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AMA ATV Motocross
Round #11 Loretta Lynn's
Hurricane Mills, TN
August 13, 2016
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Joel Hetrick Dominates Loretta
Lynn's Pro ATV MX
Chad Wienen & David Haagsma
rounded out Pro ATV Motocross Podium
Hurricane Mills, TN
(8/14/2016) – The 34th Annual
ATV Dirt Days took place today, August 13, at the
historic Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills,
Tennessee. This race served as the penultimate round
of the 2016 ProX ATV Motocross National Championship
(ATVMX) presented by CST Tires, an AMA National
Championship.
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Loretta
Lynn's - Round 11 - Pro ATV Motocross Podium
(left to right)
Chad Wienen (2nd), Joel Hetrick (1st), David
Haagsma (3rd) |
With an overcast sky, the track conditions were
near perfect once the world's fastest ATV racers
took to the coveted racetrack. After a rough start
to the day, Wienen Motorsports/Yamaha/Maxxis/SSi
Decals/Walsh Racecraft/FLY Racing's Chad Wienen
was able to put it all together to grab the ATVriders.com
Fastest Qualifier Award narrowly edging out Maxxis/Elka
Suspension/Liquid Wrench's Joel Hetrick.
Once the gate dropped signifying the start of
Moto 1 it was the Honda rider of Maxxis/FLY Racing/Baldwin
Motorsports' John Natalie who jumped out to the
early lead and grabbed the SSi Decals Holeshot
Award. Natalie was accompanied by SSR Honda/Quadified/Fourwerx's
Wes Lewis and Hetrick.
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Maxxis'
John Natalie jr grabbed the Moto One Holeshot
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Four-time National Champion Wienen quickly found
trouble in the third turn right before the famed
10 Commandments, while he was following JB Racing/Root
River Racing/Gold Speed Tires' Jeffrey Rastrelli.
The pair became tangled and in a standstill. Once
they were able to ungroup and restart their quads
the duo was in the last two positions.
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Jeffrey
Rastrelli & Chad Wienen locked wheels
a few turns into Moto One, which sent
the pair to the back of the pack
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"In the first moto about the third turn,
Rastrelli came in pretty hot trying to make a
move," said Wienen. "I followed in the
inside line and I got stuck with Rastrelli. I
started in fifteenth and knew I had a long way
to go because the race just started. I had to
calm myself down a little bit and then I just
started picking guys off to salvage some points."
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Maxxis'
#1 Chad Wienen made an incredible charge
from last place to claim the 2nd spot
in Moto One
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Once Hetrick made the pass for the lead, Natalie
began to feel pressure from Maxxis/Liquid Wrench/Elka
Suspension / Honda's David Haagsma. Natalie put
forth his best effort to hold off Haagsma, but
he would eventually slide by in the open sweeper
turn.
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Maxxis'
Joel Hetrick ran away with the Moto One
win by a margin of 22 seconds over Chad
Wienen in 2nd place
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