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AMA ATV Motocross
Round #6 Monster MTN
Tallassee, Alabama
June 4, 2016
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Monster Mountain ATV
Motocross Amateur Report
AMA ATV Motocross - Monster
Mountain - Round 6
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2016
AMA ATV Motocross
Round 6 - Links
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Tallassee, AL
(6/11/2016) - The sixth round of
the 2016 AMA ATV Motocross National Championship
was held at Monster Mountain MX Park in Tallassee,
AL June 4-5.
Monster Mountain was a brand new track added
to the series this season and the change seemed
to suit most all riders. The track was fast and
wide open, providing great racing across all classes.
The weekend started off with a hot, humid practice
session on Friday and first motos started on Saturday,
which was mostly dry. The rain came in heavy for
Sunday causing the second motos to be cancelled,
so the weekend was run as a one moto format.
The fastest amateur riders of all competed in
the Pro Sport class, where Cole Sepesi captured
a first place finish. Sepesi led every lap and
crossed the checkered flag with a comfortable
eight second gap on second place. Sepesi is the
frontrunner for the national championship title,
leading the class by 31 points.
In second place was Root River Racing’s very
talented rider, Dylan Tremellen.“The track was
really fun with a lot of different lines. I came
out of the holeshot second behind Cole Sepesi
and pretty much stayed there for the whole race.
I am chipping away at the points in fourth and
not too far out of reach, so we are getting there,”
said Tremellen.
Rounding out the Pro Sport podium in third was
another Root River Racing team member, Haeydn
Mickelson. “I managed to take third off the start
and held my ground there. It was pretty cool Dylan
and I were battling almost the entire race. I
got beside him a couple times but he shut the
door on me in the corners,” explained Mickelson.
The number 327 of Brian Nolt took fourth and
Phillip Oppen put in a strong ride to round out
the top five.
In WMX, Megan Shepherd ran away with the win
and fastest lap times of the class. Shepherd has
won two consecutive national championships in
this class and is leading the points for this
season by nine.
In second place was Michelle Jenkins aboard her
number five Suzuki. Jenkins made a pass into second
on the second lap of the race and was able to
maintain her position to the checkered flag.
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