2015
EDT Racing
Round #6 - Muskogee, OK
Hatbox Field
August 28, 2015
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Brad Riley Takes Pro
& ProAm Championships with Wins
Extreme Dirt Track Racing
ATV Race Report - Round Six
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Muskogee, OK (8/30/2015) - Brad
Riley won his fourth AMA Racing ATV Extreme Dirt
Track Pro race Friday at Hatbox Field. In the process,
The High Point, NC racer clinched his second consecutive
Pro EDT Championship. Chuckie Creech finished second,
followed by Nathan Wolff. Josh Hibdon and Garrett
Keister rounded out the top five.
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Extreme
Dirt Track Pro ATV Podium(left to right)
Nathan
Wolff (3rd), Brad
Riley
(1st), Chuckie
Creech (2nd) |
The season finale double header EDT racing event
was held on and around a former municipal airport
in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The course is unique for
the series, which usually competes on oval type
tracks inside arenas. It featured special bends
and turns, as well as split lane section with
switchbacks and a long straightaway. Weather for
the event was mostly dry with just a few showers
the evening before the race.
Maxxis’ Brad Riley, who came into the event with
a 37-point lead, got off to a mid-pack start behind
the Creech, who took the holeshot. Riley made
his way through the field, taking second from
Creech at the midpoint of the race. He took the
lead for good from Wolff on the next lap.
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Maxxis' #1
Brad Riley claimed the Pro Win & wrapped
up the EDT Racing Pro Championship at
Round 6 of the 2015 season
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“I didn’t get off the greatest start; I had my
work cut out for me,” said Riley. “I was able
to make some good passes in certain spots. The
track was rough. It was really a motocross style
track and I like that. At the end, I think some
of these guys got a little beat, and I was able
to take advantage of it.”
Riley has won four of five races this season
en route to the title. Although he has mathematically
clinched the championship, Riley is going to race
in the final round.
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#1 Brad Riley
celebrated wrapping up both the Pro &
Pro-Am Championships by proposing to Alisha
Roberts to top off a great day
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“We’re going to go out tomorrow and try to get
a win,” said Riley. “I knew I could win the championship;
I just had to avoid any boneheaded moves. I can’t
thank all of my sponsors enough: The 27 Motorsports
Honda, Maxxis Tires, PEP Suspension, DASA motor,
Houser Components, SSi Decals, Victory Motorsports,
Motul, and Rekluse Clutches.”
CCR Racing’s Creech rebounded to finish second
and now sits fourth in points. Interestingly,
Creech had to share his only ATV with his wife
this weekend after thieves stole all of his quads
from his Nashville, NC shop a week ago.
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WISECO's
#25 Chuckie Creech scored the second spot
on the Pro podium with his brand new Honda
to replace the two that were stolen around
a month ago from his home
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“Pulling the holeshot is great, but getting that
second wind is tough,” said Creech. “The Maxxis
tires really hooked up at the start. In fact,
they still look new after the race. I spun out
and hit a tire late in the race. That messed up
both Brad and I. Nathan started getting tired
and that was the only thing that really helped
us.
“Losing those quads was heartbreaking,” added
Creech. “My sponsors really came together to get
me a bike just like I had. It’s hard to lose all
of that money in quads.”
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