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Bartosek Celebration Race
7 th Annual Event - August 30, 2009
Maple Shade MX - Sugar Grove, PA
By: Shane Hartman
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Dustin Wimmer
Takes Home the Bartosek Celebration Win
Doug Gust & Josh Upperman Podium
- Don Edwards Win Motowork Can-Am DS450
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Bartosek Celebration
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Bartosek (1983 - 2003) |
Suger Grove, PA - The seventh annual
Matt Bartosek Memorial race might be a single event,
however the memorial fund that allows national races
to receive medical attention at the track, charges
on throughout each season. The annual event and
memorial fund honor the life of fallen up and coming
pro rider, Matt Bartosek. Riders would once again
be punching a Northwest Pennsylvania address into
their GPS units as Mapleshade MX would return as
this year’s host. The track would undergo
little to no changes since last years running. The
most significant change would be a large table top
that would prove to be a challenge to downside for
even the best riders. Various elevation changes,
low flying tabletops, high speed straightaway’s
build the tracks character.
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The
7th Annual Matt Bartosek Celebration ATV
Motocross Race was once again held at Maple
Shade MX Track in Sugar Grove, PA |
As many from the region know, any chance of rain
usually means rain. Saturday’s scheduled
practice would be canceled in hopes to keep the
track sealed and allow the water to run off. With
an open day ahead of them, racers, friends and
family began were able to take time and visit
with one another one last time as the season comes
to a close. Fierce games of cornhole, let’s
pause for definition: A beanbag-like game, where
a bag is filled with corn feed and thrown in a
hole, began to spring up at many campsites. The
Saturday evening cookout returned and fed over
200 hungry mouths. 300 pieces of chicken, six
rounds of beef, 15 dozen ears of sweet corn, and
plenty of side dishes filled plates and stomachs.
As the temperature descended, it reminded racers
that their season was coming to a close.
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Many
of the Top Pro ATV Racers came out for the
Bartosek Celebration including Dustin Wimmer,
Pat Brown, Rocco Arno Jr, Doug Gust, Greg
Gee, and Josh Upperman |
A sunny morning would be a relief to riders as
they began to suit up to hit the track. The premier
Pro-Am class would obtain the most entries of
any class with a full 21 rider gate vying for
the $5,000 purse in a two moto 20min +2 lap format.
Once again attracting many of the fastest Pro
and Pro-Am riders from different parts of the
country, it would surely be something not worth
missing.
Leading off the line up would be National champion,
Dustin Wimmer, along with his Suzuki teammate,
Doug Gust. Josh Upperman, Pat Brown, Thomas Brown,
Greg Gee, and Rocco Arno added to the pros in
attendance. Up and coming pro riders like Joel
Hetrick and Chase Snapp would make things interesting
when they would hit the track for the first time
with their future competition.
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