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ATVA
ITP Moose Racing
National Motocross Series
Round #11 - Unadilla Valley Sports
New
Berlin, New York
July 28-29, 2007
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Moto One - Pro ATV Race Report
::Continued::
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Tait & Travis Spader |
In the first Moto, Dasa Racing’s Joe Byrd grabbed
the Holeshot followed by Jeremy Lawson, and Dustin Wimmer.
Unfortunately, Chris Tait and Travis Spader collided
coming out of the turn, which left Tait bruised and
battered. The race was Red flagged and Tait was taken
off the track on a back board to have his injuries evaluated
while Spader was returned to the starting line. It was
determined that Tait suffered no major injuries, and
he was free to race the second Moto but couldn’t
race in the first Moto.
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Dasa Racing's Joe Byrd claims yet
another ATVriders.com Holeshot Award |
Upon the restart, it was once again Joe Byrd launching
out front with the Holeshot followed by Jeremy Lawson,
Pat Brown, Dustin Wimmer, and Josh Creamer rounding
out the top five. Lawson bobbled heading into the fourth
turn, which also caught up Pat Brown, which allowed
Wimmer to take over the runners-up spot behind Byrd.
After several laps of nearly side by side racing, Wimmer
made the pass stick on Byrd in the fourth lap to take
control of the lead. Byrd continued to challenge Wimmer
for the lead till the sixth lap when the pair recorded
the fastest laps of the day and Wimmer nearly broke
the two minute barrier with a 2:00.395.
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| Honda's
Joe Byrd & Suzuki's Dustin Wimmer battling
for the lead
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In the seventh lap, Byrd began experiencing engine
issues, which was later found to be a cracked head.
From that point forward, Wimmer began expanding his
lead on Byrd by a second a lap while Lawson moved in
to challenge Byrd for the second spot. Fortunately,
Byrd was able to keep his Honda running and ahead of
Lawson to the checkered flag to claim the runners-up
spot over 7 seconds behind Red Bull’s Dustin Wimmer
claiming win.
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| Pat
Brown & Josh Creamer |
Jasmin
Plante |
A battled ensued for the fourth spot between Pat Brown
and Josh Creamer until Creamer experienced engine issues
as well in lap seven, which allowed Brown to take sole
control of the fourth spot followed by Canadian's Jasmin
Plante rounding out the top five. Creamer would fade
back to a 9th place finish ahead of GNCC Pro Racer Chris
Bithell.
Richard Pelchat’s early charge in the top ten
came to an end in the second lap when he crashed which
results in a front flat tire and ended his Moto.
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