Root River Racing’s
Monster Mountain Pro ATV Report
Root River Racing
Pro ATV MX Race Report
La Crosse, WI (4/20/2017) - Root
River Racing’s Pro riders Josh Upperman and Dylan
Tremellen competed in the third round of the 2017
AMA ATV Motocross National Championship at Monster
Mountain MX Park in Tallassee, AL. Upperman scored
eighth overall and Tremellen came in sixteenth
after a rough holeshot crash.
First moto, Upperman came out fourth in the start
and held right there for the majority of the race.
“About four laps until the end I made a couple
little mistakes and finished sixth. It was not
bad but I definitely wanted that fourth spot,”
explained Upperman.
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Racing's Josh Upperman
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In moto two, Upperman came out fourth once more,
but ran into some issues before the end of the
race. “Thomas Brown and I got together and I ended
up upside down, but I recovered from that and
came from last to tenth. The Root River Racing
bike was working really good. The Hoosier Tires
and Baldwin Motor were working awesome,” stated
Upperman. Thanks to Upperman’s great comeback
after the crash, he was able to salvage points
and is sitting in seventh.
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Racing's Josh Upperman
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Root River Racing’s Dylan Tremellen came out
strong in moto one for thirteenth. “I was sixth
or seventh off the start and got pushed into the
loose stuff so I got passed by a bunch of people,
but I came back to thirteenth. My endurance is
getting where it needs to be I just need to pick
up a couple of seconds on the track,” said Tremellen.
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Racing's Dylan Tremellen
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Tremellen shot off the line in the second moto,
but it quickly turned bad as he made contact with
another rider and went flipping down the track.
“I wheelied and went the same way as Janssen was
turning. When my front end came down it was on
his back tire and it launched me off,” explained
Tremellen. Janssen and Tremellen both were sent
flipping with Tremellen’s bike being launched
high in the air. Tremellen hit his head and felt
pretty sore after, but thankfully suffered no
serious injuries.
The Pro Root River Racing riders will return
to racing at the fourth round. Racing will be
held April 29-30 at High Point Raceway in Mount
Morris, PA, which will be Tremellen’s home state
race.
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