2011 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #10 - Red Bud MX - Live ATV Race Coverage

[Admin]

Buchanan, MI - The 2011 AMA ATV Motocross National Championship Series presented by DWT has been filled with excitement and drama all season long, leading to a renewed fight for the AMA Pro class title. Dominant points leader Chad Wienen suffered a season ending crash last month, knocking him out of the running for a title this year. Meanwhile, Motoworks Can-Am teammate John Natalie concurrently underwent a surgery to repair a broken arm; however, Natalie has managed to attend every round of racing, staying ahead of Baldwin Motorsports Honda's Josh Upperman is only 3 points below Natalie for the lead. Natalie concurrently underwent a surgery to repair a broken arm; however, Natalie has managed to attend every round of racing, staying ahead of Baldwin Motorsports Honda's Josh Upperman, who sits only three points behind the leader heading to RedBud MX this weekend.

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Pro moto number one should be starting in about 20 minutes.

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National anthem just wrapped up and parade laps will be underway shortly!

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Jeremy Lawson took the ATVRiders.com fastest qualifier award with Joel Hetrick second fastest and Thomas Brown was third

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upperman gets the holeshot!!!

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lawson went down

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brown
upperman
natalie
goodman
moore
snapp
heimes
denoble
meyer
gee
byrd
ven john
swartfager
clark
winchester
trompen

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brown upperman and natalie all battling for the lead

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natalie gets around upperman and is going after brown

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lap two


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

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natalie takes the lead

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gee up to sixth

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joe byrd up to tenth

[THARNESS]

what happened to hetrick

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lap 4

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

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hetrick recovered from crash with lawson and is on the move up to 16th

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byrd up to sixth

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brown and upperman battling for second

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lap 6

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

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brown has taken the lead from natalie

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

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brown is pulling away from natalie

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gee is out with a motor problem

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lawson up to 14th

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lap 9

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

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brown has a two second lead over natalie

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2 laps left and natalie is catching up to brown

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lap 11

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

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white flag is out

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natalie charging, but brown not giving in

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thomas brown takes the moto one win

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moto one final

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

[rageatvsupermom]

Way to go Thomas!!!!!!!

[desratt]

when is moto 2?

[icecreammaker]

i think 4pm

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pro moto two will be starting in about 20 minutes.

[desratt]

i'll make popcorn

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you might want to hold off on the popcorn for a couple more minutes. things are running a little late for moto two.

[icecreammaker]

beer & steaks then??

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Originally posted by icecreammaker
beer & steaks then??

Sounds good to me!

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parade lap is going on now

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the weather at red bud has been really hot today and it is taking a toll on a lot of people, so moto two could be interesting

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the weather at red bud has been really hot today and it is taking a toll on a lot of people, so moto two could be interesting

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moto two holeshot goes to josh upperman with hetrick in second

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natalie is right behind hetrick

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hetrick and natalie battling hard

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lap one

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

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natalie gets around hetrick

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brown gets around hetrick

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

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byrd is up to fifth and lawson is on the move and up to 11th

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upperman having issues

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natalie takes the lead

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lap 4

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

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lawson up to 8th

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brown coming up on upperman

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natalie still out front with almost a three second lead

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lap 6

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

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brown is right on upperman and waiting for an opportunity

travis moore gets around byrd for fifth

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moore, byrd and gee all battling

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lap 8

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

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lawson is closing in on byrd

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lawson makes the pass on byrd

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brown gets around upperman

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brown is now closing in on natalie and there is only two laps left

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lawson passes moore for sixth

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lap 10

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

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brown is right on natalie's grab bar

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brown and natalie side by side

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white flag is out

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Natalie takes the moto two win

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moto one final


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

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on the podium


1. natalie
2. brown
3. upperman

[Pappy]

That was some tough racing! 1st time I had been to redbud...wow! Big track with such diversity!

Travis Moore...keep an eye on him! He has shown some serious effort and its starting to show.

Natalie and Upperman.....Lorettas will be epic.

Thomas Brown.....great effort....2012 should be intense!

Would have liked to have seen what Hetrick could have done in moto 1 if he had gotten tangled.