Team Southside Polaris' Cody Paolella & Andy Magyan placed first & third in the 4-Stroke B Class at MX 101

North Adams, MA (9/29/2011) - For the 11th Round of the NEATV-MX the team headed to MX-101 in Epping New Hampshire. It was the first time that the series had visited the new venue. The track and facility was great along with the weather.

This weekend with Cody having locked up his 4-Stroke C championship after not losing a moto on his Polaris Outlaw all season he moved up to the Open & 4-Stroke B classes to see what he is going to be in for next season.

In moto one of 4-Stroke B Andy would have 3rd pick and Cody 12th pick which would put him on the far side of the gate house and one of the farthest from the hard left handed first turn. Andy would pull the moto one holeshot with Cody in third. The Kawi duo of Turner and Marra would be 2nd & 4th. Two laps in Turner would make his way past Andy and then in the final corner Marra would get by Cody putting him in 4th. The top 4 would have over a 15 second lead over the rest of the field. That would be the same scenario in the next 3 B class motos. Jesse would be up next in the first moto of 4-Stroke A, where he would get 7th, and make it up a few spot to finish 5th place. Bruce would head out next in Collegeboy, having not practiced that morning because he wasn’t feeling the best so he took it easy on the holeshot and would make his way from 14th up to the 8th position taking advantage of the 3 lanes throughout most of the track.

Andy and Cody would be on the gate next for the first moto of 4-Stroke B, with Andy getting out 2nd and Cody getting shuffled back to the 8th position. But by the end of the first lap Cody had made his way up to the 4th position. Andy would hold down the 2nd position until the last lap when he would let Marra slip by, with Andy and Cody finishing 3rd and 4th. Jesse would be up next in Open A, pulling the holeshot and he would be able to distance himself from the rest of the field and take the moto 1 win.

After the intermission 2nd motos would start up, and with 4-Stroke B up about 10 motos in we had a little extra time to relax. Cody would pull the moto 2 holeshot with the 2 kawis hot on his tail. Andy this time would be the one to get shuffled back sitting in the 9th position, but by end of the moto, the #95 would make his way up to the 4th. But he wouldn’t be able to close the gap enough to make a move on the top 3. Marra would make multiple attempts to get by Cody but with no success, giving Cody a moto win only his first weekend in the B class and Andy would end up 4th. Cody would end up 2nd overall and Andy 4th. With 4-Stroke A on the gate, Jesse would get out first with Spader and Gehring out right behind him. But Jesse ran a smart race and would go on to win the moto and finish 3rd overall for the day. Bruce would be on deck in the Collegeboy and get out mid pack, but a KTM in front of him was knocked off the track and turned back on to the track into Bruce sending him rolling. He got back up and going again and would be able to make it back up to 10th before running out of time, giving him 10th overall for the day.

Andy and Cody would line up for their last moto of the day, and they would get out first and second. Andy would separate himself from the rest of them and Cody would fend off multiple attacks from Marra. On the last lap coming out of the second to last corner Marra would get past Cody, but Cody would dive to the inside in the last corner and take the position back. Andy would get the moto win and first overall for the day and Cody would get 2nd in the moto, 3rd overall for the day. Jesse would get yet another holeshot in moto 2 of Open A, but would get put over a berm a couple laps in and have to settle for a 3rd place finish and 3rd overall for the day.

Team Southside heads to the final round of NEATV on Columbus Day weekend at Hemonds MX in Minot Maine, and we look forward to seeing everyone there.