Offroad Motorcycle and ATV Nationals 2009 OMA Racing Series Round #5 - Hixton, Wisconsin Parts Unlimited XC July 11-12, 2009

Photos and Story By: John Gasso

OMA ATV Racing Links Round 5 - WolverineXC Race Results

Kyle Martin does it again with his second consecutive OMA Nationals victory. The Dirtworks Motorsports Honda lead the event from start to finish.

After thirteen laps of a Bill Gusse course on the CMJ Raceway property near Hixton, Wisconsin it was Kyle Martin on top of the OMA Nationals podium again. Martin won the previous round also, and the Dirtworks Motorsports Honda racer now holds an eleven point lead over Shawn Hess in the race for the series championship. Hess finished third aboard his Hess Motorsports Quad Tech Honda after losing a late race battle with the Dirtworks Motorsports Moose Racing Honda of Bryan Hulsey. Missouri racer John Pitts rode his Duncan Racing Dirtworks Honda to fourth place, and was the last racer to complete thirteen laps in the event. Rob Weis rounded out the top five overall aboard his A class County Sports Racing Amsoil Honda.

“Start to finish. That’s the way I like it,” said Martin. The Missouri based racer took another holeshot and never looked back. According to the Scott Goggles IMS backed racer the day went “just how you want it to go. I pulled the holeshot, put a little lead on them, made some dust for them, and I had a pretty clear track ahead of me.” Martin put his Roll Design EBS Honda out front and managed to keep a gap on the entire field. After thirteen laps the gap had grown to nearly three minutes over the second place Rekluse Vee Rubber machine of Bryan Hulsey. Martin said it was “a pretty open, fast track, so I was able to put some time on them.”

Fourth place went to Dirtworks Motorsports Moose Racing's John Pitts	Kyle Martin now maintains an 11 point leader over second place, Shawn Hess.

Second place was captured by Bryan Hulsey, who recalled “off the start I was around fifth, behind John (Pitts). We battled a little bit through the motocross. Then John missed a line and that’s where I got him on the first lap.” Hulsey was smiling when speaking about the motocross track, as he is very comfortable in that environment. Some of the other racers, including Pitts, favor keeping all four wheels on the ground instead of launching through the air on a big double.

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