2010
AMA Racing
ATV Extreme Dirt Track Nationals
Round #4 - Danville, Virginia
Birch Creek Motorsports
July 10, 2010
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Michael Coburn Takes
Three Podiums & Two Wins at Birch Creek
2010 ATV Extreme Dirt Track Amateur
& Pro Race Report
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Dirt Track ATV Racing
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Danville, VA - Recent Pike’s
Peak record breaker, Michael Coburn, took a pair
of wins in the Pro and Pro-am classes of the 2010
Extreme Dirt Track Series, while Brad Riley would
claim the victory in the Pro Lites class and Can-Am’s
Chuckie Creech would make the podium in both the
Pro and Pro Lites classes.
Track conditions were good and the weather was
sunny and hot at Birch Creek as racers charged
off the start in the Pro main event. Michael Coburn,
who was fresh off of setting another record and
taking a win at Pike’s Peak just a couple
of weeks prior, was in top form as he grabbed
the holeshot and immediately began to pull away.
Coburn would hold his lead from start to finish,
taking the Pro class win.
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Sparks Racing's
#038 Michael Coburn grabbed the both Pro
Main Holeshots with the 1st start red
flagged with Jordan Rummage tumbling,
but would return for the restart
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Coburn was challenged early on by Frank
Batista, but Batista would later drop back
to 5th place with Coburn running away with
the win unchallenged for his 2nd Win of
the year |
“I was really afraid I wasn’t going
to get the holeshot after they red flagged the
first start, so I was a little nervous, but I
got out front and held my lead all the way. I
have to thank Sparks, Hoosier and all of my family
and friends that were at this round. It really
makes a big difference to have all that support,”
said Coburn.
Brad Riley, who took a hat trick win at the last
round, got pinched out on the start of the Pro
class and had to work his way up through traffic.
“I got caught between Frank Batista and
Kristopher Bures on the start and I got shut out,
so that put me back a bit,” stated Brad
Riley.
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Chuckie Creech Held onto the 2nd spot till
the final laps before #27 Brad Riley moved
in to make the pass, but Creech Held on
to claim his 2nd straight Pro Podium finish
on his new Can-Am DS450 ride |
#27
Brad Riley charged his way from the back
of the pack to claim the 2nd spot behind
Coburn, which maintains his Pro points lead
with 110 points. Coburn currently has 101
points with 3 rounds left |
The number 27 Honda put the hammer down and soon
found his way into third, right behind Chuckie
Creech. The pair would have quite a battle before
Riley would take over second place in the final
lap.
Can-Am’s Chuckie Creech was looking good
as he shot off the line in fifth place. Creech,
who fractured his elbow recently, held strong
and charged his way into second, but would fall
back to third after a slight bobble in the final
lap, leaving him to settle for a third place finish.
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Extreme Dirt
Track Pro ATV Racing Podium (left to right)
Brad Riley (2nd), Michael Coburn (1st),
Chuckie Creech (3rd)
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Jay Rehagen would hold on to cross the finish
line in fourth place, while Frank Batista would
fall back from second to the number five spot
as he reached the checkers.
Kirby Cooke, who would finish in a strong third
in his heat race, would claim a solid sixth in
the Pro main, while Brian Ace would stay consistent
with a seventh place finish. Trent Powell would
hang on for an eighth place finish, with Damon
Brown finishing in a close ninth and Kristopher
Bures would round out the top ten.
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