|   AMA Pro-Am ATV 
                                MX Racer's Joel Hetrick & Jeffrey Rastrelli
                                    (7/15/2009) - Among the 
                                    many up and coming racers that grace the national 
                                    ATV motocross circuit every year, there are 
                                    two that have made a big impression and made 
                                    big advances in their racing efforts this 
                                    year. 
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                                      | Jeffrey 
                                          Rastrelli (left) & Joel Hetrick 
                                          (right) long time friends & fierce 
                                          competitors on the track |  Joel Hetrick and Jeffrey Rastrelli are two 
                                    young guns in the AMA ATV Motocross Championship 
                                    Series that seem to have incredibly bright 
                                    futures in the sport. After years of competing 
                                    in the youth ATV ranks, and collecting numerous 
                                    championships along the way, they both turned 
                                    16 this year, which allowed them to jump to 
                                    the 450cc ATVs.  Joel Hetrick started the season off in the 
                                    Pro-Am Unlimited class on his new Hetrick 
                                    Racing Kawasaki KFX450R, and just made the 
                                    jump to the Pro-Am Production class at Unadilla. 
                                    Jeffrey Rastrelli had to wait till Round six 
                                    to make the jump the ATP Powered Suzuki LTR450 
                                    in the Production A & Pro-Am Unlimited 
                                    due to his Mid-season 16th Birthday. 
                                     
                                      
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                                          Joel Hetrick | #728 
                                          Jeffrey Rastrelli |  Not surprisingly, this pair of teenagers 
                                    immediately proved themselves in their new 
                                    classes, as they have both already claimed 
                                    overall wins, and have been added to the list 
                                    of top contenders.  The talent these two riders possess is proof 
                                positive of how the sport is progressing and how 
                                the level of competition increasing every season, 
                                which is exactly what the sport of ATV motocross 
                                racing needs.  
                                     
                                      | 2009 
                                          AMA ATV Motocross Pro-Am Rookie Links |   
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