Hetrick
Racing's Joel Hetrick's Rounds 4 & 5 Race
Report Recaps
AMA ATV Motocross Championship
- Rounds 4 & 5 - Sunset Ridge & Steel
City
Oil City, PA (6/2/2010)
- Hetrick Racing’s own Joel Hetrick
has made a bold statement at the last two rounds
of the ATV Motocross National Series. The young
rider has won 7 of the last 8 motos on his Hetrick
prepped Kawasaki in the Pro-Am classes with a little
excitement along the way.
At Walnut Ill. he won the first three as well
as qualifying first in Pro-Am Production. As luck
would have it, while starting the atv the kick
start assembly cracked the side and center cases.
Joel’s mechanic and father, with some help
from others, changed the parts and got the quad
to the line when the thirty-second card was up.
Under AMA Pro racing rules, if you do not check
in twenty minutes before the moto you lose your
gate pick so his was last.
This didn’t change the outcome of the moto
though. Hetrick came off the line around 8th and
by the end of the fourth lap he had a nice lead
and went on to win the moto.
At Steel City, Hetrick dominated the competition
for the Pro-Am Unlimited and qualified first for
the Production class. Although just after the
start in moto one, Hetrick took a rock to his
goggles which cracked the lens. Acting fast, he
pulled off the track after lap one and changed
goggles which put him in 17th place. Determination
filled his heart and the young rider worked his
way back to the fourth position by the end of
the moto setting some blistering lap times in
the race.
In Moto two, Hetrick pulled the hole shot and
won with a demanding lead giving him second overall
in the Pro-Am Production class. “Without
the quality of the product we run and how well
my atv handles, I would not be able to do as well
as I do,” said Hetrick. “I cannot
thank my sponsors enough.”
www.hetrickracing.com
186 Oakwood Road
Oil City, PA 16301
814.676-0477 |
