2009 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #6 - Steel City - Live Race Coverage (

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Delmot, PA - Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki/Yoshimura factory rider Dustin Wimmer, the defending AMA Pro ATV Motocross Champion, is out of action as he recovers from an injury to his shoulder. With Wimmer out, Monster Kawasaki's Chad Wienen captured his first win of the season with 1-1 scores at the previous race at Sunset Ridge, and Honda's Joe Byrd took over the series points lead from Wimmer. It will be a last minute decision for Wimmer to race this weekend as the battle for the championship resumes at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, PA. The event also marks round five of the amateur portion of the National program.

oe Byrd, the 2006 and 2007 AMA Pro Motocross Series' Champion from Union City, Tennessee broke Wimmer's winning streak with his victory a few weeks ago at Ballance MX and is now the points leader, despite having bike problems at Sunset Ridge. Wimmer is only 11 points behind in second and Wienen, who suffered through a few mechanical problems at the beginning of the season, is in third. Josh Creamer, of the Monster Energy Kawasaki team, fell to fourth in the points standings, despite an improved fourth place finish at Sunset Ridge. Pennyslvania's own 2005 Champion John Natalie had a bad run at Sunset Ridge to come in ninth, falling to seventh in the points, but has shown the speed all season to win races. In addition, nationally-recognized stars including veteran Doug Gust, Jeremy Lawson, Josh Upperman, Pat Brown and a crop of hard charging rookies will make up a full gate of talent in the AMA Pro ATV Class.

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Pro-Am Unlimited Class

In the Pro-Am Unlimited Ranks, the day belonged to the rookie #88 Joel Hetrick as he grabbed the Holeshot in Both Motos and held the lead from start to finish to secure a 1-1 finish for his first overall win

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Media Allstars #18 Cody Grant grabbed the runners-up spot behind Hetrick with a division Moto win, but he wasn't able to reel in Hetrick in the 2nd Moto

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Walsh / Kawasaki’s Cody Gibson earned the final spot on the Podium

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ATP's Jeffrey Rastrelli finally turned 16, so he made his Pro-Am Unlimited class debut at Steel City and proved he was ready with a 7th Overall finish on his Suzuki LTR450

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Polaris Pro-Am Racer, #179 Landon Hurst suffered a serious wreck at his home practice track with multiple fractures to his legs, which will have him sidelined for the rest of the season, so #375 Casey Martin has replaced Hurst on the Polaris Outlaw, and he finished 13th Overall in Polaris debut, and he will back in action on Sunday in the Pro-Am Production Class.

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Pro-Am Racer, Marc Winchester made his return to race at Steel City outfitted with a Halo as he continues to recover from a serious wreck at Amateur opener at Pell City, Al when he wrecked on down hill jump, which left him with a fractured leg & hip along with a few fractured vertebrate in his neck.

Fortunately, Marc’s neck is healing up great, but he still has some intense pain in his hip, which may be the only thing that could keep him coming back from racing as he is expected to get his halo removed in just another month.

It was great seeing Marc, and I wish him a speedy recovery

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Women’s Pro-Am

Heather Byrd once again went 1-1 as she lead from start to finish in both Motos, but #13 Michelle Natalie shadowed Byrd both Motos, but was never able to make the pass as Heather rode a nearly flawless race both motos

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#13 Michelle Natalie may not have scored an overall win, but each year she keeps closing the gap on Heather, so I wouldn't count her out for an overall win yet this year.

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#14 Adrienne Cooper once again claimed the 3rd spot

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Pro ATV Practice

Kawasaki's Josh Creamer grabbed the fastest laptime of the day with a 02:03.584, which was nearly a second faster than anyone else on the track.

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Warnet / Can-Am Racing's John Natalie Jr earned the 2nd fastest time of the day with a 02:04.566, and with this being a home-state track for Natalie, I expect to see him in the hunt for a Podium finish on Sunday

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All eyes were on Dustin Wimmer as he was back in action after missing the last round of racing due to a shoulder injury while practicing in Georgia. Wimmer had surgery out in California to repair his shoulder damage, so he could get back to racing asap, and he was looking like his usual self in practice, but Sunday will tell the story if Wimmer is back to 100%

Regardless, Wimmer scored the 3rd fastest time with a 02:05.033

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Kawasaki's Chad Wienen is coming off his win at Sunset Ridge, which was a 1st for Kawi, and he won the AMA Pro ATV Open at Steel City last year to wrap-up the 2008 season, so he will be hungry for the win on Sunday.

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Motoworks / Can-Am's Brandon Smith was focused this weekend as he rounded out the Top 5 fastest laptime for Saturday with a 02:06.579

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Pro-Am Production

Kawasaki's Cody Gibson lead the charge during practice with the fastest lap time of 02:07.864, which was over 3 seconds faster than 2nd Place KTM's Joseph Bruening, and Cody was having a blast over the big up hill double.

[Simon MX49]

Joe B takin the second fastest Pro Am Production lap time. Hell Yes!!!:D

[Watson85]

No Warnia?

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Originally posted by Watson85
No Warnia?

Jeremie Warnia is racing in the Yamaha / ITP Quadcross Race on the west coast this weekend, and he only races the ATV MX Series when they don't overlap

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Good morning everyone.

It's almost race time. The Pro-am Production class is staging right now.

[quadracer85st]

morning!

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There's 19 riders on the Pro-am gate.

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gibson gets the holeshot

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looks like cottage is in second

[hutchmx92]

Grant?

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gibson
cottage
snapp

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gibson is pulling away, but snapp and cottage are running close

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heimes moves up to 4th

[JJs450r]

Originally posted by hutchmx92
Grant?

7th

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heimes is all over snapp

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heimes around snapp. snapp is off the track

[hutchmx92]

glad to see cottage up there

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gibson
cottage
heimes
bruening
williams
grant

at halfway point

[vzmain61]

Go Gibson!!!!!!

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heimes is closing in on cottage with about two minutes left

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grant up to 5th

[Lostcause]

Lets go Devin!!!!

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heimes takes over 2nd

[Cindi]

Can somebody tell me how I can find the live timing link. It's not on the atvmotocross.com.

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white flag is out

[hutchmx92]

ya it is go to the bar where it says results and click 09 results and its on the right side it will say live scoreing

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bruening is closing in on cottage

[Lostcause]

http://escoremx.tracksideresults.com/results/atvamx/2009/liveresults.asp

[tw1976]

www.escoremx.com for live timing

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williams makes th pass on grant

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gibson takes the win

[Cindi]

Thank you!!!. I was starting to freak out a little. lol

[Lostcause]

Great Showing From the ATP Racers!

[hutchmx92]

y arent u there cindi

[Cindi]

No, My daughter had state finals for track this weekend.

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gibson
heimes
cottage
bruening
williams
grant
ross
moore
snapp
martin
ven john
travis
reed
higgerson
bishop
deering
stout
shapaka
vitale

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Pros are lining up.

[hutchmx92]

Originally posted by Lostcause
Great Showing From the ATP Racers!

I cant wait to see rastrelli up there i give him a couple more races before hes up there in the top 5

[Lostcause]

Has he raced the A class today yet

[hutchmx92]

no there a little later on today should be good with hetrick and him running

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goodman gets the holeshot

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looks like cody miller is in second

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cody miller is gaining on harold goodman

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gust is all over miller

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gust takes over 2nd

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goodman is still out front but gust is closing in.

creamer just took over 3rd and is pressuring gust

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wimmer is in 6th with wienen right behind him

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creamer maks the pass on gust and is after goodman

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creamer is now in the lead!

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weinen is up to 5th and closing in on miller for 4th

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creamer just pulled a 2:05 everyone else 2:08 and 2:09

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gust makes the pass in goodman for 2nd

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wienen now in 4th

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wimmer pressuring upperman for 6th

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weinen up to 3rd

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weinen all over gust

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byrd around wimmer and natalie for 7th

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wienen and gust in a huge battle back and forth

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gust still hanging on to second and isn't going down without a fight

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wienen is around gust and trying to catch creamer

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upperman is now right behind gust and pressuring for third

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byrd is in 6th and has the second fastest lap this moto after creamer

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byrd now in 5th and closing in on upperman. it's a tight race between gust upperman and byrd

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two laps left

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upperman tries for the pass on gust but gust holds his position

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byrd takes over 4th and is gunning for gust

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white flag is out

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byrd takes over third

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gust battles back...they are wheel to wheel

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creamer takes the win wienen in second

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creamer
wienen
byrd
gust
upperman
natalie
miller
goodman
wimmer
t brown
denoble
p brown
smith
gee
shumaker
plchat
kandel
lawson
little
holmes

[Simon MX49]

Creamers on fire.

And its good to see Cottage up there in the top 3 the whole race

[JETMX99]

I have a feeling that my boy Devin Heimes will be up front in Pro Am this next moto. Followed by Josh Williams!!!!

[vzmain61]

Gonna go ahead and guess Mr. Gibson will win moto 2.

[JETMX99]

All Heimes or Williams needs is a holeshot.

[Simon MX49]

Don't count out Joe Bruening or Billy Cottage, both seem to have really stepped it up these past couple rounds

[hutchmx92]

hetrick and rastrelli racing right now in production A joel tookholeshot and dropped to 18th on first lap rastrelli in 3rd closing the gap on first and second

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rain is falling and lightning struck real close to the track but no word of any delays for proam production or the pro class yet.

[vzmain61]

If they had betting stations at the Nationals I would put my money on Gibson 10 times out of 10.

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proam is on the line and a big storm front is rolling in so this could be a wet and muddy one.

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cell service is kind of bad right now so not sure who got the holeshot, but i think it was cottage.

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it's getting really slick out there so this could be a tough race

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looks like order is cottage, moore, ross, williams, heimes

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williams back around ross

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ross is off the track

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moore is pressuring for the lead

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Heimes and Gibson fastest lap times!!
Williams running strong.
Go Florida Boys!!!!

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gibson is pressurring for 4th

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moore gets around cottage for the lead

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williams, heimes and Gibson battling

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two laps left

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gibson is up to 4th

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gibson is on fire and is battling with wiliams for second

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moore takes the win

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pro-am moto two results

moore
williams
gibson
cottage
heimes
grant
bruening
ven john
martin
bishop
deering
hapaka
travis
higgerson
reed
stout
snapp
ross
vitale

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the pro-am podium is:

1 gibson
2 williams
3 cottage

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pro hot laps underway

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holeshot goes to harold goodman again!

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creamer takes the lead!!!

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upperman gets around goodman for second.

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Natalie involved in a first turn crash. according to the announcers he got run over by a yamaha.

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wienen is pressuring gust for 4th

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t brown has hit a pole and looks like he may be out

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wienen gets around gust for 4th

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creamer is increasing his lead

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gust gets back around wienen

[dan29yfz]

whats the weather like??:macho

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byrd is up to 6th

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gust, wienen and byrd are all running close. this could get interesting

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at the halfway pont, creamer has the fastest lap time of the moto so far

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Originally posted by dan29yfz
whats the weather like??:macho


wet and muddy. the rain is still falling

[dan29yfz]

:macho come on chad put the thumb down!!!!:macho

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gust is having a good run in third

[dan29yfz]

hows wimmer looking? steady?

[Cindi]

Go Digger!!!!!!!

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wienen just tossed his goggles in hopes of clearer vision and is now giving goodman a challenge

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clay holmes has pulled off. his bike is smoking

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looks like upperman is closing the gap on creamer

[JETMX99]

Could you imagine if Natalie ever got a good holeshot!!??

He is flying!

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natalie has charged up to 8th after his first turn crash

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Upperman is on fire

[dan29yfz]

dang! natalie is flying!! didnt he get run over?

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gee's quad caught on fire.

last lap, creamer and upperman battling for the lead

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Originally posted by dan29yfz
didnt he get run over?

yup

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congrats to josh creamer for going 1-1 to take his first ever pro national win!!!!

[dan29yfz]

congrats CREAMER!!!! he was due

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moto two results

creamer
upperman
gust
wienen
byrd
natalie
goodman
shumaker
gee
denoble
wimmer
p brown
lawson
miller
pelchat
little
smith
homes
kandel
t brown

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pro podium is

1. creamer
2. wienen
3. upperman

[reconmaster]

this would be chad in the points lead right?

[nynetwo9]

wow natalie was charging so hard in that 2nd moto. I think he passed everyone in the same spot after that big uphill double. that was vintage ironman!!

[sparks 450]

overall points 1st byrd 231 points 2nd wimmer 206 3rd wienen 204 4th creamer 203.

[Ralph]

Goodman was looking good out there. :)

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Cody Gibson

[DEVINF450R]

Wow... awesome points battle. Congrats to Creamer, he WAS due. Upperman has really poured it on these last few rounds. Good to see him up there

[8686]

Way to go Harold!!!

[vzmain61]

Anybody notice that Byrd was running a swaybar? Why would you want to use one on a MX track?

[Todd 450]

Originally posted by vzmain61
Anybody notice that Byrd was running a swaybar? Why would you want to use one on a MX track?

I was just looking at the photos, thinking the same. The only reason i can see is he's using the new pro air shock, which may work well soft but produces to much body roll, so he's using a swaybar to counteract that.

[flattrack450]

denoble had the swaybar too. must be the ticket with the new axis shocks

[Todd 450]

Originally posted by flattrack450
denoble had the swaybar too. must be the ticket with the new axis shocks

Or the shock doesnt work :eek2: :eek2:

[859davidt]

It is a pivoting sway bar that decreases body roll. Does not take away travel or plushness from shocks. $800 BUCKS.

[Meister649]

The weekend at Steel City was sweet! Was Pumped to see Upperman do well and put on a hell of a charge in the 2nd moto!

We got there about 830pm on Friday night.. We pull in and my buddy set up shop right across the drive from the Fox rig.. There was a nice spot big enough for our 2 cars and 2 tents so we parked there and asked a track worker if we could set up there.. He told us to go ahead and it was fine.. Well we did.. Fell asleep, woke up about 7am and sneezed in my tent only to hear a reply from outside "bless you, now I have to talk to you so come out here".. Im not a morning person and the tone I heard this did not make me very happy.. It was a different track worker telling us we couldnt be where we were cuz it was "vendor row".. WTF.. There were no more vendors coming, but he fed me a line a BS and said he had some more coming.. Then I said I would move across the drive to up against my buddies trailer and he said no, thats vender row too.. I looked down and was like yeah, all those quads look like vendors to me right? Im moving down there and thats that.. When he suggested we go to the FAR hill on the other side of the track I laughed.. We ended up moving, and I HEARD from another fella who worked there that the Fox guys whined about tents cramping there style.. Now I dont know if this was 100% the truth, but I REALLY hope the FOX guys arent that much of dicks.. After all, its people like US who pay for our stuff which allowed them to have them nice big shiny motorhomes and trailers, and put food on there table.. If they didnt actually say anything, and it was just the power tripping track worker, then I guess thats ok on Fox`s part.. The best part was, is that NO vendors showed up, and by sunday there were a few cars and trucks parked all over that spot, and somehow the 2 little no parking signs they put up vanished not long after they parked there ... The same track "worker" (complainer) also made a few cars move from field by the big table on sunday because "they didnt want the grass torn up for the bike national"??? For one, no it wouldnt have got tore up from us parking there to watch instead of sitting in the rain or leaving early (good thing we didnt leave, cuz the upperman ride was killer!). Two, WHEN exactly is the bike national? Yeah, thought so, pleanty far enough away that I could have spun doughnuts down there and the grass would be a foot tall by then.. Some stupid thinking went on this weekend by track "people"..

Thats my rant.. Had a good time.. I ride bikes, but watching the quad nats makes me want to buy a race quad..

I will also say that I think they butchered the track.. Crappy they didnt let the AM riders ride the section after the 2 step ups. I also liked the way the track used to be run before the 2 step ups.. It just plain old used to be better.. I talked to a few pros and other riders who agreed with me..

[Sandsjbyz22]

I ride bikes, but watching the quad nats makes me want to buy a race quad..

Better hope no one from Pitracer reads that!!!

Way to go Uppy. Not much longer and he will be on that top step.

[Meister649]

They already gave me crap for buying my girlfriend a Raptor 250! haha..