Third place went to the Moose Racing EBC
brakes Honda of John Pitts, who was still
soaked and shivering when interviewed after
the event. He was smiling, but the friendly
racer from Missouri looked exhausted. “The
last three laps the track just kept deteriorating’”
he said. “I got stuck and everyone got
around me. It seemed like every lap it kept
getting worse.” With his endurance gone
and realizing the racing outcome would not
change Pitts chose to not take his eighth
lap at one hour, thirty two minutes, and four
seconds. He said “my boot is full of
water and I was just basically done. I’m
not going to make up ground because each lap
I keep pushing it further in the woods, so
I might as well just call it a day.”
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The A class Moose
Run victory went to Kyle Turnis aboard
his Turnis ATV EVS Sport Honda.
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The amateur side of the event was good for A
class racer Kyle Turnis. The Turnis ATV EVS
Sports Honda rider said “the first lap
things got kind of confusing. We didn’t
really know where we were going. Me and Josh
Bergfeld got going and we didn’t see any
tracks on the track, and we were like, where
are we going.”
After sorting out their directions, Turnis
put in a strong race to take the A Class victory.
He said “my goal was to keep moving.
I didn’t get stuck at all; only killed
it once. I thought my motor was coming apart,
but it turns out my head pipe just came loose,
so I got lucky. It was a pretty fun day; a
fun track.” Tilman McDaniel also did
well in the muck, taking second place in the
non-pro portion of the program with eleven
laps. The Yamaha privateer said “we
got around the corner just a little bit there
and I was like, what’s going on. I seen
you guys coming over there and crossing it
up and making it right. I was like, oh boy,
I wonder how this is going to come out. I
just want to thank you for the heads up on
picking the right lines, ‘cause that’s
what it took today.”
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Rob Weis was
having fun at the Moose Run. The Country
Sports Racing Amsoil Honda finished
second in the A ATV class.
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The 2009 OMA Nationals Season came to a close
with this installment of the venerable Moose
Run. This was a mud fest on a grand scale that
could only occur in the peat bottoms of the
Bike Barn. It was a long day in grueling conditions,
but nearly everyone said “it was fun.”
Offroad racers thrive on the type of challenge
provided by the Parts Unlimited OMA Nationals
series.
While Bill Gusse threw everything at them,
the racers had fun while collecting another
unique OMA Nationals experience. After ten
rounds of racing throughout the Midwest on
a variety of trails that kept everyone on
their toes Kyle Martin and the Dirtworks Motorsports
HMF Honda emerged with the OMA Nationals Series
championship.
It was a long, hard road to the Moose Run,
and a large group of ATV racers will tell
you that had a great time getting here. Check
out www.omanationals.com for information about
the series along with links to information
on the OMA Winter Nationals Series. This is
offroad racing
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The Moose Run
Pro ATV podium consisted of, left
to right, second place Jason Ochke,
winner Bryan Hulsey, and third place
John Pitts.
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Rnd
10 - OMA Moose Run XC Pro Top Five: |
- Kyle Turnis - A ATV - Honda
- Tilman McDaniel - Plus 30 - Yamaha
- Blake Hynous - C ATV - Honda
- Rob Weis - A ATV - Honda
- Cody Smith - A ATV - Honda
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