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Offroad Motorcycle
and ATV Nationals
2008 OMA Racing Series
Round #5 - Mesick, Michigan
DP Brakes Wolverine XC
June 28th, 2008 |
By: John Gasso |
Another OMA victory for Brandon
Sommers at Wolverine XC
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ATV Racing Links
Round 5 - Wolverine XC
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| Race
Results |
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Brandon Sommers took
another OMA Nationals win at the DP Brakes
Wolverine
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Mesick, MI - Brandon Sommers capped
off an exciting race at the Twisted Trails off road
park near Mesick, Michigan with another first place
finish aboard his GYTR Yamaha YFZ450. The victory
came after eleven laps of a fast but challenging
course. The usual combination of woods and twisting
grass track sections also included two journeys
each lap through a four by four truck special test
section complete with hill climbs and holes that
provided considerable spectator viewing time. The
Maxxis Hyper Wheels KTM of Taylor Kiser led part
of the race but ended up three seconds short of
victory behind Sommers. Their traveling partner
Johnny Gallagher rounded out the podium aboard his
Fly Racing Yamaha. Mississippi racer David Crane
finished fourth place aboard the DC Cycles Rekluse
KTM while Bryan Hulsey rounded out the top five
aboard his Missouri based Duncan Racing IMS Honda.
Lap times for the top two racers on this course
of approximately five miles hovered around the
nine and one half minute mark while the rest of
the pro class was about thirty seconds per lap
in arrears. Sommers and Kiser ended their day
with nearly three minutes of gap on the rest of
the field. When recapping his race Sommers said
“I just rode as hard as I could and I could
never shake him (Kiser). We had a good race going
for sure.” According to the 2007 Missouri
Harescrambles Champion Bryan Hulsey, who finished
fifth, “The race was just fast and rough.
The leaders just got away from me and it’s
all I could do to finish fifth.”
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The Factory KTM of
Taylor Kiser split up the Yamahas of Brandon
Sommers and
Johnny Gallagher on the OMA round five
DP Brakes podium.
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Brandon Sommers
put his Maxxis / Yamaha through the Moose
Racing scoring tent just three seconds
ahead of the Factory KTM ride of
Taylor Kiser.
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Kiser said he had a “pretty good day.”
According to the Powermadd JB KTM rider “I
got out of the hole third and Me and Johnny and
Brandon hooked up and were running pretty good.
Johnny stalled it in a corner and I got by him.
Then I lucked out in the pits and got the lead
for a couple more laps. Brandon pulled a really
good line on me and he led it to the end. It was
a solid day, we both had really good runs, and
I was really happy with the bike.”
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Six time GNCC Women's
champion racer Traci Cecco came out to
Michigan to run
with the boys in the OMA Nationals Wolverine
XC. Cecco completed ten laps of the course
aboard her Yamaha YFZ450 to collect seventh
place at her
first visit to an OMA event.
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Nearly two hours of racing
netted Shea Dickson eleven laps and a
sixth place
finish at the Parts Unlimited OMA Nationals
round five event at the Twisted
Trails off road park near Mesick, Michigan.
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