually covers 50 to 100 rugged miles of single track terrain. In order for the National Enduro Series to represent the diversity of trails that America has to offer, the races are naturally spread all over the country. The driving miles required to attend all 10 races presents a unique logistical challenge for the weekend warrior. Enter Airgroup Radiant Racing!
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