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07-08-2005, 07:17 PM
Orlando, FL – The ESPN Great Outdoor Games are underway at Disney's Wide World of Sports ® Complex with the ATV racing getting underway this evening for two qualifying rounds where only the top six from event qualifier advanced with the remaining riders heading to the LCQ Saturday Morning at 10:30AM to determine the final riders making it to the Main Event Scheduled for 8:30PM, Saturday Night
The list of competitors has been constantly changing over the last few weeks with several top riders not attending the games due to injuries and other racing commitments, which included Chris Borich, Tim Farr, Keith Little, Harold Goodman, and several other riders.
The Finalized Entry List:
GNC MX Entries
1. Jeremiah Jones
2. Heather Byrd
3. Kory Ellis
4. Travis Spader
5. Jason Dunkelberger
6. Rocco Arno Jr
7. Joe Byrd
8. Doug Gust
9. Dustin Wimmer
10. Cody Smith
11. Giovanni Colon
12. Angela Moore
13. Cody Miller
14. John Natalie Jr
15. Pat Brown
16. Tavis Cain
17. Jason Luburgh
GNCC Entries
18. Bill Ballance
19. Johnny Gallagher
20. William Yokley
ITP Quadcross Entries
21. Dana Creech
22. Dustin Nelson
23. Jeremy Schell
WORCS Entries
24. Doug Eichner
Brief Description of the Track
The track layout has a mix of terrain ranging from sand, grass, clay, and topsoil. The start is in the sand with the riders immediately merging onto the grass for a high speed straightaway that then quickly narrows down around a turn where the riders will be greeted by the alligator pit jump, which got its name from an alligator that had to be removed from the pit. Remainder of the track layout contains a 12 jump rhythm section similar to Loretta Lynn’s 10 jump series and there is also a high speed whoops section. The course also has a tight woods section with your typical wood obstacles of stumps and trees for the riders to get hung up on.
The sand portion of the track quickly deteriorated after practice with huge moguls forming which look like angry waves in the sand.
Gate and Qualifier Heat Selection
The riders had a 2 hour practice session on Friday, which gave them a chance to dial in their machines and bodies for the qualifiers Friday Night. During Practice, Joe Byrd ended up in the gatorpit, which took the Disney crew over 20 minutes to get his Honda out of the water, which let everybody know right away that they had to be committed to hitting the jump or take the bypass.
Following practice, each rider headed out for one sight lap followed by a second lap which the laptime was recorded to determine the qualifying order. John Natalie Jr recorded the fastest laptime followed by Jeremiah Jones and Dustin Wimmer. Travis Spader and Heather Byrd both found themselves stuck in the woods, which ruined their lapimes and sent them to the back. Cody Miller had a hard crash and ended up burning himself and needed to repair his machine with some parts from his practice machine to be ready for qualifiers.
The gate selection order for the qualifiers was as follows with the even numbers going to the first qualifier and the odd numbers going to the second qualifier.
Fastest Lap Time Order
1. John Natalie jr
2. Jeremiah Jones
3. Dustin Wimmer
4. Jason Luburgh
5. Joe Byrd
6. Kory Ellis
7. Cody Smith
8. Dana Creech
9. Doug Gust
10. Rocco Arno Jr
11. Tavis Cain
12. Jason Dunkelberger
13. Pat Brown
14. Bill Ballance
15. Jeremy Schell
16. Dustin Nelson
17. Giovanni Colon
18. Doug Eichner
19. Johnny Gallagher
20. William Yokley
21. Angela Moore
22. Travis Spader
23. Cody Miller
24. Heather Byrd
Qualifier #1 Overview
As the riders lined up on the starting gate for the 1st Qualifier, the rain started with a torrential downpour, which had the camera crews scrambling to cover their equipment and left everyone soaked from head to toe. Because of the rain, it was decided that the alligator pit jump was too dangerous because the take off wrap was extremely slick, so it was removed from the qualifying events. Fortunately, the rain did stop before the start of the first qualifier.
Jason Luburgh and Jeremiah Jones battled for the Holeshot heading into turn one, but Jason was able to grab the lead with Jeremiah right behind him, and unfortunately start basically determined the race results because their really wasn’t any passing to speak of in the first qualifier with Luburgh pulling away from Jones after Jones had enough of eating sand and dropped back after getting completely covered in black sand/mud from the roost of Luburgh’s tires. The only other news was that Dana Creech blew his headpipe on the third lap, which took him out of the race.
Qualifier #1 Advancements
1. Jason Luburgh
2. Jeremiah Jones
3. Kory Ellis
4. Travis Spader
5. Jason Dunkelberger
6. Rocco Arno Jr
Qualifier #2 Overview
The start of second qualifier had Doug Gust grabbing the Holeshot, but a four rider pileup in the first turn involving Jeremy Schell, Tavis Cain, Cody Smith, and Cody Miller forced a restart. Upon the restart, Joe Byrd grab the Holeshot this time with yet another tangle up in the turn involving Johnny Gallagher and couple other riders, but the race wasn’t restarted this time. Joe Byrd maintained the lead from start to finish with Doug Gust holding onto the second spot. The only real passing in the qualifier was done by John Natalie Jr as he worked his way up several positions from a poor start to finish fourth behind Dustin Wimmer
Qualifier #2 Advancements
1. Joe Byrd
2. Doug Gust
3. Dustin Wimmer
4. John Natalie Jr
5. Pat Brown
6. Tavis Cain
LCQ
The following riders didn’t qualify on Friday, and will go the LCQ Saturday Morning at 10:30AM where only 4 out of the 12 will advance to the main event Saturday Night to compete in the 16 rider Main Event at 8:30PM
Dana Creech
Bill Ballance
Dustin Nelson
Doug Eichner
William Yokley
Heather Byrd
Cody Smith
Jeremy Schell
Giovanni Colon
Johnny Gallagher
Angela Moore
Cody Miller
The list of competitors has been constantly changing over the last few weeks with several top riders not attending the games due to injuries and other racing commitments, which included Chris Borich, Tim Farr, Keith Little, Harold Goodman, and several other riders.
The Finalized Entry List:
GNC MX Entries
1. Jeremiah Jones
2. Heather Byrd
3. Kory Ellis
4. Travis Spader
5. Jason Dunkelberger
6. Rocco Arno Jr
7. Joe Byrd
8. Doug Gust
9. Dustin Wimmer
10. Cody Smith
11. Giovanni Colon
12. Angela Moore
13. Cody Miller
14. John Natalie Jr
15. Pat Brown
16. Tavis Cain
17. Jason Luburgh
GNCC Entries
18. Bill Ballance
19. Johnny Gallagher
20. William Yokley
ITP Quadcross Entries
21. Dana Creech
22. Dustin Nelson
23. Jeremy Schell
WORCS Entries
24. Doug Eichner
Brief Description of the Track
The track layout has a mix of terrain ranging from sand, grass, clay, and topsoil. The start is in the sand with the riders immediately merging onto the grass for a high speed straightaway that then quickly narrows down around a turn where the riders will be greeted by the alligator pit jump, which got its name from an alligator that had to be removed from the pit. Remainder of the track layout contains a 12 jump rhythm section similar to Loretta Lynn’s 10 jump series and there is also a high speed whoops section. The course also has a tight woods section with your typical wood obstacles of stumps and trees for the riders to get hung up on.
The sand portion of the track quickly deteriorated after practice with huge moguls forming which look like angry waves in the sand.
Gate and Qualifier Heat Selection
The riders had a 2 hour practice session on Friday, which gave them a chance to dial in their machines and bodies for the qualifiers Friday Night. During Practice, Joe Byrd ended up in the gatorpit, which took the Disney crew over 20 minutes to get his Honda out of the water, which let everybody know right away that they had to be committed to hitting the jump or take the bypass.
Following practice, each rider headed out for one sight lap followed by a second lap which the laptime was recorded to determine the qualifying order. John Natalie Jr recorded the fastest laptime followed by Jeremiah Jones and Dustin Wimmer. Travis Spader and Heather Byrd both found themselves stuck in the woods, which ruined their lapimes and sent them to the back. Cody Miller had a hard crash and ended up burning himself and needed to repair his machine with some parts from his practice machine to be ready for qualifiers.
The gate selection order for the qualifiers was as follows with the even numbers going to the first qualifier and the odd numbers going to the second qualifier.
Fastest Lap Time Order
1. John Natalie jr
2. Jeremiah Jones
3. Dustin Wimmer
4. Jason Luburgh
5. Joe Byrd
6. Kory Ellis
7. Cody Smith
8. Dana Creech
9. Doug Gust
10. Rocco Arno Jr
11. Tavis Cain
12. Jason Dunkelberger
13. Pat Brown
14. Bill Ballance
15. Jeremy Schell
16. Dustin Nelson
17. Giovanni Colon
18. Doug Eichner
19. Johnny Gallagher
20. William Yokley
21. Angela Moore
22. Travis Spader
23. Cody Miller
24. Heather Byrd
Qualifier #1 Overview
As the riders lined up on the starting gate for the 1st Qualifier, the rain started with a torrential downpour, which had the camera crews scrambling to cover their equipment and left everyone soaked from head to toe. Because of the rain, it was decided that the alligator pit jump was too dangerous because the take off wrap was extremely slick, so it was removed from the qualifying events. Fortunately, the rain did stop before the start of the first qualifier.
Jason Luburgh and Jeremiah Jones battled for the Holeshot heading into turn one, but Jason was able to grab the lead with Jeremiah right behind him, and unfortunately start basically determined the race results because their really wasn’t any passing to speak of in the first qualifier with Luburgh pulling away from Jones after Jones had enough of eating sand and dropped back after getting completely covered in black sand/mud from the roost of Luburgh’s tires. The only other news was that Dana Creech blew his headpipe on the third lap, which took him out of the race.
Qualifier #1 Advancements
1. Jason Luburgh
2. Jeremiah Jones
3. Kory Ellis
4. Travis Spader
5. Jason Dunkelberger
6. Rocco Arno Jr
Qualifier #2 Overview
The start of second qualifier had Doug Gust grabbing the Holeshot, but a four rider pileup in the first turn involving Jeremy Schell, Tavis Cain, Cody Smith, and Cody Miller forced a restart. Upon the restart, Joe Byrd grab the Holeshot this time with yet another tangle up in the turn involving Johnny Gallagher and couple other riders, but the race wasn’t restarted this time. Joe Byrd maintained the lead from start to finish with Doug Gust holding onto the second spot. The only real passing in the qualifier was done by John Natalie Jr as he worked his way up several positions from a poor start to finish fourth behind Dustin Wimmer
Qualifier #2 Advancements
1. Joe Byrd
2. Doug Gust
3. Dustin Wimmer
4. John Natalie Jr
5. Pat Brown
6. Tavis Cain
LCQ
The following riders didn’t qualify on Friday, and will go the LCQ Saturday Morning at 10:30AM where only 4 out of the 12 will advance to the main event Saturday Night to compete in the 16 rider Main Event at 8:30PM
Dana Creech
Bill Ballance
Dustin Nelson
Doug Eichner
William Yokley
Heather Byrd
Cody Smith
Jeremy Schell
Giovanni Colon
Johnny Gallagher
Angela Moore
Cody Miller