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#91 Jasmin
Plante got off to a rocky start with
a DNF in the Pro Class, but he rebounded
in the Pro-Am to finish 4th Overall
on his new ride for 2011
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An engine problem in the first pro moto left Jasmin
Plante with a DNF. However, he was able to get
back out there and finish fifth the second pro
moto, giving him an eighth overall. Plante had
a great run in the first pro-am moto, finishing
third. In the second Pro-Am moto, Plante was able
to start in second and hold his spot for a couple
laps until Miller and Creamer both passed him
on the same jump, dropping him to fourth. Plante
received fourth overall in the Pro-Am class.
Michael Pilotte had a little shock issue early
on in the day, but his Southside Polaris team
was able to fix the issue and get him back out
on the track. Michael Pilotte had a good weekend
taking fifth overall in the Pro class and sixth
overall in the Pro-Am class.
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Michael Pilotte had an intense battle
with #19 Jason Dunkelberger in Pro-Am
Moto 2 with Pilotte making the pass, but
in the end, Dunk would edge out Pilotte
for the position with the pair finishing
back to back in three of the four motos |
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#37 Kody
Evans had his fair share of bad luck
at the opening round, but he will have
two weeks to get things dialed in on
his new ride for Round 2
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Kody Evans, 2010 ITP QuadCross Pro runner up,
made his debut to the NEATV-MX series all the
way from Arizona. Evans had a rough start to the
season with bad luck for most of the motos. Evans
started off with a bad transmission in his race
bike which forced him to ride his team manager’s
bike in the first moto of the Pro-Am. Too keep
the bad luck rolling, in the second moto of Pro-Am
his lower ball joint broke.
“I’m trying to keep positive, I’d
like to be in the top five, and I’m just
going to keep my head up and continue training”
said Evans.
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Golden West
Cycle's #19 Jason Dunkelberger got off
to a good start to the season with two
top five finishes
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2010 Yamaha Quad X Open Pro Champ, Jason Dunkelberger
made his debut on a Honda TRX 450R. With just
getting his quad together a week prior to the
first race, Dunkelberger was able to come out
with a fourth overall in the Pro class and a fifth
overall in Pro-Am.
“I think we’re going to make out
pretty good this season, I look for better finishes
in two weeks at the next round,” remarked
Dunkelberger.
Rich Stambach also returns to the 2011 NEATV-MX
series. Last season, Stambach was on a Suzuki
LTR 450, but this season Stambach debuted his
new Yamaha YFZ 450R. Stambach rode in the Pro
class finishing in seventh overall, and also
rode in the 30+ A class finishing fourth overall.
“My buddy Travis is back like old times.
We had fun dicing it up in 30+ and look forward
to having some fun,” commented Stambach.
