| 2013
TQRA MX Racing
Round 1 - Village MX |
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Kemp, TX - It was an exciting
weekend at Underground MX in Kemp, Texas with
the
ATV
Pro Challenge in Memory of Caleb Moore on
Saturday and the final round of the TQRA ATV motocross
series on Sunday. The Open Expert class saw a
strong win from Texas native, Thomas Brown, and
Cody Miller swept the Pro-Am motos for the win,
and he wrapped up both the Open Expert and Pro-Am
Championships.
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TQRA
ATV Motocross Open Expert Class Podium
(left to right)
Cody
Miller (3rd),
Thomas Brown (1st),
Jeffrey
Rastrelli (2nd) |
After the ATV Pro Challenge on Saturday, several
classes of the TQRA series were held, but the
Open Expert and Pro-am classes were held over
for Sunday. Several top national pro racers
hung around for Sunday’s races, including Yamaha’s
Thomas Brown, Can-Am’s Jeffrey Rastrelli, pro
rookie of the year, Kyle Hamrick and Brad Riley,
as well as regular series racers, Cody Miller
and Hunter Miller. Series top contender, Johnny
Hale was missing from Sunday’s line up due to
injuring his wrist on Friday during practice.
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Yamaha's #84 Thomas Brown grabbed
the TQRA Open Expert Moto One Holeshot |
As the gate dropped for the first moto in the
Open Expert class, Thomas Brown grabbed the
holeshot followed by Brad Riley and Cody Miller,
but it wasn't long before Jeffrey Rastrelli
moved in to challenge Brown for the lead.. Brown
held his lead for several laps before Rastrelli
slipped by and took the moto one win.
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| Thomas
Brown held off Jeffrey Rastrelli for most
of the race, but in the final laps, Rastrelli
made the pass for the lead to take the
Moto one win |
“Jeffrey was really rolling in the first moto.
We weren’t sure if we were going to Race Sunday
or not, but we decided after Saturday’s Pro
Challenge that we needed to work on a few things
and do some testing and we figured there’s no
better place to work on things than on the race
track so we went out and made some improvements
in the first moto, but Jeffrey was still riding
really strong and he got me,” said Brown.
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| Thomas
Brown busted out a "Heel Clicker"
over the big triple in the final lap of
moto 2 as he went on to win the moto and
overall |
Brown however was not about to let that happen
again in the second moto. Once the gate dropped,
Brown was on fire. The number 84 led from start
to finish and claimed the moto two win and the
top spot on the Open Expert podium. “We made
a few more improvements to the quad for the
second moto and it was running awesome and we
took the win. Now that the season is over, we’re
going to take a little time off to get all our
deals done. Everything is looking positive and
we should be putting out a big release soon,”
stated Brown.
