RRR’s Unadilla Mtn Dew ATV MX Race Report

“I crashed Wednesday before Unadilla, my back is still really sore, so I was struggling on the track,” said Rowe. Despite the injury, when the gate dropped on the first Pro-Am moto, Rowe dug out a good start, and finished fifth place. He then backed it up with a third place finish in the second moto, which gave him third overall on the day. “ I was ecstatic about my Pro-Am podium, considering I wasn’t 100%,” said Rowe.

ITP's #38 Sam Rowe grabbed the Holeshot at Unadilla

After focusing his energy on Pro-Am, Rowe went 6-6 in Pro Sport to salvage a fourth place overall. Rowe now sits in fifth place points in Pro Sport, and fourth place in Pro-Am points.

Bubba Hicks had his best weekend of the year at Unadilla. Hick’s best finish of the weekend came from production A, where he went 3-3 for third overall. In 450 A, Hick’s took third and fourth in his moto’s for a fourth place finish. “I had good starts and ended up third and fourth overall in my classes. Unadilla is more high speed and my style of track, so it worked for me,” said Hicks.

Bubba Hicks finished 3rd overal in Production A

A top five finish in Pro Sport showed Dylan Tremellen’s speed. Tremellen went 4-9 for fifth overall, which leaves him in fourth place in points, but only a few points down from second. “Hopefully I can turn some stuff around and podium the next two races,” said Tremellen. In the Pro-Am class, Tremellen took eighth in the first moto, but a nasty holeshot crash in the second moto would take him out of the running for a good overall finish.

#940 Dylan Tremellen

Alex Gillette competed in the 450B and Production B classes at Unadilla. Gillette captured second place in the first moto of 450B, setting himself up well for the second moto. “For my second moto, I was running in the top three, but then I got into a crash,” said Gillette, who would consequently finish twelfth overall. In Production B, Gillette went 7-8 to take eighth place overall.

Tommy Vossman took a top five finish in open B class, which was his second best finish of the season. “I think it was a good weekend. It was the first dry race of the season so the teammates had high spirits,” said Vossman. Currently sitting ninth in points of open B, Vossman plans on improving next season. “I want to be winning races. It hasn’t been my year but hopefully next year we can turn things around.”

#26 Tommy Vossman

Brandon O Neill represented Root River Racing in the youth classes. O Neill took a third in 90 open senior (12-15) by going 4-3 in his motos. “In the second moto I passed my way to third, and battled it out between the other top two riders,” said O Neill. In super mini (12-15), O Neill took a top five finish, and then finished sixth place overall in 90 shifter (12-15). O Neill would also like to wish his competitor, Brogan Guyer, a speedy recovery from a broken collarbone.

#504 Brandon O'Neill

Megan Manshack was missing in action at Unadilla as she took a weekend off from racing with six wins under her belt already this year, and she will be back in action at the final two rounds of the season as she goes for her second straight Women’s Championship.

The next round of the Mtn Dew ATV Motocross Championship heads to Red Bud in Michigan on July 25-26th for ninth round of the season, and the Root River Racing Team is going for the top of the podium once again.

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