Racing

“We couldn’t be any happier with the victorious efforts put forth from the Pratt brothers and the Media Allstars team of Dale and Mark Batson,” said Pat McGuire, ITP Public Relations / Race Support. “The Heartland Challenge is a unique and difficult course not only because it’s a multi-hour endurance race format, but it runs at night and features both man-made and natural terrain obstacles. Our racers know ITP tires will continue to outperform other brands, especially when traction and puncture resistance are a necessity.”

The Jack’s Excavating / Can-Am / RacerTech / ITP team of brothers Marcus and Mouse Pratt came away with the UTV 1000 (Pro) class overall and victory at the annual off-road race. The four-hour UTV portion of the weekend event was held on Friday night and offered three classes for traditional SxS vehicles and another for single-seat vehicles. More than 60 entries competed in Iowa.  

The Pratt brothers completed 20 laps in just more than 4 hours to secure the class overall and UTV overall at the Heartland Challenge. Their time was more than seven minutes ahead of second place overall (UTV 900 class winner) and more than 10 minutes over the runner-up in the UTV 1000 class.

“Our ITP tires hooked up great. We ran 26-inch ITP TerraCross tires because they are a great, versatile, all-around tire in the mud, dry sections and really hook up good everywhere,” said Marcus Pratt. “They have little roll, which also means great stability on a challenging course like the Heartland Challenge with its telephone poles, rock sections and woods. We wouldn’t have won had it not been for our team, sponsors and, more specifically, our fabricator and mechanic Tim Muilenburg.”

In business for more than 30 years, ITP has become the world’s #1 ATV/UTV aftermarket tire and wheel source. ITP utilizes its experienced staff of engineers, designers and technicians at its two American tire facilities in Clinton, Tenn., and Jackson, Tenn., to develop award-winning tire-and-wheel designs for virtually all ATVs and side-by-side vehicles. Numerous outlets distribute ITP tires across the United States and in more than 25 countries worldwide. For a full-color ITP catalog, call toll-free: 1-800-889-7367.