Team Suzuki/Yoshimura Racers survive the sands of Macon,
GA
Lizella, GA - (3/20/06) -The normally
rough Echeconnee track in Macon was graded on Saturday
night and provided the riders with an uncharacteristic
smooth track early Sunday - but it got rough as the day
wore on. The first moto of the 4th Round if the ATVA MX
Nationals went off under cloudy skies and a shower of
sand!
Doug Gust got out in eighth place, while Jeremiah was
15th. On the first lap another rider high-sided into
Jeremiah and both went down. By the time Jeremiah got
going again he was dead last. By moto's end he worked
his way up to 15th.
Doug was having a better go of it and at the ¾
mark had worked up to second. He closed a 12 second
gap to leader John Natalie down to four seconds, but
ran out of time.
Moto two went off with rain coming down. t wasn't too
bad though and the sandy surface held up well. Doug gated
around 7th with eremiah right behind him in eighth. Jeremiah
went around Doug about halfway and he finished up with
4th for the moto. Jeremiah's 15 - 4 moto scores netted
him a ninth overall.
Doug started managed to work his way up to fifth place
in the second moto. "I just couldn't seem to get
going any better than that. I just stayed there,"
Gust explains. "It was a bad day. I just didn't
feel 'on' all weekend." His 2-5 moto scores translated
into 3rd overall on the day.
Team manager Wayne Hinson was philosophical on the
day: "We gave it our best shot and it just wasn't
our day. We just got beat. The bikes worked good and
it was a hot and cold race for us," Hinson said.
"We need to really work on our starts for sure.
The bike is making too much power mid-track and we are
spinning the tires. We're going to make some adjustments
with the mapping to mellow the power out a bit in that
area...that should fix it for Budds Creek."
Gust is back in Wisconsin and doing a little cross
training on snowmobiles. He concurs with Hinson, "I
need to work on my starts so that I can start out in
front instead of working my way up through the pack."
And out front is where we hope to see Gust and Jones
on April 2nd at
Budds Creek, MD.
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