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Wallkill, NY - The 2011 NEATV-MX
Season Opener kicked off this weekend at Walden
MX. The rains that had plagued the Northeast the
past few weeks moved out leaving sun, blue skies,
and overall great weather for racing. The series
welcomes back many returning Pro and Pro-Am ATV
racers as well as some new faces. Over 350 riders
came to the opener and were treated to a great
day of racing. Howard Payne from NEATV-MX commented
“this is one of the largest turn outs we’ve
seen in the past few years.”
The 2011 NEATV-MX Series schedule once again
includes 12 rounds of racing across the North
East with many of the racers favorites back
on the schedule like Southwick’s MX338,
Hemonds Moto X Park, MX207, and Walden MX to
name a few, but there is also a few new locations
added to the schedule with the addition of Raceway
Park in Englishtown, New Jersey and MX 101 in
Epping, New Hampshire.
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again, the New England ATV Motocross Season
Opener was held at Walden MX in Wallkill,
New York, which attracted a large crowd
of racers and spectators |
Besides a few new tracks, there is also several
big name racers joining the series for 2011 with
two-time AMA ATV MX Champion, 191 Dustin Wimmer,
and reigning 2010 AMA Pro ATV MX Champion, Josh
Creamer, both making the switch to the NEATV-MX
Series full-time. Wimmer will remain on his proven
Suzuki LTR450 with his mechanic, Glenn Schlude,
of ATV Innovations.
Josh Creamer has made the switch to the Can-Am
DS450 with the support of Motoworks / DWT, and
his old mechanic DRT’s David Therrien, is
lending him a hand at the track.
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| 2-Time
AMA Pro ATV MX Champion, Dustin Wimmer,
makes the switch to the NEATV-MX Series
for 2011 with his long time mechanic,
Glenn Schlude |
2010
AMA Pro ATV MX Champion, Josh Creamer,
makes his return to NEATV-MX Series for
2011 on his new ride the Motoworks / DWT
Can-Am DS450 |
Another big changes is the expansion of the
Polaris Southside Team, which now includes multi-time
Canadian CMR MX Champion, #91 Jasmin Plante,
#8 Michael Pilotte, and #37 Kody Evans from
Arizona. The three new Southside racers will
compete on the Polaris Outlaw 450MXR with all
three making the switch from other brands.
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2011 Southside
Polaris Pro ATV Race Team (left to right)
#91 Jasmin Plante, #8 Michael Pilotte,
#37 Kody Evans
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2010 Yamaha
/ ITP Quadcross Open Pro Champion, Golden
West Cycle's #19 Jason Dunkelberger,
makes the switch to the NEATV-MX Series
for 2011
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Finally, Pennsylvania’s #19 Jason Dunkelberger,
makes his return to racing on the East Coast
after claiming the 2010 ITP Quadcross Open Pro
Championship last year. Dunk also made the switch
to a Golden West / Maxxis Honda TRX 450R for
2011 with the help of PRP’s David Porter.
Unfortunately, with ever rising gas prices
and sluggish economy, many of the series top
racers from 2010 were also missing from the
line-up, which included multi-time champion,
Joe Haavisto, Nate Morello, Myles Santaniello,
and Jason Connell just to name a few, but despite
there absence from the line-up the racing action
remained intense among the newcomers and the
returning pros.
