North East Extreme Dirt Track ATV Racing Round 3 Batavia Motor Speedway Batavia , NY June 16, 2012

During the riders meeting, a few ground rules were laid out by NEEDT President Eric Jennings of ESJ Graphics as well as track committee member Don Jones, who also races in the series. It was the NEEDT’s first time coming to Batavia for the 2012 season and safety was a key topic during the rider’s meeting. There was a discussion of option lanes whether they should be removed or not and in the end, they were elected to stay. This would provide some options for the racers, both youth and pro to mix it up a bit during the course of their heats and mains.

#3 Andrew Evanyke won NEEDT Pro-Am Heat 1 aboard his Honda 450R ATV

In the first Pro-Am heat the number 3 of Factory ESJ Graphics Andrew Evanyke would come out swinging on his TRX450R and lay down some very quick time to take the win and put in a solid bid for himself in the upcoming main event.

#338 Brian Ace took the Pro-Am Heat 2 win on his Honda 450R ATV	Tru-Way Racing's Kris Bures placed second in Pro-Am Heat 2

Heat two of Pro-Am would see the number 338 of Rockstar / Hellbound / Roberts Racing Honda backed Brian Ace charging hard to the front of the pack to go on and take the win. However, Ace was not allowed to just walk to the front. The number 21 of Kris “Tiffer” Bures was right up Ace’s exhaust pipe the entire time edging in on the fellow Honda rider any chance he could get. Tiffer would settle for second place followed by Evanyke and in fourth place Kawasaki mounted Justin Frindt would bring home a solid run.

The final Pro-Am heat would be a walk in the park for Yamaha mounted Eric Jennings. Jenning would rip out and take the holeshot on his Factory ESJ Graphics/Roberts Racing / Toyota Yamaha. He would then continue to lay down the rubber on the slick Batavia track to come away with the checkered flag.

Eric Jennings lead the final Pro-Am Heat from start to finish at Batavia Motor Speedway NEEDT Round 3	#338 Brian Ace grabbed the Pro-Am Main Holeshot on his Baldwin Motorsports Honda 450R ATV

In the Pro-Am main, Brian Ace showed everyone his rear grab bar as he ripped hard out of the blue-grooved holeshot and came away with the $100 Dent Builders holeshot award. The number 32x of Alex Ross came off the line in second followed by none other than number 401 Eric Jennings. Ace would continue to lead as the battle ensued behind him. Jennings would pour on the coal and get around Ross within the first lap. The true battle would begin to heat up as Jennings put his crosshairs on the rear of the Hellbound Honda mounted Brian Ace. Jennings and Ace would battle with each other for nearly 10 full laps as the track broke in slowly lap after lap.