AMA ATV Motocross Nationals Round #6 - Birch Creek MX Danville, Virginia June 8, 2013

Baldwin Motorsports PEP Upperman Racing's Josh Upperman got off to a good start, filing in behind Wienen in the third place spot. Upperman rode at a strong pace and started to place pressure on Byrd for second but ended up losing a position to Brown by halfway through the race. Upperman settled into fourth and rode there uncontested until the end of the moto.

Maxxis' #20 Josh Upperman finished in the fourth spot in Moto One

Wienen Motorsports SSi Walsh Yamaha presented by Maxxis Tires & Team Vollmer's Thomas Brown may have had second gate pick of the moto but Brown did not fair well coming out of the holeshot, sitting just inside the top ten. Brown moved into fifth by the halfway point in the race and was able to dig deep to climb into the second place position by the end of the moto. Byrd rode in second until three laps to go, when Brown made the pass. Byrd fell into the third place position and despite pressure, was able to maintain third until he crossed the finish line.

Yamaha's #84 Thomas Brown finished in the second spot after battling with Byrd for several laps

"I really had to work hard for that second place finish and am pumped on the outcome. We couldn't do it without all of our sponsors helping us out, especially Maxxis Tires. In a race like today's conditions tires are key and they have us hooked up on the track to help us find the front of the field," said Brown.

Walsh Race Craft's Nick Denoble came out of the first turn in the top ten. At lap one, Denoble was in sixth but then after a mistake fell back into ninth. Denoble had a lot of ground to make up but drive allowed him to pick people off and move into fifth by the halfway point. Denoble went on to finish in fifth.

Walsh Race Craft's Nick DeNoble rounded out the Top 5 in Moto One

"Really happy with moto 1 results, this is my second best finish so far this season and I'm really hoping to settle into the top five more in the next four rounds. The Walsh crew had my set up dialed for the track conditions enabling me to make the passes to get towards the front of the field," said Denoble.

MotoSport.com Motoworks DWT's John Natalie started just inside the top ten but was able to make his way into third by halfway. When Natalie tried to make a pass into second he had an issue forcing him to pull into the mechanics' area. Natalie came back onto the track but was an entire lap down but finished the moto in thirteenth.

Motosport's #13 John Natalie was forced to the mechanic's area in moto one with an issue after charging his way up into third place

Corrosion Hetrick Racing's Joel Hetrick was having a great race starting off in the top five especially considering the Pennsylvania native had surgery on his broken collar bone only three weeks ago. Hetrick was in fourth but spun out in a corner and came back into the field just outside of the top ten. Hetrick continued on as he tried to make his way back into the front of the field but ended up unable to finish the race after he blew up his motor with one lap to go.