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Parts Plus' Dalton Millican
Takes Second at Ballance MX
AMA ATV MX Nationals - Round
3 - Ballance
MX - April 3, 2011
Oakland, KY (4/5/2011) -Dalton
Millican raced this past weekend at the famous
Balance Moto X track in Oakland KY. Again Millican
continues his early season streak of pulling hole
shots and podium finishes
Millican came out swinging Saturday in the first
moto of the 450A class. Millican made the first
turn in the 4th spot and battled his way to the
front with a great last lap pass to take the win
in moto 1.
In moto 1 of the Production A class Millican
found himself in a tight pack of riders with plenty
of bumping and banging going on Millican finished
in the 3rd position.
Moto 2 of the 450A class created a little controversy
and surprised the riders. With riders and bikes
at the starting gate an official told the riders
they were extending the race by one lap. With
that very important bit of information Millican
knew what he had to do and he almost pulled it
off.
When the gate fell Millican was gone and pulling
away. Millican lead after what should have been
the last lap but with the surprise announcement
of adding an extra lap, what Millican feared happened,
his bike began to sputter from running out of
fuel. Millican came across the finish line in
a very disappointing second place. This gave Millican
second place overall in the 450A class.
“I could not have been more surprised to
learn we were going to run an extra lap. Fuel
is the easiest way to make your bike lighter and
we simply did not have enough in it for the extra
lap. This cost us and our whole team was disappointed
we were not told of changes to the race format
until it was time to race” Millican said.
Production A moto 2 did not have any controversy
for Millican but it did produce a very exciting
race. Millican ended the moto with a third place
finish. This gave Millican another second place
overall for the weekend.
Dalton would like
to thank the following sponsors:
Mark Pickens of MPE Motorsports, Parts Plus, Lucas
Oil, Jeff Maxey of Maximum Cycle, Mike and Nate
Walsh of Walsh Race Craft Joe Byrd Quad Riding
School, Micah MacDonough and Adam Lambert of Custom
Axis, Tom Bogner of Lucas Oil, Neil Cowman of
Hoosier Racing Tire, Jen Rath of Rath Racing,
Jason of VP Racing Fuels, Bob Harris of K&N
Filters, PJ Harvey of PJ1, Keith Parker of KPM,
Dan Fisher of Lonestar Racing, Chris Harris of
Fly Racing, Rob Mills of Dark Synergy, Todd Hayes
of Oakley, Gary Meier of JE Pistons
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