AMA ATV Motocross Round #6 - Sunset Ridge Walnut, IL June 13, 2015

Maxxis/Yamaha/Moto-Xpert’s Thomas Brown would claim second overall at Sunset Ridge. A solid ride during the first moto secured Brown a third place position, fending off Root River Racing’s Josh Upperman. “I didn’t get the best start, but I fought through the pack to finish third. Joel and Chad had a blistering pace.” said Brown.

Yamaha's #84 Thomas Brown finished third in Moto One

In Moto two, Brown shot out of the gate to claim the SSI Decals holeshot award and never looked back, taking an uncontested moto win, which boosted him into second overall on the weekend, which now just has him 26 points behind Wienen in the championship race and still in the hunt.

Maxxis' Thomas Brown grabbed the Moto Two Holeshot & lead from start to finish to claim the moto win for second overall

Hetrick grabbed the Moto two holeshot, but found himself in an intense battle for the win with Wienen. Hetrick would claim the fastest lap of the first moto with a time of 1:46.71, closely matched by Wienen’s best of 1:46.97. Hetrick would finish the moto in the second spot.

#88 Joel Hetrick claimed the moto one holeshot & finished 2nd

For Moto two, Hetrick battled through mud and challenging track conditions to a third place finish after rounding the first lap in fifth. Hetrick would however turn the fastest lap of moto two as well, with a 1:55.59. According to Hetrick, “After the track was run in about ten minutes into the moto, it was a lot better for me. I caught up a little bit, but I just started too far behind.”

#88 Joel Hetrick claimed ATVriders.com Fastest Qualifer Award for the sixth time, which wrapped up the $1,000 points championship

Adding to Hetrick’s well-deserved third place overall was wrapping the battle for the $1,000 ATVriders.com fastest qualifier award. Sunset Ridge was Hetrick’s sixth timed qualifier win of the series, which sealed the deal for Hetrick.

H&M Motorsports’ David Haagsma rode his Honda to an impressive fourth place overall finish by going 5-4 in only his second race of the season.

David Haagsma finished fourth overall at Sunset Ridge MX

Rounding out the top five was JB Racing/ Liquid Wrench’s Jeffery Rastrelli who ended with impressive 7-5 moto finishes after an unexpected crash at Ironman Raceway in Indiana, which left him with a shoulder injury. Rastrelli is looking to get back to 100 percent by the next round.

Jeffrey Rastrelli rebounded from injury at the Ironman to round out the top five at Sunset Ridge

For round seven of the Mtn Dew AMA ATV Motocross National Series heads too Spring Creek MX in Millville, MN on June 27-28th.

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