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Allstars' Josh Holley finished first in
both the 70 Single Speed & 70 CVT
ATV Classes at Unadilla |
Morehead, KY (7/18/2011) - After
enduring their fair share of bad luck and misfortune,
it seemed that the stars aligned just right
for Team Media Allstars. With a roster loaded
with talent it was just a matter of time before
it showed on the results page.
A race season has its ups and downs; sometimes
it’s hard to remember the good times as
you get frustrated with your current situation.
Rounds 7 and 8 of the 2011 ATVA MX Championship
saw Team Media Allstars put up solid finishes
as Josh Holley took his first national win at
Sunday Creek and Calen McGinty took home two
podium finishes in the same weekend at Spring
Creek, but the rest of the team couldn’t
buy a break or so it seemed. Jake McGraw had
to borrow bikes to ride, Chase Cunningham found
his motor looked more at home on a work bench
than on the quad, even Mr. Consistency Dylan
Tremellen scored a 9th place, his worst finish
in over 2 years. Strange how in just 1 race
weekend everything can fall into place.
World famous Unadilla Valley Raceway was the
site of round 9 of the ATV MX National Championship
Series, known for it’s fast straight stretches,
massive elevation changes, rocky soil and of
course….the Sky Shot! Team Media Allstars
took right too the tricky Unadilla race course
and showed their competition the fast way around
it for most of the weekend.
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Josh
Holley won both motos in each the 70 Single
Speed & 70 CVT Classes |
The Team MVP for the 2nd race in a row went
to Josh Holley #7. Josh may as well be butter
because he’s on a roll! After winning
the 70 single speed class at Sunday Creek Josh’s
confidence was at an all time high. He showed
his competition that he plans to continue his
hot streak. Josh won both the 70 Single Speed
and 70 CVT classes at Unadilla, and he did it
very convincingly. In fact Josh won every moto
he entered going 1-1 in both classes. Dan Hoisington
#71 and Calen McGinty #33 both earned their
first national wins of the season. Dan got great
holeshots and rode smart in the 450B class to
go 2-1 and take the overall, while Calen made
the best of a bad start in his second moto of
Production B, charged to the front and never
looked back as he went 1-1 for the win. Nick
Lepkoski #28 won the award for longest drive,
but the Georgia rider made it worth the trip
with a dominating performance in the Open C
class as he went 1-1 for a win as well. Nick
may have had a shot at 2 overalls, but his exhaust
came off his quad in the second moto of the
450C class costing him any hopes of a decent
finish. Mark #636 and Dale Batson #671 represented
the team well in the Vet 30+ class over the
weekend. Dale went 8-6 for 6th overall and Mark
rode his way to 11-7 scores for 9th. Matthew
Holley #9 (Josh’s little brother) keeps
steadily improving from race to race. Matthew
scored 5-8 moto finishes and earned 6th overall
in the 50 Sr. (6-8) class.
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All Stars' Jake McGraw took the holeshot
on his Suzuki LTR 450 ATV |
One rider who just can’t seem to catch
a break is Team Manager Chase Cunningham #419.
Unadilla made it 4 races this year that the
#419 machine has had major OEM engine parts
failure. This time the Crankshaft let go sending
the piston rod through the engine cases. Chase’s
weekend looked all but done, but thanks to an
all night effort from Pat, Donnie and Toby at
MotoXperts Chase was able hit the track Saturday
morning. Despite piecing a motor together Chase
still only missed a win by two turns as he held
off former Pro Class Champion Travis Spader
till the checkers were in sight, in what may
have been the best race of the weekend. The
2-2 scores earned him 2nd overall in the 25+
class and moves him back into the points lead.
Jake McGraw #83 got back to his winning ways
at round 9. Jake used his MotoXperts engine
to pull 4 holeshots and take home the win in
4-stroke A as he went 1-1. Jake finished up
2nd overall in the Open A class giving him 2
solid performances, and after his recent string
of bad luck it was a welcomed relief. Dylan
Tremellen #940 showed us all that he’s
extremely hungry for another national championship.
Dylan is bound and determined to claim the 4-stroke
B class title in 2011. The #940 Honda pilot
put his machine out front early and never looked
back going 1-1 and earning his 5 overall win
of the season. With the win it gives Dylan a
comfortable point’s lead going into round
10 at Red Bud.
Team Media Allstars has been primed all season
long to issue a statement of complete domination
at the ATVA MX Nationals. Finally….at
Unadilla that statement was made. With 7 overall
wins and another 4 second place overall finishes,
it’s safe to say Team LSR, Morehead Motorsports,
Media Allstars turned heads. With the series
heading to Red Bud Track and Trail later this
month could there be an encore to this performance?
Stay tuned….!
Unadilla Results at a glance:
Overall Wins: 7
Moto Wins: 13
Podiums: 11
Moto Podiums: 23
Top 5s: 11
Special Thanks to all our 2011 sponsors!
Lonestar Racing, Morehead Motorsports, MotoXperts,
Maxxis Tire, Rath Racing, Fox Shox, Yoshimura,
Uni Filters, Maxima, DWT, Maier, G4, HPI, Powermadd,
Quadtech, Tag, Sunline, ONE Industries, Precision
Racing Products, Smith Optics, Oury Grips, Suzuki
City, ATVondemand.com, ATVscene.com.
For more information on the Team, please visit
www.media-allstars.com
or contact Jorge Cuartas @ 770-337-7248 or jorge@atvnationals.com
www.media-allstars.com
