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Offroad Motorcycle and Atv Nationals
Nationals 2006 Series
Round #4 - Rio Grande, Ohio
Pirelli Coal Miner XC
May 13, 2006


Article and photos by John Gasso

OMA Nationals
Round #4 - Results
1 Adam McGill Honda
2 Brandon Sommers Yamaha
3 Jeremy Rice Suzuki
4 Jeff Picken Yamaha
5 Todd Krupinski Honda
6 Johnny Gallagher Honda
7 Mark Notman Honda
8 Kenneth Staake Yamaha
9 Cory Vickerd Yamaha
10 Dean Vidt Honda

Adam McGill
Rio Grande, Ohio - OMA is unlike any other National series running, with fresh cut, tight, technical trails for both ATV’s and motorcycles. One annual goal for OMA is to change up certain venues each year to keep things new and exciting for offroad enthusiasts. With coverage from DirtWheels, ATV Action, ATV Rider.com, and now ATV Riders.com OMA is expanding their coverage for ATV racers. For more information contact OMA @ www.omanationals.com

OMA Round 4:
Adam McGill pushed his 05 Honda 450R to first place through a slippery and technical course in the woods near Rio Grande, Ohio on Saturday April 13. After passing riders in a rocky downhill ravine McGill and Brandon Sommers tried to put some time on the pack but were slowed in spots by lapped riders. The track “had a lot of mix between rocks, uphills, downhills and things like that. I think the track kind of played to my favorites,” said McGill. “It was fun all day. I thought Brandon (Sommers) had me there towards the end. I hit a tree and he went around me.” McGill hooked back up with Sommers and took a better line for a pass that would stick to the end and give him a thirteen second margin of victory.

Adam McGill leading the race followed by Brandon Sommers.

Brandon Sommers kept his GT Thunder powered Yamaha right with McGill all day. Sommers had a 3 second lead over McGill on the first lap but was one second behind on lap two. McGill and Sommers stayed within seconds of each other the whole race giving the spectators a fantastic show. They could pull away for a while but had some trouble with traffic and according to Sommers, “he (McGill) hit a tree, and I flipped. Things happen, you know.”

Jeremy Rice aboard his LT-R450
Lap four was good for third place rider Jeremy Rice on his Northgate Honda sponsored Suzuki LT450 when he passed the scoring checkpoint two seconds ahead of Brandon Sommers. He said “It went pretty good. I got to battle a little bit with the front guys. I got some barbed wire wrapped around the front tire which held me up a little bit but I was able to battle back. It was a good day just back and forth. Every moment was pretty exciting."

Rob Zimmerman's injured Honda
The start was not good for Honda mounted 2005 OMA Champion Rob Zimmerman. An unfortunate wheel hit with another racer on the second turn tossed Zimmerman to the ground and knocked the wind out of him. Zimmerman recovered but soon hit a tree causing major damage to the bumper and a-arm to end his race with one lap and leave him with a seventy fifth place finish.

The podium at the OMA Nationals Pirelli XC was occupied by three new faces to the series after an exciting two hour race where the top seven riders ran ten laps on a rugged course. Rains during the week threatened to cause problems, but the track turned out in nearly perfect condition for another exciting OMA Nationals off road racing event. The race was co-sanctioned with AWRCS and provided a great show for spectators.

The next OMA Nationals event will be the infamous Moose Run on June 3, 2006. The Moose Run is notorious for length and difficulty and it will test man and machine at Bill Gusse’s home location in Morrison, Illinois. The OMA Nationals series provides single track off road racing to a growing number of racers looking for a technically challenging race environment that requires a combination of skill and speed to conquer. This is off road racing.

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