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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #11 - Loretta Lynn's
Hurricane
Mills, TN
August 13, 2011
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AMA ATV MX Nationals
- Loretta Lynn's- Pro ATV Race Report
John Natalie Wins Pro ATV
Champion, Joel Hetrick Goes 1-1 for Overall
Win
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AMA
ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #11 - Loretta Lynn's |
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Hurricane Mills, TN (8/13/2011)
– Rookie Joel Hetrick may have won the battle
at Loretta Lynn’s, but it was Can-Am/Motoworks’
John Natalie, Jr. who won the war and was crowned
the new 2011 AMA ATV Motocross Pro Champion after
a tough second moto that almost dashed his hopes
of winning.
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Can-Am
/ Motoworks / DWT's #13 John Natalie clinches
the 2011 AMA Pro ATV Motocross Championship
at Loretta Lynn's in an exciting season
finale |
Unlike last season, where high temps and humidity
were almost unbearable, the weather at Loretta
Lynn’s was fairly decent with temps only
at the 90 degree mark, and a nice breeze helped
to keep the humidity at bay. Showers were in the
forecast but held off for the final battle of
the season between points leaders John Natalie,
Jr. and Josh Upperman that ended with an intense
second moto that allowed Joel Hetrick to take
his second overall pro win.
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The
normally miserably hot Loretta Lynn's season
finale was fairly pleasant for 2011 with
a light breeze and temps in the low 90’s,
which was an added bonus for the spectators
that lined the track to watch an exciting
race for the Pro ATV Motocross Championship
between #13 John Natalie and #20 Josh Upperman
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Joel Hetrick was looking good for the final round
of the season as he took the ATVRiders.com fastest
qualifier award and followed it up with the moto
one holeshot. Hetrick held the lead for a couple
of laps but was under constant pressure from Chase
Snapp.
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| Hetrick
Racing's #88 Joel Hetrick grabbed the Moto
One Holeshot by edging out DASA Racing's
#7 Joe Byrd
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Racing's #88 Joel Hetrick was in a heated
battle early on with SSi's #48 Chase Snapp
for several laps until Snapp's chain came
off, which allowed Hetrick to regain the
lead |
Hetrick and Snapp battled and swapped positions a
couple of times, leaving Hetrick in second, but
Hetrick remounted a charge and would once again
take the lead from Snapp.
Hetrick kept a nice gap until the final laps
when John Natalie closed in, but Hetrick held
him off to take the moto one win. “I felt
really good out there this morning during qualifiers.
I got a little tired out there for moto one but
I still got the holeshot and I was able to hang
on and take the win so I’m pretty happy
about that. It was a great moto!” Hetrick
stated.
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In
the final laps of the Moto, #13 John Natalie
closed the gap on #88 Joel Hetrick in the
lead, but Hetrick was able to hold off Natalie
to claim the Moto One Win |
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