Winning Weekend for Yamaha ATVs at Quadcross & NEATV-MX
Dunk Wins Round 5 ITP Quadcross - Thomas Brown Wins Pro / Pro-AM NEATV-MX

Cypress, CA (7/12/2010) - YZ and YFZ450s Dominate the Weekend
Yamaha YFZ450 ATVs and YZ450F motocrosssers had a winning weekend, dominating races in California, Pennsylvania, Michigan and West Virginia on Sunday, July 11. Jason Dunkelberger, Justin Noss and Jason Fife swept the podium in the fifth round of the 2010 ITP QuadCross series in San Bernardino, Calif. aboard their YFZ450Rs, while Thomas Brown also won both Pro and Pro Am classes in a New England ATV motocross race in Pennsylvania. Next up, Paul Whibley won the OMA Nationals race in Mesick, Mich. in his very first event aboard a new 2010 YZ450, while Barry Hawk likewise grabbed a win in West Virginia, also his first aboard a new YZ450F.

The ITP QuadCross event at Glen Helen Raceway in California initially looked like the fourth sweep in a row for Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson on his YFZ450R. He won the first 20-minute moto and holeshotted the second moto before a blown fuse brought him into the pits for a quick repair. That left rival Beau Baron temporarily in the lead, but Baron likewise pitted with a flat tire, which in turn promoted eventual winner Dunkelberger into the lead. “Dunk” never missed a beat, leading a Yamaha freight train including Noss and Fife to the flag for the dramatic blue-and-white 1-2-3 sweep – and his first ITP QuadCross overall win of the year. In other ATV competition, Jeff Pickens and Brandon Sommers finished first and second on their YFZs at the special AWRCS 100-mile woods race in Boyers, Penn.

AmPro Yamaha’s Whibley and Hawk are both regular competitors in the GNCC motorcycle XC1 Pro division. But with the popular cross-country series on summer break, the pair hopped aboard YZ450Fs for their first races aboard the new model, with Whibley in Michigan and Hawk a day’s drive to the southeast in West Virginia. Whibley and the rest of the OMA pro racers faced dusty conditions that made visibility and passing difficulty on the long off-road course. Though he started near the back of the pack, Whibley used his championship skills – and his new YZ450F – to work his way through the field, eventually breaking into the lead and then cruising home for the win.

• 2010 ITP QuadCross Pro Production Points as of 7/11/2010
  1 Dustin Nelson – Yamaha 115
  2 Beau Baron 105
  3 Justin Noss– Yamaha 97
  4 Jason Dunkelberger – Yamaha 94
  5 Jason Fife – Yamaha 87