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Southwick, MA - The famous
shifting sands of the national caliber track
of MX338: Southwick was the host for the NEATV-MX
round four. Two-time defending champion, Joe
Haavisto, claimed first overall in both Pro
and Pro-am classes for the day, and for his
first time this season.
The weather was in a battle of it’s own
as well as it was trying to decided weather
to downpour on us or give us some sunshine for
Sunday’s races. In the end the rain ultimately
took the lead causing many second-moto races
to be cancelled due to rain.
Pro ATV Moto one holeshot was grabbed by Canadian
racer Richard Pelchat. Sweeping by the other
pro racers on his RP Evolution Can-Am, he would
also grab first place in the moto with a 14
second lead.
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#46 Richard Pelchat grabbed the Moto One
Holeshot & held onto the lead from
start to finish to claim the Moto Win |
Motoworks Can-Am rider Joe Haavisto would take
second place, followed by KTM mounted Nate Morello.
The trio were running in fairly tight order
during the first few laps of the race but as
the ATVs began to take there toll on the sandy
track, they separated heavily.
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Joe Haavisto's charge after Pelchat nearly
ended when he rolled over on his side,
but amazingly, Haavisto never let go of
the handlebars & he quickly remounted
his DS450 without a losing a single position
to finish in 2nd place |
#111
Nate Morello was back on his KTM for Round
4 & he battled with #44 Myles Santaniello
early in the Moto, but unfortunately for
Santaniello would experience mechanical
issues & Morello would go on to claim
the 3rd spot |
BCS Performance Can-Am racer Cody Miller was
running in third position behind Haavisto and
attempting to put pressure on the front runners
when a small ploom of white smoke began to emerge
from his exhaust canister. On the very beginning
of the last lap, his engine finally decided
to call it quits and detonated causing a massive
smoke cloud and almost caused a crash with Jasmin
Plante as visibility in the area became impossible.
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Cody Miller's top three charge in Moto
One ended in a cloud of steam as Miller's
DS450 overheated from a sand packed radiator,
which is very common causality at Southwick's
MX 338 |
Plante grabbed fourth place in moto one as
he ran into some mechanical issues with his
Yamaha YFZ450R ATV as well. Rounding out the
top 5 for moto on was none other than Vinny
Mofford on his DRT Performance KTM 450SX ATV.
