Yamaha's Dustin
Nelson Wins ITP Quadcross Pro ATV Championship
Yamaha / ITP Quadcross
- Round 9 - November 14, 2010
Cypress, CA (11/15/2010)
- Dustin Nelson won the 2010 Yamaha ITP
QuadCross Pro Production championship at Glen
Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Calif. on Sunday,
Nov. 14. Despite riding in pain with an injured
tailbone, the Yamaha Factory Racing star swept
both motos aboard his YFZ450R in a thrilling duel
with series runner-up Beau Baron to take his fourth
ITP QuadCross title in five years. Better still,
Yamaha-mounted Justin Noss, Jason Dunkelberger
and Jason Fife finished third, fourth and fifth,
respectively, in the championship. While Dunkelberger
added even more laurels for Yamaha on Sunday by
winning the Open Pro championship with a perfect
two-moto sweep aboard his own YFZ450R.
Nelson had a big enough points cushion going
into the final round that technically, all he
had to do was start the first Pro Production moto
to claim the series title. But this was anything
but assured after getting injured just two weeks
prior to the Glen Helen finale. Fortunately, after
open practice on Saturday, Nelson found he could
tolerate the pain well enough to race. And race
he did. Though rival Baron beat Nelson to the
first turn in Sunday’s first moto, he soon
dropped one wheel over a berm, giving Nelson the
opportunity to grab the lead. Nelson then led
the rest of the moto, but not by much –
at the flag he had only a two-second advantage
over Baron. More importantly though, Nelson had
clinched the title.
With the championship assured, Nelson powered
his Yamaha to the holeshot and led every lap of
the second moto, once again over rival Baron.
This time the battle was even closer, with Baron
trying to steal the last race of the season and
Nelson refusing to give in. When the checkers
waved Nelson took the win by just half a bike
length over Baron. Making matters even sweeter,
Nelson’s 1-1 moto sweep and fourth ITP QuadCross
championship came on his 33rd birthday. “My
YFZ450R had strong, durable power all year long
and the handling was epic at every track,”
he said later. “That combination of great
power and handling is rare in ATV racing, and
it totally made the difference for us this year.”
Yamaha off-road racing coordinator Donnie Luce
added, “It’s very impressive that
after sustaining a painful injury and being unable
to practice or train, Dustin was able to come
out and do what he had to do to win the title.”
2010 Yamaha ITP QuadCross Pro Production
Points (Final) |
11/14/10 |
Pos. |
Rider |
Points |
1 |
Dustin Nelson – Yamaha |
240 |
2 |
Beau Baron |
215 |
3 |
Justin Noss– Yamaha |
194 |
4 |
Jason Dunkelberger – Yamaha |
190 |
5 |
Jason Fife – Yamaha |
175 |
2010 Yamaha ITP QuadCross Open Pro
Points (Final) |
11/14/10 |
Pos. |
Rider |
Points |
1 |
Jason Dunkelberger – Yamaha |
224 |
2 |
Kody Evans |
202 |
3 |
Keith Tebeau |
177 |
4 |
Daniel Ramirez |
159 |
5 |
Francisco Ruano |
130 |
About Yamaha:
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (YMUS), a leader
in the outdoor power equipment market, offers
the highest quality generators on the market.
The company’s ever-expanding line of products
also includes outboard motors, motorcycles,
ATVs, side-by-side vehicles, scooters, personal
watercraft, snowmobiles, boats, race kart engines,
accessories, apparel and much more. YMUS products
are sold through a nationwide network of more
than 4,000 dealers in the United States.
Headquartered in Cypress,
Calif., since its incorporation in 1977, Yamaha
also has facilities in Wisconsin and Georgia,
as well as factory operations in Tennessee and
Georgia. For more information on Yamaha, visit
yamaha-motor.com.
www.yamaha-motor.com
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