AMA ATV Motocross Nationals Round #1 - Aonia MX Washington, GA March 22, 2014

John Natalie celebrated his second place finish on the podium with the entire Natalie Experience Team

“The Natalie Experience racers did great today too! Alex Waskob went out and won the A class, Brody Runyan went out and won one of his classes and got second in the other one, and Logan Steele won one of his. One of my B class riders Tommy Vossman ended up with a third even after a crash. It’s a great thing for me, I love seeing these guys do really well, and I take pride in everyone who shares our training and our experience and it’s great to see them do well and excel at what they are doing. Not only that but maybe teach them a life lesson on how not to give up and just give it a hundred percent,” said John Natalie

Joel Hetrick is back on the Can-Am for 2014, and he looked right as he charged his way into the lead in Moto one, and he lead nearly the entire moto before dropping back to second in the final laps.

“First moto went well! Came out in second in the holeshot and passed Natalie really quick and I was leading and putting some laps together pretty good. I heard Wienen behind me and he just had some better lines than I did and he got around me, but I pulled second for that moto," said Joel Hetrick

Joel Hetrick was stuck in the middle of an intense battle for the lead in moto two, but amazingly, Hetrick had the fastest laptime of the moto even though he never lead the race with a time of 1:34.441. He finished the moto in the third spot to claim the final spot on the podium.

"Second moto came around and I ran third for most of it and there was a cross flag and it bunched everyone up, that made it intense. I mean the racing was crazy and we’ve never really been in that yet, or at least me personally," said Joel Hetrick

After one of the most intense rounds of ATV Pro Motocross racing, Chad Wienen once again took the top spot on the box followed by John Natalie and Joel Hetrick.

ATV Motocross - Round 1 - Pro ATV MX Podium (left to right) John Natalie Jr (2nd), Chad Wienen (1st), Joel Hetrick (3rd)