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 Two - Pro ATV Race Report
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Dasa
Racing's Joe Byrd grabs the ATVriders.com Holeshot
Award for Moto Two |
In the Second Moto, it was Byrd out front again with the
Holeshot followed by Wimmer, Lawson, Bithell, and Plante,
but this Moto, Byrd’s lead would be short lived
as the hard charging Wimmer would make the pass half way
through the first lap to take control of the lead. Byrd
stayed within striking distance of Wimmer for the first
half of the race, but seventh lap, Wimmer extended his
lead to 4 seconds over Byrd.
Joe Byrd again was experiencing mechanical issues,
which allowed Wimmer to expand his lead to over 12 seconds
by the checkered flag. Once again, Lawson tried to capitalize
of the Byrd’s misfortune, but there wasn’t
enough time and Byrd finished the Moto less than a second
ahead of Lawson in third.
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Dustin
Wimmer & Joe Byrd |
Jasmin
Plante & Pat Brown |
Pat Brown found himself in a battle once again for
the fourth spot, but this time it was with Jasmin Plante.
The pair battled for the spot till the sixth lap when
Brown clipped Plante while attempting a pass, which
sent Brown tumbling and to the rear of the pack, and
allowed Plante to secure the fourth spot. Fortunately,
Brown was able to remount and coast around the track
to finish out the Moto.
Richard Pelchat managed to keep his Yamaha on all four
wheels in the second Moto and worked his way up into
the fifth spot with Josh Creamer applying the pressure
till the checkered flag with Creamer recording his fastest
lap of the Moto in the second to last lap of the race,
but was unable to make the pass on Pelchat.
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Chris
Bithell, Richard Pelchat, and Josh Creamer were
in a 3-way battle for the 5th Spot |
Yamaha's
Richard Pelchat won the battle and claimed 5th
ahead of Creamer & Bithell |
LTE Racing’s Chris Bithell charged hard the entire
second Moto and secured himself a respectable 7th place
finish and 9th Overall in his first ever Pro ATV Motocross
event.
Dustin Wimmer second Moto secured a perfect 1-1 weekend
for the Suzuki rider and the Overall followed by Joe
Byrd and Jeremy Lawson. Canadian’s Jasmin Plante
just missed the Podium with a fourth overall with Kawasaki’s
Josh Creamer rounding out the top five.
For Dustin Wimmer it was his first ATVA race event
since his win at Echeconnee Off-Road Park in April.
Despite missing the last six races, Wimmer remained
in 9th place in points, and his win at Unadilla catapulted
him up to 6th place in points ahead of teammate Doug
Gust.
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Dustin
Wimmer is sprayed down by Jeremy Lawson during
the Podium celebration |
Joe Byrd’s 2nd Place finish over Jeremy Lawson
moves him even closer to wrapping up his second consecutive
Pro Class Championship and the first ever AMA Pro ATV
Championship.
The 2007 AMA Pro Racing championship season will conclude
in just two weeks at the ATV Dirt Days t Loretta Lynn’s
Ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN on August 11-12th.
ATVA
MX Nationals - Pro ATV Top 10 Points
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Overall
| Riders
Name
| Points
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1
| Joe Byrd
| 492
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2
| Jeremy Lawson
| 460
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3
| Patrick Brown
| 365
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4
| Michael Brown
| 257
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5
| Justin Bres
| 240
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6
| Dustin Wimmer
| 191
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7
| Chris Tait
| 176
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8
| Doug Gust
| 168
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9
| Justin Bush
| 146
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10
| Alex Trompen
| 122
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