2007 Maxxis NEATV-MX
Race Report - Round 8
Team Green’s Josh Creamer Takes the ATV
Overall Win
Capeway Rovers Motocross
Middleboro, MA (8/8/2007)
- For most of the races this season the weather
has smiled on NEATV and Sunday was no exception. With
a slight breeze and temps in the 80’s the Open
Pro contenders prepared for Round 8 at Capeway Rovers
M/C. Coming into this round the Baldwin Motorsports
#111 of Nate Morello trailed Yamaha’s #91 Jasmin
Plante by 5 points. With Plante not in attendance,
Morello was looking at retaking that #1 overall spot.
Kawasaki rider Josh Creamer #9 would be racing as
there were no National race conflicts. The race for
3rd place overall would be the one to watch as 2006
Champion BCS/K&K sponsored #82 Matt Pomeroy would
be battling Gabriel Racing’s #21 of Tommy Mofford
and only have a slight 4 point lead.
The holeshot in the first moto went
to Nate Morello followed by Hell Bent Cycle’s
#748 Mike Pilotte and Josh Creamer. The first race
back for Walsh/Nacs/BCS rider #97 Tony Botticello
would have a rough start as he tangled with the #11
of Jake Hakala. Creamer was able to make the pass
on Pilotte over the double and start tracking Morello.
Behind Pilotte were Matt Pomeroy, Nac’s rider
#621 Danny Lewis, #26 Vinny Mofford, #47 BCS/Muffs
sponsored Justin ‘Muff’ Hoffler, and Tommy
Mofford. Hakala had caught the end of the pack however
would become stuck in a berm and lose time. Morello
and Creamer started to pull away from the pack by
the third lap.
Vinny Mofford began making some moves
and got up to the 3rd place spot with the next six
positions in tight contention and were looking for
any line around. Creamer worked his way past Morello
on the flag jump, but Morello wouldn’t let Creamer
out of his sights as he hounded the Kawi rider and
the two began to really put some good time between
them and 3rd place; at one point the gap was up to
25 seconds. Pomeroy passed Pilotte in a corner and
Hoffler got around him at the score booth. Then the
race was on between Pomeroy and Hoffler as they began
passing each other back and forth and really putting
on a good show for the crowd. At the checkers it was
Creamer out front with Morello in 2nd. Mofford was
set in 3rd and Pomeroy in 4th, unfortunately Hoffler
would be caught in a berm and slip back to 8th. Pilotte
would hold off Tommy Mofford for 5th.
Vinny Mofford would command the holeshot
in moto 2 with Mike Pilotte, Jake Hakala, Tony Botticello
and Danny Lewis in pursuit. Nate Morello had a nasty
crash at the start, and Matt Pomeroy would get hung
up on a berm. Josh Creamer, #240 Pat Camacho and Tommy
Mofford would get tangled together in the corner after
the big double and would take awhile to get the three
riders apart.
Hakala passed Pilotte and then Vinny
Mofford to take the lead. Danny Lewis would take the
3rd place position over the spectator tabletop followed
by Justin Hoffler, pushing Pilotte back to 5th. Lewis
got hung up which allowed Pillote, Botticello, and
#101 Columbia Motosport’s Danny Shea to get
around. Matt Pomeroy was pushing hard to catch up
to the leaders and was looking ultra smooth on the
beat-up track. Following Pomeroy was a frustrated
Creamer who was doing everything in his power to make
up time and positions. The Halo/BCS rider #40 Dave
Payne was riding really well considering that when
I see him around the track he can barely walk, he
would move over for the leaders and make his way around
the track to collect points to stay in the top 10.
With the amount of Pro racers not on
the lead lap it was getting exceedingly difficult
to determine who was where. Hakala would continue
to lead the rest of the race and take the checkers,
followed by Justin ‘Muff’ Hoffler and
Mike Pilotte. Josh Creamer would make his way up to
the 4th place position which would give him the overall.
Matt Pomeroy would extend his lead on Tommy Mofford
to 10 points and Nate Morello would end up 9th, but
would accrue enough points to become the new series
leader.
Round 9 will be held August 26th at
MX207 in Lyman, Maine. Visit www.neatv-mx.com
for more information.
2007
NEATV-MX ATV Racing Schedule |
Round |
Date |
Location |
Track |
1 |
April
21/22
|
Wallkill,
NY |
|
2 |
May 5/6
|
Lempster,
NH |
Jolly Roger
Motosports Park
|
3 |
May 26/27
|
Middleboro,
MA |
|
4 |
June
9/10
|
Lempster,
NH |
Jolly
Roger Motosports Park
|
5 |
June 23/24
|
Fort Plain,
NY |
|
6 |
July 7/8
|
Lyman, ME |
|
7 |
July 21/22
|
Lempster,
NH |
Jolly Roger
Motosports Park
|
8 |
August
4/5
|
Middleboro,
MA |
|
9 |
August 25/26
|
Lyman, ME |
|
10 |
Sep. 1/2
|
Lempster,
NH |
Jolly Roger
Motosports Park |
11 |
Sept. 15/16
|
Middleboro,
MA |
|
12 |
Sept. 29/30
|
Lyman, ME |
|
13 |
October 13/14
|
Lempster,
NH |
Jolly Roger
Motosports Park |
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