2011 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #7 - Spring Creek - Live ATV Race Coverage

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Millville, MN - Following an unusual sequence of events at Steel City two weeks ago, the Motoworks Can-Am duo of Chad Wienen and John Natalie still clench the points lead over the rest of the field heading into round seven at Spring Creek MX in Millville, Minn. this weekend.

Wisconsin's Nick DeNoble will be on home territory in MN this weekendChad Wienen swept the first moto at Steel City before running into mechanical issues at the start of moto two, preventing him from starting the race. The Can-Am rider still managed to claim a sixth overall from his 1-17 finishes - good enough to keep his points lead in the series standings.

Wienen's Can-Am counterpart Natalie took a hard fall in moto one, causing him to finish back in 14th place in moto one but after a top five finish in moto two, Natalie was able to finish inside the top ten overall to secure his second position in points.

Blood is flowing high as veteran Joe Byrd is coming off his first win of the season at Steel City, while Rookie Chase Snapp has stepped up his early game by securing his first-ever Pro class podium last round. Another heavy hitter to keep an eye on is the Ballance Racing Yamaha of Thomas Brown. All three of these riders have shown the ability to contest on the podium; it's just a matter of putting together races from beginning to end.

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Pro Holeshot goes to Joel Hetrick, Chad wienen second, upperman then natalie

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hetrick, natalie, upperman, denoble, wienen, snapp, moore

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wienen all over denoble and brown is up to seventh

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hetrick still in the lead

upperman gaining on natalie

brown just passed moore for seventh and lawson closing in on moore

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hetrick is pulling away

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lap two

hetrick
natalie
upperman
denoble
wienen
brown
moore
lawson
heimes
clark
snapp
swartfager
ven john
goodman

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wienen just passed denoble and denoble's quad is smoking

snapp just got around clark for top ten

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lawson around moore for seventh

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natalie is closing in on hetrick

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top four are pulling away from the rest of the pack and wienen is right on upperman.

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hetrick
natalie
upperman
wienen
denoble
brown
lawson
moore
heimes
snapp
clark
swartfager
ven john
goodman

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natalie takes lead and wienen gets around upperman

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lawson gaining ground on brown

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moore just pulled off the track

wienen passed hetrick for second

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natalie has three second lead over wienen

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natalie
wienen
hetrick
upperman
denoble
brown
lawson
heimes
snapp
clark
swartfager
ven john


moore and goodman are out

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wienen is all over natalie

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brown just got around denoble and almost lost it in the whoops

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wienen still on natalie and they are pulling away from hetrick

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natalie bobbled and wienen is right on his grab bar

[THARNESS]

Where's Byrd?

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lap 8

natalie
wienen
hetrick
upperman
brown
lawson
denoble
snapp
heimes
clark
swartfager
ven john
goodman
moore

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natalie and wienen side by side in the air

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goodman is back on the track

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natalie and wienen coming up on lap traffic

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lawson gets around brown

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lap 10

natalie
wienen
hetrick
upperman
lawson
brown
denoble
snapp
heimes
clark
swartfager
goodman
ven john
moore

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natalie and wienen side by side in the whoops

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two lap card is out

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lawson is gaining on upperman

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natalie and wienen still battling it out

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lawson is now right on upperman at the white flag

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natalie takes the moto one win

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moto one unofficial

natalie
wienen
hetrick
lawson
upperman
brown
denoble
snapp
heimes
swartfager
goodman
ven john
clark
moore

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Why was Byrd not racing??

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Byrd was injured in a crash last weekend is out until next round.

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almost time for moto two. riders are lining up for the parade lap now.

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the heat was an issue for moto one, and most are not looking forward to moto two as they are still tired.

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pro moto two holeshot goes to joel hetrick followed by upperman and wienen, then brown and natalie in fifth

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wienen, hetrick, brown, upperman heimes going into second turn

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lap one

wienen
hetrick
upperman
brown
heimes
natalie
moore
denoble
lawson
snapp
swartfager
goodman
ven john
clark is out

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wienen is pulling away

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lawson gets around denoble

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natalie up to fifth and is after brown

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brown passes upperman for third

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wienen is checking out, joel hetrick is riding his own race in second and upperman brown and natalie all battling

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natalie gets around upperman and is right on brown

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lap 4

wienen
hetrick
brown
natalie
upperman
lawson
moore
heimes
denoble
snapp
swartfager
goodman
ven john
clark

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natalie is all over brown

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wienen and hetrick pulling away from the pack

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natalie still pressuring brown

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natalie gets around brown for third and wienen now has a 10 second lead over hetrick

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hetrick bobbled a nd natlaie has gained some ground on him

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lawson is closing in on upperman

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natalie gets around hetrick and lawson passes upperman, but natalie blows a corner and hetrick and brown get back by

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natalie looks to be having mechanical issue, possibly no front brakes

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lap 8

wienen
brown
natalie
hetrick
lawson
upperman
moore
heimes
denoble
snapp
swartfager
goodman
ven john

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hetrick crashes and cant get his quad restarted

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wienen has a 20 second lead

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moore is closing in on upperman

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lap 9

wienen
brown
natalie
lawson
upperman
moore
heimes
denoble
snapp
goodman
swartfager
hetrick
ven john

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hetrick is back on track but jus riding to salvage points

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denoble gets around heimes for seventh

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two lap card is out

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wienen extends lead to 23 seconds

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hetrick has pulled off the track and wienen has just taken the white flag

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natalie closing in on brown

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natalie makes the pass for second

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wienen takes the moto 2 win and the overall.

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moto 2 unofficial

wienen
natalie
brown
lawson
upperman
moore
denoble
heimes
snapp
goodman
swartfager
ven john
hetrick

clark


on the podium

1. wienen
2. natalie
3. lawson

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I would like to give a special thanks to Jennifer Rath www.rathracing.com for all of her help with keeping us updated this weekend! Thanks Jen, you're awesome!

[ryan243]

THANKS FOR THE RACE COVERAGE!!

[mcwilly]

Is anybody able to see live results through escore? The 'event' doesnt even pull up for me. Was wanting to see some amatuer results as well.

[yfz47]

escore not up until after 9:30am for regular practice. Did not have the qualifier times for Pro-am. no phone service so it would be nice if escore had that on.

[Pappy]

I dont think escore can get service out of there