Offroad Motorcycle and ATV Nationals 2009 OMA Racing Series Round #9 - Memphis, Missouri Maxxis Moonshine XC September 19-20, 2009

Photos and Story By: John Gasso

OMA ATV Racing Links Round 9 - Moonshine XC Overall Race Results

A motocross section on the Maxxis Moonshine XC course allowed racers like Kyle Martin to air it out a little. Martin won the event after eight laps with a gap of one minute and thirty three seconds over second place.

Memphis, MO - The Mid-America MX Park near Memphis, Missouri hosted round nine of the Parts Unlimited OMA Nationals series. Conditions for the race were dry and somewhat dusty in a few sections, but according to reigning OMA Nationals champion Bryan Hulsey “it was an excellent course.” When the green flag flew it was Shane Gaunt nosing his Moose Racing Rekluse Honda through the first turn ahead of The Dirtworks Motorsports HMF Honda of Kyle Martin. As the pack entered their first woods section, Martin took the lead and started charging forward. Bryan Hulsey managed to get his Duncan Racing ODI Honda past Martin, then John Pitts make a few good moves to put his Dirtworks Motorsports EBC Powermadd Honda through the Moose Racing scoring tent to lead lap number one. Gaunt was also in the mix for part of the first lap, passing Martin early but losing ground when he had what Martin witnessed as “a bad get off out there.” The teenager from Illinois put his Fasst Flexx Lonestar Honda in the trailer early after the machine quit running, apparently suffering some ill effects from his crash. After nearly two hours of battle Kyle Martin finally shook the group and cleared the scoring tent first on lap number eight. Hulsey captured second place with a deficit of one minute and thirty three seconds. John Pitts followed Hulsey to claim his spot on the all Missouri Rekluse equipped pro podium. Fourth place overall was claimed by The No-Toil Pivot Works Dirtworks Motorsports Honda of A class rider Dan Schaefer, while Matt Keaton completed the top five overall riding another A class Honda.

Kyle Martin motored his Dirtworks Motorsports Roll Design Fox Honda through a creek bed on his way to victory number six in a row at the OMA Nationals Maxxis Moonshine XC.

“I thought I was going to be able to make some dust for these guys,” said Martin. “But Bryan (Hulsey) put a good line on me, passed me first lap. I blew a corner and John (Pitts) got by me, and that’s how we came in.” with lap one in the books, Martin decided it was time to get his Maxxis Roll Design Honda out front. “I watched Shane Gaunt take a tumble out there,” recalled Martin. “That’s how we got around him. After that I was able to pass both these guys and really start dusting them out. When I got in the lead I was able to push. The motor ran hard and it worked out.” According to Martin “The bike ran awesome. Out there in the clean air its lots easier to see, plus the air filter doesn’t get plugged up and you can really just stay on the gas. On this track, a lot of open field sections, you could really get on it and put some time between them.” This victory marks six in a row for Martin aboard his Wiseco Performance Products DWT Hot Cams Honda, and locks him in for first place in the Parts Unlimited OMA Nationals season championship.

The Dirtworks Motorsports Moose Racing Honda of Bryan Hulsey put in a strong race at the Maxxis Moonshine XC, capturing second place for the former series champion.

Second place went to last year’s series champion Bryan Hulsey riding the number one UM Performance Moose Racing Honda. After getting what he called “a decent start out behind Kyle,” Hulsey took advantage of a good line and got around Martin. “Then John got by me,” said Hulsey, “and we were mixing it up out there pretty good. I got back up on John and he had a little bit of a problem. He pulled over and fixed a fuel line or something. That put me in second, and I tried to chase Kyle down, but I couldn’t get him.” After two hours and fifteen seconds of racing Hulsey completed lap eight with the JE Pistons Maxima Oils Honda, capturing second place and collecting twenty five valuable championship points in the process. The always friendly and smiling Missouri racer said “it was pretty fun running. The course was excellent.”

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