Root River Racing’s Underground
ATV MX Report
Megan Manshack, Brandon O'Neill,
Noah Mickelson Take Wins
2015
AMA ATV Motocross
Round 2 - Links
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La Crosse, WI (4/24/2015) - Root
River Racing’s Noah Mickelson topped the podium
in both the Youth All Stars and Schoolboy Sr. classes
at round two of the 2015 Mt. Dew AMA ATV Motocross
Championships while Megan Manshack made her return
to dominate the Women’s Class. Brandon O’Neill clinched
his first Open Sr class win, and Dylan Tremellen
finished in third in the Pro-am class.
The team traveled to Underground MX in Kemp,
TX for round two of the series where they were
greeted by a rough, sandy track. The challenging
course was no match for the Root River Team and
it certainly didn’t hold Noah Mickelson back from
having a winning weekend.
Noah Mickelson had a strong showing in the season
opener and he was determined to keep the forward
momentum going for round two. Mickelson led from
start to finish in both motos of the Youth All
Star class, winning both motos and topping the
podium. “I was a little disappointed that I didn’t
get the win at round one, but I got it this time
and I just want to keep moving forward from here,”
said Mickelson, who is now second in class points.
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Noah Mickelson |
Noah Mickelson repeated his success in the Schoolboy
Sr. class and claimed his second overall win of
the season. “I had to work up in the first moto,
but I got out front and just tried to stay focused.
The second moto I had a great start and I got
the win again. It feels good to win both rounds
so far. Root River Racing has really done a lot
for me and I want to win as many rounds as I can
for them,” said Mickelson.
Number 504, Brandon O’Neill took 2-1 finishes
and grabbed the win in the 90 Open Sr. class.
“I didn’t get the best start in the first moto.
I was fourth on the holeshot but caught up for
second. For the second moto I was in third off
the start and I was able to make the pass for
the win. I’m really excited to get my first win
of the season and I’m hoping I can get a few more,”
said O’Neill.
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Brandon O'Neill |
Brandon O’Neill also raced the Supermini class
and rounded out the top five and finished seventh
in the 90 Shifter class. “The track got rough
but it was really fun and I had a good weekend
overall. I’m pretty happy with how everything
went and I can’t wait for the next round,” said
O’Neill.
Root River Racing’s Megan Manshack, who has been
racing the GNCC series this season, made a surprise
appearance in her home state for this round and
showed why she is the reigning champion as Manshack
walked away with both moto wins and the overall,
but her focus for 2015 remains the GNCC Series,
which will open the door for a new champion to
be crowned in the ATV Motocross Women’s class.
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Megan Manshack |
Dylan Tremellen put together two solid motos
in the Pro-am class this weekend. Tremellen took
fourth place in both motos and finished with a
third place podium finish and is now second in
Pro-am class points. “I cannot thank Rich Gillette,
Rod Mickelson, Dee Manshack and Stan Digby enough
for all the hard work they put in. We have awesome
motors, amazing suspension, and great tires hooking
up. And I can’t forget all of the other Root River
Racing sponsors we have to help build such awesome
handling machines,” said Tremellen.
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Dylan Tremellen |
Dylan Tremellen also competed in the Pro Sport
class and took 5-5 finishes to round out the top
five overall. “I had a pretty good weekend. I
got a third in Pro-am and fifth in Pro Sport,
so it went good,” said Tremellen.
Sam Rowe finished right behind Tremellen in the
Pro-am class with a fourth place finish overall.
Rowe had a good start in the first moto and went
on to finish in third. For the second moto, Rowe
claimed a sixth place finish giving him fourth
overall. “I had a decent weekend, I got fourth
in Pro-am. I wanted the win, but I will have to
make that happen next round,” said Rowe, who also
raced in the Pro Sport class and claimed a sixth
place finish.
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Sam Rowe |
Haedyn Mickelson had a solid race in the 450
A class and claimed 6-3 finishes for a fourth
place overall. Mickelson had a strong first moto
in the Production A class, finishing second. Mickelson
tried to repeat his moto one performance but luck
was not on his side. Despite being at the back
of the pack, Mickelson made an impressive charge
and came from 17th up to a ninth place finish
in moto two for seventh overall.
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Haedyn
Mickelson |
Tyler Mack had a great first moto in Production
B with an impressive moto win. Mack also recorded
the fastest lap time of the moto with a time of
01:51.007. Mack came back and finished moto two
in fifth place, which gave him a third place finish.
Johannah Vossman did well in the Schoolgirl class,
taking second in moto one and fifth in moto two
for a fourth place finish overall. “I had some
great starts this weekend and also some bad ones.
I took a 2nd and 5th in Schoolgirl and came out
with a 4th. It wasn't how I planned it to go,
because I really wanted that win but things happen,”
said Vossman,
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Johannah Vossman |
Vossman also took on the boys once again in the
Youth All Star class and rounded out the top ten.
Logan Tremellen had some tough luck in the Production
C class, but he never gave up and came away with
4-9 finishes for sixth overall. “Things didn't
turn out how I had planned. I had a little mishap
in practice on Friday and I went over the bars.
Then on Saturday, I got a decent holeshot but
I ended with fourth. Then in the second moto,
coming off the gate, my quad stalled on me. I
pushed hard for the first couple laps and I was
able to walk away with a sixth overall. I'm pleased
with how I rode, and will be trying harder next
round for my first win. I want to thank everyone
for their support this season. I couldn't have
done this without the entire Root River Racing
team,” said Tremellen.
Dalton Hicks was back in action for this round
after a dislocated shoulder at Daytona Supercross
took him out of commission for round one. Hicks
claimed 7-8 finishes in the 450 A class for 7th
overall and 5-8 finishes in Production A gave
him a ninth place finish.
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#33 Dalton Hicks |
Round three of the 2015 Mt Dew AMA ATV Motocross
Championships will head to Muddy Creek in Blountville,
TN on May 2-3 where the Root River Racing Team
will be going for the top of the podium.
2015 Root River Racing
Team Sponsors:
Rich Gillette Owner La Crescent Wine & Spirits,
Race Team Specialist, RAGE ATV Racing, Motowoz,
Pepsi, Rath Racing, FTR Powersports, JB Racing,
FLY Racing, Fourwerx, Instituforn, ITP, C&L
Powder Coating, 100%, DP Brakes, Yoshimura, Racedaypix,
Glann Innovations, Thorson Graphics, Trimble’s
Cycle Center, Moto Hose, RPM, Rod’s Powersports,
Streamline, Racing for Cancer, Severson Oil Company,
Powermadd, PT Welding, WORKS Connection
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