2016
Midwest EDT Racing
Round #9 - McLeod Fairground
August 13, 2016
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Nathan Wolff Takes MW EDT Pro-Am
Win & Points Lead
::Continued::
In Pro Am, Wolff won the main and, combined with
a sixth-place effort by Hibdon, took over the
Pro Am points lead. After just missing the holeshot,
Wolff passed Peterson in the sixth lap and never
looked back. Rath was second, followed by Peterson.
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Midwest
Extreme Dirt Track Racing
Pro-Am ATV Podium
Daryl Rath (2nd), Nathan Wolff (1st), Taylor
Peterson (3rd) |
“Hoosier got me off the line and we missed the
holeshot by just a foot to Taylor,” said Wolff.
“I snuck around him in the option lanes after
six laps. From there, I just rode all the way
to the end. This moves me up in the points and
we’re going to keep working. We have two more
rounds in Oklahoma and we’ll see how it plays
out. Daryl’s team did a really good job on the
track. The layout was really nice and it provided
for side-by-side racing. I was able to make passes
and move to the front.”
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Nathan
Wolff claimed a big win in the Pro-Am Class,
which boosted him into the points lead past
Josh Hibdon |
Rath had trouble at the start, but rebounded
during the late stages of the event. He moved
from seventh to second in the final order. “I
got bumped around at the start and we didn’t get
away cleanly,” said Rath. “The bike was awesome,
the option lanes worked well for me and we just
picked our way to the front. It was awesome.”
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#67
Daryl Rath was on a roll at his hometown
track by taking an impressive 2nd place
finish in the Pro-Am class |
Peterson’s holeshot was likely a highlight of
his one racing weekend of the year. “The track
was great,” said Peterson. “I have to thank Daryl
and boys for making it. This is my one and only
race of the year, so I’m pretty proud of how it
went. Daryl is a friend of mine, and I just had
to come out here.”
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#28
Taylor Peterson scored a podium finish in
the Pro-Am Class |
Hibdon had trouble in both his heat and the main,
finishing sixth in both. He knows the title chase
will come down to the final two races of the year,
but with just four points separating him from
Wolff, it is still very much anyone’s game.
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#24
Josh Hibdon had his fair share of struggles
in the Pro-Am races, which dropped him out
of the points lead by just 4 points, which
will make for an exciting season finale
double header in Oklahoma |
“Pro-Am tonight just did not work out for me,”
said Hibdon. “I got pushed out in the first corner
and came out eighth in the heat. Once I worked
my way up to sixth, I just couldn’t go any further.
I started on the back row in the main. I worked
my way up to sixth, tangled with the guy in front
of me, fell back to tenth and then drove back
up to sixth. It’s going to be really tight going
into the doubleheader in Oklahoma.”
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Midwest
Extreme Dirt Track Racing
Pro Lites ATV Podium
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The MWEDT season finale, a doubleheader weekend
at Muskogee, OK, is scheduled for September 10-11th.
With 70 points up for grabs, both Hibdon and Wolff
will be vying for the title in both Pro and Pro
Am.
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