Extreme
Dirt Track
DURO ATVA Nationals
Round #4 - Oil City, PA
Tri City Raceway
July 4, 2008
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ATV RACING REPORT |
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#7 Heather Byrd claims the Women's Class
win with Paula Shank & Bailey Williams
both having issues |
Heather Byrd made the trek out to PA to get in
some seat time and have a little fun as well.
“Paula Shank and I are pretty good friends
and I decided to come out and race with her this
weekend and have some fun,” said Heather.
“I had called Joe (Byrd) and told him I
was thinking about racing and he had a bike set
up for me. I haven’t raced TT in over seven
years but it was great; I really had a lot of
fun!” she added.
Even though Heather hasn’t raced TT in
a long time, the AMA ATV Motocross Women’s
class points leader showed that she still has
what it takes to get the job done. In the heat
races, Heather took second behind good friend
Paula Shank, but in the Women’s main, Heather
got the jump on everyone and took the top spot
on the podium. Lexi Wren crossed the finish line
in 2nd and Paige Cowell took the final spot on
the podium. Andrea Creech went on to place 4th
and EDT Women’s class points leader Paula
Shank rounded out the top five.
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Lexi Wren
gained 9 points on points leader Paula
Shank, which closes the points gap to
only 2 points between the pair
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Yamaha mounted
Paige Cowell claimed her 2nd straight
Podium finish and moves past Amanda Howe
into the 5th spot in the points race
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In Production A, Michael Blanchard claimed his
first win of the season while Hunter Haswell claimed
2nd and class points leader, Nathan Wolff, took
3rd. In Production B, Justin Loggins took his
second win of the year allowing him to take over
the class points lead as Jayne Medlin took 2nd
and Brooks Williams claimed 3rd.
In the 16-24 class, Jeffrey Cunnigham won both
his heat race and the main event, he was followed
by Tyler Corriher in the number two spot and Michael
Blanchard finished in third. Caden Pope claimed
the win in the Youth Production Senior class,
followed by Nathan Linderman in 2nd and Kenny
Strader in 3rd. In 90 Production CVT it was Kenny
Haggerty who claimed the win, followed by DRR
mounted John Mosher in 2nd and Peter Gabel in
3rd.
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Garrett Keister
has a packed schedule racing 3 different
classes, and he took over the 71-90 Prod
Auto Points lead with his 5th place finish
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Kevin Haggerty
held off Josh Mosher to claim his 2nd
straight 90 Prod CVT Win to take over
the points lead with Mosher winning the
90 Prod Auto Class
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In 70 Production Auto, Nick Shriner claimed another
victory, putting him in the points lead with 110
points. Zachary Wentz claimed the number two spot
on the podium, followed by Jessica Ryckman in
3rd.
As the series passes its halfway point, round
five of the Extreme Dirttrack series will travel
to Ashtabula, OH on July 19-20, where Pine Lake,
which is Tim Farr’s home track, will be
the hosting facility.
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