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2011 Montreal Supermotocross
Olympic Stadium
Montreal, Quebec
October 1, 2011
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Can-Am's Richard Pelchat Wins 2011
Montreal Supermotocross
BCS Performance's Cody Miller
& DWT's John Natalie Podium
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Montreal, Quebec - For the first
time in his career, Can-Am’s Richard Pelchat
took the win at the 2011 Montreal Supermotocross
to top the pro ATV podium. Can-Am’s Cody Miller
had a great race to join Pelchat on the podium in
second and John Natalie, Jr. charged his way to
finish in third for a Can-Am podium sweep. Can-Am
also took the top spot in the first ever SxS / UTV
Race with Mark Holz taking the win in the Can-Am
Commander.
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The Montreal
Olympic Stadium was packed with spectators
for the Supermotocross racing action,
which featured ATV, SxS, and motorcycle
racing
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Approximately 45,000 spectators were in attendance
for the 2011 Montreal Supercross, but unfortunately,
cold and wet weather, along with an outside set
up for the pro pits saw a decline in fan/racer
interaction, but some racers took it upon themselves
to make sure they went out to meet and greet fans.
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John Natalie Jr signed autographs for some
fans, but unlike in years past, all the
pits were outside because the industry show
was expanded for 2011, and with the rain,
many fans didn't get out to check out the
pro pits, so hopefully for 2012, the top
pros pits are moved back inside |
“We went inside and passed out some posters
and did some autographs, so we were able to interact
quite a bit,” said Can-Am/BCS Performance’s
Cody Miller, who took the 2007 Montreal Supercross
championship.
The course for this year’s event was quite
technical and featured a triple-triple section
that intimidated even the most seasoned pros,
but for those who were brave enough to take the
risk, were well rewarded with faster lap times
and opportunities to pass.
During Friday’s and Saturday’s practices,
there were several crashes with Josh Creamer and
Richard Pelchat involved in two separate incidents,
but both racers came away relatively unharmed
and still able to race in Saturday night’s
event.
It was an all-out war going into the first turn
of the pro main event with plenty of carnage that
claimed several racers, including, John Natalie,
Josh Creamer, Cody Miller and Josh Upperman.
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#46 Richard Pelchat wheelied out of the
gate & was squeezed out by #270 Josh
Creamer & #13 John Natalie heading into
the first turn where all chaos broke out |
While the four American racers tried to up right
and separate there quads, Can-Am’s Richard
Pelchat was able to squeeze by after getting jostled
around and came out in second behind #454 Noe
Cardinal who grabbed the holeshot, but
within a few turns, Pelchat took over the lead
as capitalized on the pileup in turn one and began
to pull away from the pack.
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Can-Am's
#22 Cody Miller & #13 John Natalie Jr
both were flipped over in the first turn
pileup |
Motoworks' #270 Josh Creamer locked
wheels with Baldwin's #20 Josh Upperman,
which sent the pair to the back of the pack |
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