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Middleboro, MA - The old-time
sands of Capeway Rovers in Carver, Massachusetts
played host to round 8 of the New England ATV
Motocross Champioship Series on August 1st, 2010.
The track would see a few new changes to the
layout of the course along with a few new names
as well, Jason Dunkelberger from the ITP Quadcross
Series on the West Coast, and Randy Lehr who
mixed things up at the last round at his home
track of Hurricane Hills. DRT / KTM’s
Michael Pilotte would claim his second overall
win of the 2010 season by putting on a fantastic
performance in the Pro Production class while
BCS Performance / Can-Am’s Cody Miller
would dominate the Pro-Am class on Sunday.
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A
Memorial Lap in the name of Trevor Alves
was held on Sunday immediately after the
practice sessions were concluded in rememberance
of him & his life |
Many fans were in attendance for round 8 as
the weather was near perfect with no humidity
and clear blue skies. A memorial lap was dedicated
to the life of former NEATV-MX Amateur racer
Trevor Alves, who passed away in late July in
a motorcycle accident.
In Moto One of the Pro Production class it
was the Yamaha of Jasmin Plante out front taking
the holeshot followed by KTM’s Michael
Pilotte and Can-Am’s Joe Haavisto. As
the Pro pack round the fourth corner and launched
up over the first inner-double, NEATV-MX President
Howard Payne elected to call a restart to the
race. The reason being - starting gate malfunction.
At the start of the first Pro moto, the gate
had become hung-up and was forced to be dropped
manually, this created an unfair starting advantage
and too much time was wasted on the gate.
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Jasmin
Plante grabbed the Pro Moto one holeshot,
but the race was then stopped because
of a starting gate malfunction & the
Pro racers were forced to go back to the
line for a restart |
The race was restarted and this time it was
the Walsh Honda of Jason Connell ripping the
holeshot by edging out Michael Pilotte and Joe
Haavisto. Following the top three out of the
gate were Golden West Cycle’s Rich Stambach,
Randy Lehr who would be racing for Southside
Polaris in-place of Bobby Ross for this round,
Mathieu Deroy, Nate Morello, Jason Dunkelberger,
and Vinny Mofford.
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Jason Connell ripped off the line after
the restart & grabbed the Pro Moto
one holeshot just inhead of Joe Haavisto,
Michael Pilotte & Rich Stambach |
Michael Pilotte was on a mission after securing
a top 5 start two times within the same race
and was set on being on the podium at his home
track of Capeway. He did just that as he went
on to take first overall in the Pro Class by
going 2-3 on the day. In Pro Moto one he was
second out of the gate, right behind Jason Connell
but was quickly overtaken by Joe Haavisto just
before the end of lap one. Pilotte stayed tight
to Haavisto for the entire race and was laying
in wait for his opportunity to strike and that
moment came on lap seven as Pilotte made a flying
pass on Haavisto to take over the second place
position and ride it out for the next 3 laps.
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DRT
/ KTM's Michael Pilotte went 2-3 in the
Pro class on Sunday to take home his second
overall win of the season - a wrist injury
has hampered his season between rounds
3 & 7 but Pilotte was on the top of
his game at Capeway for round 8 |
In Pro Moto two, Pilotte was again second out
of the gate aboard his DRT KTM ATV, this time
right behind the Can-Am of Cody Miller. Pilotte
was right behind Miller for the entire second
moto but as the pair were leading out front,
it was the Yamaha of Jasmin Plante slowly creeping
up behind and putting on a charge. By the end
of the eighth lap, Plante would be able to make
it around Pilotte to bump him back to third
place before the checkered flag flew only two
laps later.
Nevertheless, Pilotte’s third place finish
in Moto Two was still good enough to give him
the overall with a 2-3 set of finishes. “The
track was really quite bad and didn’t
offer a lot of technical stuff like I like.
My DRT KTM kept me up front and never let me
down the entire race, I felt good coming into
this race and I’m really happy to come
away with the overall!,” said Pilotte
happily after the event.
