Offroad Motorcycle
and ATV Nationals
2009 OMA Racing Series
Round #6 - Millville, Minnesota
Spring Creek GP
August 1-2, 2009 |
Photos and Story
By: John Gasso |
Kyle Martin tops Motion Pro
Spring Creek GP OMA ATV XC Race
OMA
ATV Racing Links
Round 6 - Spring Creek GP
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Kyle Martin did it
again in Minnesota. The Missouri racer
is on a roll towards the OMA Nationals
series championship with a string of victories
pushing his points total.
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On the first weekend in August, the Parts Unlimited
OMA Nationals series rolled their show in to the
Spring Creek national motocross facility at Millville,
Minnesota. The series is still off road racing,
but each year they visit the awesome facility
that John and Greta Martin have built. Parts of
the motocross track are used in the course layout,
including the huge uphill triple and the famous
Millville Whoops. Miles of woods trails are connected
to the circuit, and Bill Gusse did his best to
make another challenging event at one of the premier
motorsports facilities in the country. Shane Gaunt
stepped up to the challenge, and his Aupperle
Racing Lonestar Honda appeared to have what it
takes to win this event. The Morton Illinois teenager
lead the event until electrical issues stopped
his machine dead. A restart was finally successful,
but the machine only completed another partial
lap before stopping for the day. Kyle Martin was
close behind Gaunt, and the Dirtworks Motorsports
Honda claimed the lead and never relented. Martin
finished his ninth lap of the course with a gap
of three minutes and forty seconds over the Quad
City Quad Doctor Honda of Matt Lindle. Third place
went to John Pitts aboard a Duncan Racing Rekluse
Honda while the A class Honda of Andrew Snyder
was the final machine to complete nine laps to
capture fourth place overall. The big Polaris
Utility ATV of Daryl Rath rounded out the top
five with an impressive ride, completing eight
laps of the grueling mix of rocks, roots, and
some moto sections that really tested every aspect
of the machines and their riders.
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The big Polaris Utility
class machine of Daryl Rath completed
eight laps at the Spring Creek XC to capture
fifth place overall.
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Fourth place overall
at the Motion Pro Spring Creek XC was
captured by A ATV racer Andrew Stevens.
He was the last racer to complete nine
laps of the grueling course.
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The early laps were lead by a young man that
has had some trouble getting to the end of races
lately. Shane Gaunt has endured mechanical and
physical issue at the last two events, and his
Fasst Flexx Hinson Honda did not see the finish
of this race either. After a great holeshot and
some very impressive laps the Gaunt Motorsports
Scott Goggles Honda was nowhere to be seen. Electrical
gremlins had struck the machine dead, ending Gaunt’s
chance of taking home a victory and leaving him
stuck in the woods.
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Kyle Martin blasted
his Dirtworks Motorsports Honda to another
victory at the OMA Nationals Spring Creek
XC.
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Kyle Martin was doing some fast laps of his own,
and took the opportunity to grab the lead and
run away with it to the end. The Missouri racer
picked up the pace despite some overheating concerns
with his Maxxis Roll Design Honda. Martin chose
to continue racing, ignoring the warning lights
and odd smells coming from his Pivot Works Wiseco
Performance Products Honda. “I was able
to melt the brackets off my fan on my radiator,”
noted Martin. “I burnt most of my oil and
I’m sure I spewed out all of my anti-freeze.”
Martin said the conditions were “real rough
on the bike today as far as the heat, and I think
some of the other guys had that come in to play
for them as well. This sandy soil really plugs
up the radiator.”
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