North Adams, MA (5/21/2010) - We headed North to Maine for round 3 of the 2010 NEATV-MX Series to be held at MX-207 in Lyman. The weather for the first time since we have been racing atv motocross was sunny & dusty all weekend, where usually its dark & rainy.

Bobby Ross made the trip up from New Orleans for the 3rd round of the NEATV-MX Series, who hadn’t ridden a quad since the Bowling Green National almost a month ago when he qualified 3rd fastest in Pro-Am Production, which would have placed him 6th fastest in Pro, and capped off that weekend 5th overall. It didn’t take long for him to feel at home.

Southside Polaris' Bobby Ross was on fire after his third place finish in Moto One, he grabbed the Pro-Am Moto Two Holeshot ahead Jasmin Plante, Joe Haavisto & Cody Miller, and Ross would eventually drop back to third, which secured him a spot on the Podium in 3rd Overall

In the the first moto of pro he came all the way from the back to finish a hard fought 5th. In moto 2 he also finished in the 5th giving him a 5th overall for the weekend. When Pro-Am rolled around, Bobby got out mid pack and made his way up to the 3rd spot by the end of the moto. In moto 2, his final moto of the day, he got a great traction off the line with his Gold Speed tires, and with help from his Idolspeed Holeshot Device would help propel Bobby to corner first and lead the class out of sight. Bobby’s holeshot was one of 7 holeshots on the day for the team. When the pros would come back into view Bobby had slipped to 2nd, and a couple laps later Plante would make the pass putting Bobby into 3rd where he would stay for the remainder of the moto. He would finish 3rd overall for the day, giving Southside their first Pro podium of the year.

#67 Paige Whipple lead both her Women's races to the checkered flag first and went 1-1 on the day

Paige Whipple coming off a great weekend at round 2 of the series, going 1-2 finishing 2nd overall in Womens, was determined to do better. In the first moto of womens she got out 2nd behind Thompson, and stayed with her watching her lines, and then on lap 3 she made her move and took the lead from her and went on the win the moto. In moto 2, Paige grabbed the holeshot and never looked back taking the win and the overall. Paige also entered the Open B class, and in the first moto got out 2nd, right behind her teammate Bruce and went on the finish 4th, in the second moto she finished a solid 10th for a 5th overall.

Bruce Gaspardi Jr., running 4 classes during the weekend, first headed out for collegeboy where he got out 5th and made his way up to 3rd by the end of the first moto, keeping the two in front of him in sight. In the 2nd moto he got out 2nd and paced himself for the moto holding off the 3rd place challenger, and taking 2nd overall. In Open B, he got the holeshot and went on the win the moto. In the 2 moto, he got the holeshot again and held the lead for the first lap, and then loss power and struggled to get it running, but did and managed to finish out the moto.

#33 Bruce Gaspardi ripped another holeshot aboard his Polaris 450MXR ATV

In Production B he got the Holeshot and led for 2 laps, before getting stuck on a berm and stalling where he would fall back to 3rd, but got the quad fired back up and regained the lead and win the moto. In the 2nd moto, he got holeshot, and led for 3 ½ laps and then fell back to 2nd but would take the overall win.

In 4-stroke B, he would get out 5th and nearly miss the first corner pile up and make his way up to 3rd by the end of the moto. In the 2nd moto Bruce would get his 5th holeshot of the day and lead the class of out sight, but would not come back around, losing power again, and this time he would not get it refired, they thought they had solved the issue after the incident in Open B but didn’t, it wasn’t until they got it back to the shop on Monday that they pulled the hood off, open the cap of the circuit breaker area and two fell out.

They must have gotten loose from the hard landing on the big table after the start, but they fixed the problem and are already for Southwick in a few weeks.

#111 Nate Morello made his 2010 NEATVMX return at MX207

We also worked with Nate Morello & Morello Racing this weekend, and he had some bike problems on Saturday during practice, so he ran one of our Southside Polaris’ for the weekend in the Pro division, where he finished 6th in the first moto, and then in the 2nd moto would get caught up in a first corner incident which privoted the bars down, and he could not continue. It was nice to work with them this weekend, and we appreciate the effort both on and off the track over the course of the weekend.

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