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AMA ATV Motocross
Nationals
Round #9 - Pleasure Valley
Johnstown,
Pennsylvania
July 12-13, 2008
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Pro AMA ATV Motocross
Race Report
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ATV Motocross Nationals
Pleasure Valley Links |
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Johnstown,
PA (7/15/2008) – Yellow
and Green were the dominating colors on the podium
at round nine of the AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
as Suzuki’s Doug Gust claimed his second
overall win of the season and Kawasaki’s
Josh Creamer claimed his first ever National Pro
moto win, taking second overall.
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Jeff Cernic,
Cernic Racing, promoted his first ATV
Motocross National at Pleasure Valley
this past weekend in Johnstown, PA, and
the facility was packed beyond its capacity
with racers and fans, which made parking
a premium despite Cernics having several
large level parking areas, but besides
a few issues the event went out without
any major hitches with the help of the
Racer Productions crew
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This weekend was the first time for the series
to be hosted by Pleasure Valley Raceways where
a particularly tricky uphill whoop section was
the scene for many rider mishaps on Saturday including
a rather spectacular save by Doug Gust (photo
link). “I was just praying that I could
hang on,” said Gust. Luckily, the veteran
racer did just that.
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Doug
Gust wasn't the only racer to have a close
call on the uphill whoops section,
Josh Creamer also nearly had a get
off along with Joe Byrd (above left) and
John Ragon (above right) wasn't able to
save it and went for a tumble, but jumped
back up and went on to qualify for first
time since High Point
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Despite the hot and dusty conditions on Saturday,
Cale Downen took the win in the LCQ, followed
by Harold Goodman, Kawasaki’s Russell Shumaker
and Hunter Miller. Can-Am/Motoworks’ Brandon
Smith was not as lucky and just barely missed
qualifying for Sunday’s main event. Trent
Kandel, Michael Brown, Brock Lyons and Brian Ace
also were not able to qualify for the Pro Main.
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K&K
ATV's Cale Downen grabbed the LCQ Holeshot
and lead from start to finish to earn his
spot on the gate, and he was followed by
Harold Goodman, Russell Shumaker, and Hunter
Miller |
With
only 4 advancing, five racers didn't make
the cut with the "man in black"
Trent Kandel just missing the cut followed
closely by Motoworks Brandon Smith traveling
out from the west coast for his chance to
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Once all the racing concluded and the sunset
on Pleasure Valley Raceway saturday night, Cernic
Racing put on an really nice fireworks display,
which was visible through the out the facility,
and nearly everyone took a break from either wrenching
or socializing to check out the fireworks show
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Pleasure Valley Raceway's Saturday
night fireworks show kicked off at 9:15PM
and it was a top notch display, which was
appreciated by everyone in attendance |
Big
Daddy Motorsports organized a spaghetti
diner fund raiser Saturday night, which
raised $3,700 for the "88 Live to Ride"
organization |
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