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Team Yoshimura/Suzuki dominate Macon WPSA Scorcher
Macon, GA - (6/5/06) -The third and fourth
rounds of the new WPSA Super Quad Pro 450 racing series
took place this Saturday and Sunday near Macon, Georgia.
Donny Bank's beautifully maintained Echeconnee track is
a tough enough on a good day. Lot's of sand, deep whoops,
and challenging terrain make this track well respected
by the ATV Pro's. This year it had all that plus triple
digit temperatures to really test the riders.
The end result of both days racing was predictable;
Team Yoshimura/ Suzuki continues to win.
Saturday's race was a scorcher with the best-conditioned
athletes coming out on top. "Digger" Doug
Gust came off the line about 4th with teammate Jeremiah
"The Gunslinger" Jones a few places back.
Doug put in some nice moves and soon was challenging
John Natalie Jr. for the lead. On lap nine, Gust passed
John on the outside and set sail. Gust dominated the
rest of the race while teammate Jones moved up to second
place.
Gust was pretty happy after the main event win, "I
came out about 4th. I passed a couple of guys and then
passed John Natalie for the lead. I was a little stronger
than him today… and just won it! Jeremiah got
passed him too and got second. Man, it was really hot
out there!"
The Suzuki one-two punch has been a common occurrence
lately and one that team manager Wayne Hinson likes.
"The team is hitting on all cylinders right now.
Things are coming together pretty well. Doug and Jeremiah
are really riding fast and these new Suzuki's are just
flat awesome. The LT-R's respond to every change we've
done in set-up. They just keep getting better every
race".
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| Jermiah Jones on the
podium |
On Sunday, John Natalie pulled out an early lead only
to be run down and passed by Jeremiah Jones on lap three.
Jones seemed to be poised to pull away but a bobble
in a turn let Natalie back into the lead. Jones re-fired
his LT-R450 Suzuki and took off after the hard charging
Natalie. With two laps left to go, Jeremiah re-passed
Natalie and headed on to the checkers and the win. Yesterday's
winner, "Digger" Doug Gust rode a steady but
uneventful race to third.
Jones was tired but thrilled by his, and the teams
results, "My heat races didn’t go to good.
I got 4th in both. As for the main, I had to fight hard
in the end to win. I got a bad start, probably 4th,
and had to pass Wimmer and Natalie. They had got out
front and had set a pretty fast pace. It took me a while
before I got up to Wimmer. I got around Wimmer and then
two to three laps later John started fading out cuz
it was around 100 degrees out there. I ended up catching
up to Natalie and then pressured him and then got around
him."
When asked why the heat didn’t seem to impact
him so bad he answered: "I've been training down
at my father-in-law's place in South Carolina. So I'm
used to the heat... and I'm in pretty good shape - probably
the best shape that I've ever been in. We're racing
every weekend, so it that also helps keep me fit."
After the heat of Macon, everyone is ready for a weekend
off. Back to back races every weekend with both the
GNC and WPSA series makes for a grueling schedule for
riders and crew alike. Time for a little R&R and
then on to Steel City and hopefully another Team Yoshimura/
Suzuki podium domination.
Team Suzuki/Yoshimura Programs Partners American
Suzuki - Yoshimura R&D of America - Hinson Clutch
Components - Dunlop Tires - Motul - Fox Racing Shox
- Galfer - AC Racing - BMC Filters - Tag - Regina -
RPM - Walsh Racecraft - Quad Tech - Douglas Wheel -
Motion Pro - Precision Steering Stabilizer - VP Fuels
- Mechanix Wear - Pro Design
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