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2012 Yamaha / Quad-X
Racing Series
Round #1 & 2 - Glen Helen Raceway
San Bernardino, California
March 10-11, 2012
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Yamaha / Quad-X Racing
- Rounds 1 & 2 – Glen Helen Race Report
Dustin Nelson Wins Saturday
& David Haagsma Wins Sunday
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Yamaha
/ Quad-X Racing Series
"Glen Helen" - Round 1
& 2
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San Bernardino, CA (3/15/2012)
– It was a double header for the season opener
of the Yamaha Quad X series at Glen Helen this past
weekend that saw Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson take
the round one overall win and newcomer, H&M
Motorsports’ David Haagsma, won the overall
in round two. Great weather was on tap for
the season opener of the 2012 Yamaha Quad X series
at Glen Helen Raceway. The season opener was a
double header with round one on Saturday and round
two on Sunday, making for a long, but fun weekend.
Last season, Dustin Nelson and Beau Baron battled
it out all season long, but that battle has tightened
up this year, and along with the addition of David
Haagsma in the mix, some exciting racing is sure
to follow.
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Yamaha Quad-X Racing - Round
1 - Glen Helen Raceway |
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Yamaha's Dustin Nelson took the first overall
win of the 2012 Quad-X Racing Season at
Glen Helen Raceway |
Yamaha/Golden West Cycle’s Dustin Nelson laid
claim to the first overall win of the season as
he goes for his record sixth Quad X pro championship.
In the first moto, Nelson was in 5th off the start,
but made his way into fourth after the first couple
of turns. Nelson then made quick work of Joe Byrd,
who was in third. “Joe was ahead of me and
he is pretty tough to pass, but I got around him
about halfway through the first lap,” said
Nelson.
From there, Nelson began to chase down leaders,
David Haagsma and Beau Baron. Nelson soon caught
up to Baron, who was in second and battled with
him for most of the moto. Nelson was able to get
around Baron when Baron went too wide in a turn
and went off the track. Nelson was closing the
gap on Haagsma, but ran out of time before he
could get close enough to make a move and settled
for the number two spot.
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Despite starting fourth Dustin Nelson was
able to catch #422 David Haagsma & Beau
Baron to take the lead in moto 2 |
In moto two, Nelson was in fourth off the start
and again made the pass on Joe Byrd in the first
lap. Nelson then chased down David Haagsma and
made the pass for second before pursuing Beau
Baron, who was in the lead. “David made
a mistake and I was able to get around him and
two laps later, I got around Beau, but Joe Byrd
was right behind me and he was pressuring me for
the rest of the moto. He was right there when
I took the checkered flag,” said Nelson,
who hung on to take the moto two win and the overall.
“It felt really good to go out there and
win the first round. It really gives me a lot
of momentum for the rest of the season,”
Nelson added.
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Curtis Sparks' David Haagsma grabbed the
holeshot in Moto 1 & ran away with the
win in Moto1 at Glen Helen |
Maxxis/H&M Motorsports’ David Haagsma
was looking impressive in his first race of the
season. Haagsma shot off the start in the first
moto and grabbed the holeshot. “I had last
gate pick, so I was way on the outside, but my Curtis
Sparks motor was awesome this weekend and let me
get out front,” said Haagsma.
Haagsma was enjoying a nice four second lead
as Nelson, Baron and Byrd battled it out behind
him. Eventually Nelson caught up and was pressuring
Haagsma. “Dustin was closing in, but I had
a pretty good gap and he wasn’t able to
close in enough to make a move. It was a really
good race and it felt great to take that moto
win,” said Haagsma.
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