2011 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #6 - Steel City - Live ATV Race Coverage

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Delmont, PA - The AMA ATV Motocross Championship Series heads to Steel City for Round 6 of the 2011 season, and Chad Wienen looks to extend his lead this weekend, Current points leader, Chad Wienen, has experienced his most dominant season ever this year in the ATVMX series. With a total of three wins under his belt, Wienen holds the most overalls this season, edging out his Motoworks Can-Am teammate John Natalie by only one win and a mere four-point margin in the championship standings.

Natalie lost his former points lead at Sunset Ridge MX after his bike broke down two turns away from the finish line in moto two - quickly moving the second place rider back to fourteenth. Natalie salvaged a sixth place overall to keep him within a handful of points from his teammate.

Pennsylvania's Joel Hetrick could be a force to wreak havoc on the Motoworks Can-Am duo this year after a grabbing his first-ever AMA Pro podium at round five. The Rookie has a lot to learn before contesting a championship in the Premier class, but don't exclude him from mixing it up with the veterans out front - especially in his home state this weekend at Steel City.

With a consistent string of top four finishes, Baldwin Motorsports Honda's Josh Upperman comfortably maintains the third place points position. The Ohio rider has used his calm and collected attitude to maintain a pace just a few beats off the leaders, putting him in the running for a top three finish at the end of the season. Walsh Race Craft Fox Shox rider Jeremy Lawson struggled to break the top five at Sunset Ridge in an unusual off-weekend for the naturally consistent Suzuki rider. This weekend's hard-packed Steel City track may be what Lawson needs to get back into his pre-Sunset Ridge groove.

What's exciting about this year's deep field of Pro class talent is the heightened level of competition taking place for every position on the track. Ballance Racing's Thomas Brown and Can-Am's Rookie Chase Snapp have begun an on-going battle this season that only gets better each weekend. If these riders can secure a holeshot, there's a good chance they could push each other to the front of the pack.

Hetrick made Natalie work for the pass at Sunset Ridge As the round-six event sponsor, Can-Am will hold its popular demo ride program this weekend at the Can-Am Steel City ATVMX. They will have new machines on display all weekend and available for fans to test ride on a special course being built near the main racetrack. Visit the Can-Am display for more information or to test a vehicle.

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opening ceremonies are getting underway

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Chad Wienen took the fastest qualifier, with John Natalie in second and Chase Snapp was the third fastest.

Hot laps are taking place now and racing will begin shortly.

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pro moto one holeshot goes to Chad Wienen

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Natalie is in second

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upperman in third, thomas brown in fourth, chase snapp in fifth

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brown is all over upperman and looking for a way around

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wienen
natalie
upperman
brown
snapp

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snapp and brown are battling hard, snapp made the pass, but brown has taken it back

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wienen out front.
natalie made a mistake and upperman has closed in

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wienen
natalie
upperman
brown
snapp
hetrick
byrd
denoble
moore
lawson
goodman
heimes
clark
swart***er
ven john
winchester
gee

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snapp gets back around brown and is chasing down upperman

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snapp is pressuring upperman

denoble gets around byrd for 7th

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hetrick closing in on brown

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wienen is pulling away while upperman is after natalie

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Hows Joel looking?!

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lawson up to ninth

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Originally posted by Balaz_73*00
Hows Joel looking?!

Fast! he's closing in on brown

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lap 6

wienen
natalie
upperman
snapp
brown
hetrick
denoble
byrd
lawson
moore
heimes
goodman
clark
swart***er
winchester
venjohn
gee

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Upperman just went down, almost got run over by snapp

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wienen has a seven second lead over natalie with snapp in third and brown in fourth

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upperman is back to 12th

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snapp brown and hetrick are all close and battling hard

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brown and snapp are side by side

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brown makes a mistake and hetrick has closed in

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natalie is off the track

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looks like possible mechanical issue for natalie

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snapp and brown now battling for second

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looks like hetrick is out as well

[Balaz_73*00]

Whoa! Snapp is on that Can-Am juice!! Take em all Joel!

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hetrick having issues, back into 9th

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lap 11

wienen
snapp
brown
denoble
byrd
lawson
moore
heimes
goodman
upperman
swart***er
clark
winchester
ven john
natalie
gee

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lawson now having issues

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byrd gets around denoble for fourth

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hows the weather look?

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wienen has 14 second lead and the two lap card is out

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Originally posted by xtreme 250x
hows the weather look?

partly cloudy and 70

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white flag is out

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chad wienen takes the moto one win

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moto one unofficial results


wienen
snapp
brown
byrd
denoble
lawson
moore
heimes
upperman
goodman
swart***er
clark
winchester
natalie
ven john
hetrick
gee

[dennis45]

#88 must be using the same quad builder.

[rf928]

Is that Greg Gee?

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Originally posted by dennis45
#88 must be using the same quad builder.


Hmm are you saying it wasn't what he was riding :confused:

[race bum]

Any news on what happened to John? Look at his lap times lap 10 was like 4:12 then he gets back on it and runs 1:39 in lap 13.

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Originally posted by race bum
Any news on what happened to John? Look at his lap times lap 10 was like 4:12 then he gets back on it and runs 1:39 in lap 13.

John crashed and could not get his quad restarted right away.

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does moto two start at 4

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moto two will be starting in just a couple of minutes

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wienen is having issues on the line. he cannot get his quad to fire

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wienen cannot start....Denoble grabs the moto two holeshot

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somebody's getting fired :o

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denoble out front with byrd in second and moore in third

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lap one

denoble
byrd
moore
upperman
brown
snapp
lawson
hetrick
heimes
natalie
goodman
clark
gee
swart***er
venjohn
winchester

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hetrick gets around lawson for 7th


wienen still not able to get his quad started

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denoble looking good in the lead.

brown gets around upperman for fourth

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if denoble can hang on for the win, he will get the overall

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denoble makes a mistake and byrd takes the lead

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brown going after moore

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lap 4

byrd
moore
brown
upperman
denoble
snapp
hetrick
lawson
natalie
goodman
clark
swartfager
gee
winchester
ven john

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brown gets around moore for second

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upperman takes over third

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lap six

byrd
brown
upperman
hetrick
lawson
moore
snapp
natalie
heimes
goodman
gee
swartfager
clark
winchester
ven john
denoble

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hetrick is all over upperman

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moore under pressure from natalie who just made the pass on snapp

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natalie gets around moore for sixth and closing in an lawson

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lawson gets around hetrick and snapp makes the pass on moore

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lap nine

byrd
brown
upperman
lawson
hetrick
natalie
snapp
moore
heimes
goodman
gee
swartfager
clark
winchester
ven john
denoble

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byrd has over a two second lead

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natalie is gaining ground on hetrick

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two laps left and lawson is closing in on upperman

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lawson going after upperman

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brown still holding on to second with upperman and lawson closing in

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white flag is out


natalie up to fifth

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Joe Byrd takes the moto one win

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moto two unofficial

byrd
brown
upperman
lawson
natalie
hetrick
snapp
moore
heimes
gee
goodman
clark
swartfager
ven john
winchester
denoble

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on the podium

joe byrd
thomas brown
chase snapp

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did brown get the overall

[race bum]

Wow chad with a DNS, what does that do for the points chase?

[xtreme 250x]

oops should have waited

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Originally posted by xtreme 250x
did brown get the overall

Shoulda been Byrd. 4-1. Brown 3-2

[xtreme 250x]

should put natalie up by 20 points

[xtreme 250x]

wait he didn't get that many points on him and john had a bad first moto

[race bum]

I dont know how they do that. I think it is like the ama bikes are scored. Dont they get half of the moto total or something like that? But what a blow to the team, cant get your quad started that sucks and is uncalled for by someone.

[racing36w]

was Joel running a honda or kawi this time???

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Originally posted by racing36w
was Joel running a honda or kawi this time???

he was on a honda. that is what he will be on for the remainder of the season

[walker054]

hetrick blew th hose on his rear shock first moto.