Team Southside Polaris' Cody Paolella placed first overall in the 4-Stroke C Class at Hurricane Hills

North Adams, MA (9/12/2011) - Team Southside headed to back to Hurricane Hills in Clifford PA for the tenth round of the 2011 NEATV Series. Saturday was a perfect day for practice, with a chance for rain on Sunday during the afternoon.

Well Cody was out first in Open C, his rage motor would pull the holeshot and get him a 20+ second lead by lap 3. But has he came up the hill and made the turn to double into the whoop section, the lip sent him off sideways and he cased the landing and cartwheeled of the side of the track. Cody immediately jumped back up, got the quad back on all fours and having the electric start he was able to get the machine fired up immediately just as the 2nd place rider overtook him. He took off in pursuit as they took the white flag and then headed up the two elevators and out of site. When they came back into view, Cody was back out front and went on to take the moto win. Andy was on the gate, and came off the line in 2nd behind Marra, and as they rounded the first corner, the skies started to open up, so much for “afternoon showers”.

Andy Magyan would end the weekend just outside the Open B Class Podium in fourth

As they finished their first lap, the thunder and lightning came in hard, as Turner took 2nd from Andy. With Lightning all around and it striking the top of the hill they brought the red flag out but Andy and the pair of Kawi’s stayed on the track and completed another lap before being herded off the track by officials. He would end up 3rd in the moto, and they would have to wait 15 minutes for the storm to pass, and then they got out there with some equipment to move some of the standing water. About a half later they would be ready to get back to racing with Jesse being the first one up. He would get out 3rd in Open A, and that’s where he would stay holding off attacks from King and Tremellen. Bruce would be up then in Collegeboy with the last gate pick he would get out 13th and drive through the pack on a still very wet and slippery track to finish 6th.

Then at the end of the first motos would be the 3 4-stroke divisions with Cody out first again. Again he would get the holeshot and this time would win and manage to keep it on all fours the entire moto. With that win he would lock up the 4-Stroke C championship, so a big congrats to him. Andy would go out next and pull his first of three holeshots for the day and also go on the win the moto on his Precision / Maier / Fox Polaris. Then it would be Jesse’s turn, and he would get squeezed out going into the first corner but was able to make his way back up to the 8th position.

Jesse Onesti placed third in Open A & also placed fifth in 4-stroke A aboard his Polaris Outlaw ATV

The afternoon would roll around and our boys would be the first three motos of the 2nd half. Cody would pull another holeshot in the moto 2 of Open C and go on to take the win and overall for the day. Andy would pull the Open B holeshot and lead for 2 laps before having an electrical issue and and falling to 10th, but he would make it back up to 6th for a 4th overall. Then Jesse would get out 2nd in Open A behind Hakala, but this time Tremellen would make his way by Jesse and he would hold on for 3rd, 2nd overall. Bruce would head out for moto 2 of collegeboy, getting out 12th and making his way past a few to finish 9th in the moto, and 8th overall for the day.

Then to round out the day would be the three 4-stroke motos, Cody would get to the corner first but would be passed for the lead and then have to pass them back. He would go on to take the moto win with a flat rear tire. Andy would get his 3rd holeshot in 4-Stroke B against the potent kawi duo of Marra and Turner. He hold onto the lead for 2 ½ laps before losing it due to the carrier bearings. It was a disappointing end of the day, but being that consistent on the line today to grab 3 of the 4 holeshots is really something to build on and shows just how fast the rage motor is and how good we got the quad set up. Andy will be looking to build off that next weekend at Epping. Jesse would round out the day for us, getting out 7th and moving up to 4th by the end of the first lap. He would then pressure Dommel for a alittle over a lap before getting by, and would finish the moto 3rd holding off the pack of can-am’s Pomeroy, Troiano, and Gehring and would get 4th overall for the day. So a big improvement for Jesse this weekend and he will also be looking build off that as the season winds down with 2 rounds left.

Team Southside would like to thank their sponsors for their great support and products and we look to have a great final 2 rounds of racing, and are already gearing up for the 2012 season and will have more to come on that in the coming weeks.