2006 ATVA MX Nationals Round #7 – Red Bud - Preview & Live Coverage

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Buchanan, MI - The ATVA Motocross Nationals have reached the half way point of the season with Round 7 of the 14 round series heading to Red Bud Track N Trail in Buchanan, Michigan on May 12-14th. After an exciting round of racing at Birch Creek with Jeremiah Jones claiming his second win in a row and Joe Byrd reclaiming the points lead as of now with a pending appeal on the second Moto results, which could turn the points lead back over to John Natalie Jr. Regardless of the final decision, the chase for the Pro ATV Championship is one of the most intense in years especially with Suzuki Yoshimura’s Doug Gust and Jeremiah Jones quickly adapting to their new Suzuki LT-R450 QuadRacers and beginning to reel in Byrd and Natalie Jr out front battling for the points lead.

In preparation for this weekend’s event, Red Bud track promoters, Tim & Amy Richie, have been busy make changes to big and youth track. A camel hump triple, step-up double, and tabletop have been added to the big track after the high flying ski jump, which will be an added bonus to the racers and fans. The youth track for the 50cc Stock Class has been expanded to include a sand pit, which will provide for a more challenging track for these up and coming racers. As a special treat, the defending National Champion, John Natalie Jr, will wave the checkered flag for these youngsters.

Unfortunately, the one thing no one can control is the weather, and the weather forecasted for this weekend's race is perfect only if your a duck because the area is expecting rain and more rain, and it has been raining since Wednesday, which has everything a sloppy mess.

Despite the rain several hundred riders still arrived on Friday and signed up to race.

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The parking lots were quickly filling up with trucks, and 4x4 vehicles are starting to be the best form of transportation as the ground is becoming saturated.

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If it weren't for the rain, the Red Bud facility was looking great as the Richie's did an excellent job preparing for the event.

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Due to the rain, Friday’s Practice was cancelled and the only foot traffic was allowed on the track as many reached for an umbrella to check out the track.

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Shortly after 4PM, Tech Inspection began with a few racers braving the rain and getting through tech before the rush tomorrow morning from all of those who decided to try and wait out the rain.

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Josh Upperman looks out the door of Tim Farr's Motosports Honda' Rig while others assemble a grill inside the trailer to cook up some diner.

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A new face at the ATVA MX Nationals this weekend was Romain Couprie arriving from France to compete at a few races in the USA. He raced at ITP Quadcross at Glen Helen last weekend, and he made the long trip to Michigan in hopes of qualifying for the Pro Main before returning to France.

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With the rain, everything was fairly quite at the track, so at 5PM, I headed out to the Red Bud Roadhouse for the autograph session, which is only a few miles down the road from the track right along the St. Joesph River.

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John Natalie jr, Michelle Reiser, and Dustin Wimmer attended to sign autographs for local race fans and ofcourse everyone wanted a photo of themselves with these top riders.

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For Saturday Race Results and Photos click the link below

Red Bud Saturday - Race Results & Photo Gallery Link (http://www.atvriders.com/atvracing/atvamxracing2006.html#7)

Pat Brown takes the Win in the Pro Qualifier and there wasn't any need to have a PRO LCQ because only 20 Pros after Richard Pelchat ran into problems with his Yamaha, which prevented him from making into to Sunday's event.

[Johnny & Monica]

Upperman takes the win in the first moto of Pro am and Brown takes third.

Brock Lyons crashed and got hurt but no updates on his condition.

The rain has stopped.

[xtremeracer]

any more pics


besides the link

[Johnny & Monica]

Pros are getting lined up at the start gate.

[ROBBSRACING]

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[Johnny & Monica]

Hot laps are underway !

[JRP]

there getting ready to go!

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Holeshot goes to byrd

[Johnny & Monica]

Red Bud Holeshot goes to Jeremy Lawson

Gust
Jones


Byrd out front'

Natalie fighting for fourth

[JRP]

byrd
gust
jones
natalie

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Keith Little in fifth

Byrd
Gust
Jones
Natalie big battle with Jones

[Johnny & Monica]

Pat Brown in sixth

Haavisto and Spader battling back in the pack


Jones takes second from Gust

[JRP]

byrd jones gust natalie

[Johnny & Monica]

Gust and Natalie neck and neck

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Byrd
Jones
Gust
Natalie

[JRP]

natalie is all over gust through the whoops.

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Natalie side by side with Gust makes the pass on Gust for third

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natalie passes gust for 3rd, little in 5th and brown right on little..

jones is on natalies ***.

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Byrd and Jones

Byrd holds on to the lead

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Little 5th
Brown
Creamer



Byrd cuts Jones off again. Natalie now working on Jones

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natalie is charging jones for 2nd.

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Bumper to Bumper

Byrd
Jones
Natalie
Gust

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natalie passes but jones passes back.

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Natalie takes Jones

Jones takes it second back

Brown has taken over fifth from Little



Byrd
Natalie right on Byrd
Jones
Gust
Brown

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Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Gust
Brown
Little
Creamer

[JRP]

natalie takes the lead! byrd in 2nd jones in 3rd gust in 4th brown is 5th

[Johnny & Monica]

Jones takes over second from Byrd

Gust also gets around Byrd for third

[JRP]

jones passes byrd and so does gust. byrd in 4th now.

[2000ex]

Sounds like one he** of a battle

[Johnny & Monica]

Byrd right on Gust

Pat Brown closing the gap

Natalie out front

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Natalie fends off Jones to hold on to first






8th Wimmer
Spader
Dunk

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Byrd dropping back from Gust


Natalie
Jones
Gust
Byrd
Brown

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Halfway point

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Little takes back fifth from Brown


Couprie in 11th

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Gust moving up on Jones

Jones closing the gap on Natalie


Byrd
Little
Brown

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natalie
jones
gust
byrd
little
brown

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Little gaining on Byrd

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natalie slides out but recovers, gust takes over 2ndplace

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Natalie slides out but holds on to first

Gust in second now

Jones back to third


Jones having problems on the right side of the quad

Byrd challenging for third

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jones broke something on his rear of the ltr.

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Natalie
Gust
Jones
Byrd
Little

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Natalie
Gust
Jones moving up again

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dunk is down.

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Dunk is out

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Natalie
Gust
Jones
Byrd
Little
Brown
Wimmer
Spader
Coulprie in 10th

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Last lap

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last lap

natalie
gust
jones
byrd
little
brown

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Natalie
Gust pressure from
Jones

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natalie take moto 1

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Jones and Gust big battle for second

Gust cuts him off

Natalie
Gust
Jones
Byrd
Little
Brown
Wimmer
Creamer
Spader
Lawson
Couprie 11th

[JRP]

natalie
gust
jones
byrd
little
brown
wimmer
creamer
spader
lawson
cuprie

[Fred55]

Can we please just have ONE person giving the live coverage? It's really annoying reading the same thing twice.

[jason14x]

One question did they ever come down with a final ruling on the Birch creek appeal? Kind of ridiculous that its been 2 weeks and no ones heard anything? I would assume they told the pros by now ???

Thanks for the great coverage!

Jason

[mox007edinboro]

oh stop your whinning, we could have no one covering it so just deal with it.....

[ROBBSRACING]

Go Creamer !

[EvilJester400EX]

JRP - Let Johnny and Monica do their job. It's not your place to provide coverage, it's theirs.

[JRP]

alright well ill stop covering it then...:rolleyes: like jason14x said, atleast theres people on the site that is trying to help and cover it all.

[JRP]

alright i was jus trying to help.

[walker054]

Hey JRP remember the second moto starts at 300, sometimes these other guys forget that and we end up with no live coverage at all!!!

[Johnny & Monica]

I appreciate the help!!

[EvilJester400EX]

No problem Johnny&Monica. :chinese:

[Johnny & Monica]

Moto One Pro Results


John Natalie
Doug Gust
Jeremiah Jones
Joe Byrd
Keith Little
Pat Brown
Dustin Wimmer
Josh Creamer
Travis Spader
Jeremy Lawson
Romain Couprie
Chad Wienen
Joe Haavisto
Kory Ellis
Rocco Arno Jr.
Harold Goodman
Trent Kandel
Steve Runkel
Jason Luburgh
Jason Dunkelberger

[Johnny & Monica]

Jones had issues with a rock getting into his brakes

Luburgh was on the LTR450 for the first time

Tim Farr is not competing this weekend

Dunkelberger out with bike failure

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The 1st Moto Photo Gallery is now uploading, and here is the link
Pro Moto One Photo Gallery (http://www.atvriders.com/gallery/2006atvamxracing07redbudmotoone/index.html)

[gtownfiddys]

Problem with the pics. I know you'll fix it but just letting you know\

Can anybody tell me how Mitch Reynolds 137 did in the pro am class?

[Johnny & Monica]

About the pics, the thumbnails aren't showing but when you click on the pic link it does bring up the pictures there.

[RIDERRED631]

lets go byrd!!

[gtownfiddys]

Pics look good. track is alot better today than yesterday.

[QCquad83]

more than one person covering the race is good maybe there on different sides of the track and see different things so we are able to read what happens everywhere. keep it up guys great job

[BlueZ440]

How about everyone just go to the discuss forum and say what they want to say...This is the LIve COVERAGE:D

[Johnny & Monica]

Hot lap for moto 2

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Moto 2 holeshot goes to Gust

Little
Natalie

[JRP]

here we go.... the holeshot for moto 2 goes to gust

[walker054]

moto #2 getting ready to start

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Jones and Spader

Natalie trying to make the pass on Gust

Gust holds first


Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Spader
Little
Goodman
Craemer
Brown

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byrd goes to 3rd and jones in 4th

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Natalie takes lead
Byrd
JOnes
Spader
LIttle
Wimmer


Gust is way back now

[JRP]

gust falls back after colliding with natalie.

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Natalie and Byrd battling out front

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Gust in ninth
Lawson in tenth

[JRP]

natalie
byrd
jones
spader
little
brown
luburgh
creamer
gust
lawson

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Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Spader
Little

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Brown in sixth

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Natalie got sideways almost got tboned by Byrd but held on to lead

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natalie spins out and alomost gets tboned my byrd but natalie pulls it back.

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Kandel in tenth

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Byrd closing the gap on Natalie

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byrd is closing the gap, almost passing natalie

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Haavisto gets lapped

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Natalie
Byrd
Jones
LIttle
Brown
Spader
Wimmer
Gust

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Natalie and Byrd on top of each other

Gust takes Wimmer heading for Spader

[JRP]

gust took 7th and now is goin for 6th

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Jones gaining on Byrd

Byrd dropping back from Natalie

[JRP]

jones is pressing byrd for 2nd

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Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Little

[JRP]

byrd and jones are pulling closer to natalie

[Johnny & Monica]

Natalie 15 quad lengths ahead
Byrd
Jones
Little
Brown
Spader battle with Spader
Gust

[JRP]

little is having a good run, hes in 4th

[Johnny & Monica]

Natalie bobbles in the same corner again

[Johnny & Monica]

Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Little
Spader
Brown
Gust 3 way battle for fifth

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Halfway point

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jones gets out of shape through the whoops, and gives byrd some more room

[Johnny & Monica]

Jones charging hard to pass Byrd but get squirelly and loses momentum

[Johnny & Monica]

Gust passes Spader and Brown in one pass

[JRP]

gust took spader and brown and is now in 5th

[Johnny & Monica]

Natalie
Byrd
Jones

[JRP]

jones messes up again in the whoops

[Johnny & Monica]

Jones try to pass Byrd and has the same problem in the same section again

[Johnny & Monica]

Jones try to pass Byrd and has the same problem in the same section again

[Johnny & Monica]

Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Little
Gust
Spader
Brown

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Wimmer
Dunk
Creamer
Wienen

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Natalie
Byrd
Jones up on the berm

[JRP]

jones trys to pass on the downhill but byrd says no and blocks him

[JRP]

natalie
byrd
jones
little
gust
spader
wimmer
brown

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Wimmer passses Brown Lap 11 for leaders


Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Little
Gust
Spader
Wimmer
Brown
Wienen pulling off track may not be up in the mix after all

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Gust on a mission and closing gap on Little

[Johnny & Monica]

Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Little
Gust just seconds back from fourth

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White flag

[JRP]

last lap

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Natalie
Byrd
Jones
Little
Gust

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Natalie takes the win

[JRP]

natalie wins moto 2

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Natalie
Byrd
Jones

[gfk51]

News and result for Couprie ?

[walker054]

more moto #2 results please

[EvilJester400EX]

JRP, do you not get the point that your coverage is nothing more than parrotting Johnny and Monica? It's not your place on this site to bring the coverage, it's Johnny and Monica's, so stop.

[Johnny & Monica]

I told JRP he could help if he wanted. Sometimes the action gets so fast it's hard to keep up and cover all the racers so help is great.

Waiting for more moto 2 results

[Johnny & Monica]

Overall winners

John Natalie
Joe Byrd
Jeremiah Jones

[EvilJester400EX]

I apologize, it's been a long day. Had to take a little frustration out somewhere, what better place than the good ol' internet.

[Johnny & Monica]

Not a problem I woke up feeling that way too.:D :devil:

[RIDERRED631]

good job joe byrd

[KingRage12]

WAY TO RIDE JOHN, GOOD JOB. I AM NOW SORRY I MISSED THIS ONE. MICHELE

[Pappy]

2nd Moto results and final overall order for the weekend


1st Natalie (1)
2nd Byrd (2)
3rd Jones (3)
4th Little (5)
5th Gust (4)
6th Wimmer (6)
7th Spader (7)
8th Dunk (12)
9th Creamer (8)
10th Couprie (10)
11th Kandel (13)
12th Brown (9)
13th Arno Jr. (14)
14th Luburgh (19)
15th Runkel (20)
16th Wienen (15)
17th Haavisto (17)
18th Ellis (18)
19th Lawson (16)
20th Goodman (11)

[thelittlefrench]

Couprie tenth!!!!for his first pro moto..

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Complete Race Results are now Uploaded.

Complete Race Results Link (http://www.atvriders.com/atvresults/atvamx200607redbudraceresults.pdf)

[blackraptor16]

Here are some I took - Harlan we saw ya out there runnin your butt off! :) The first day was a little too overcast for our small Canon Digital Elph - and the second day we had our dog to keep an eye on, but all in all I think I took a few good pictures.

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