2011 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #11 - Loretta Lynn's - Live ATV Race Coverage

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Hurricane Mills, TN - Only ten points separate current leader John Natalie and the second place of Josh Upperman as the 2011 AMA ATV Motocross National Championship Series presented by DWT wraps up this weekend, August 13 and 14, at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.
Motoworks Can-Am's John Natalie, coming off a midseason injury, has experienced a bumpy path along the way, but the Pennsylvania native sits just where he wants to be, headed into the last round of the 2011 season. Ohio's Josh Upperman has been one of the most consistent riders this year, even chalking a win at Round 8 on his Baldwin Motorsports PEP Racing Honda. The tough Loretta Lynn's course will be the deciding factor in this year long battle for the championship between Natalie and Upperman.

Walsh Race Craft Suzuki's Jeremy Lawson has also been consistent this season, holding the third place position in points. Lawson had a couple off-weekends, though, pitting him 53 points back from the leaders of Natalie and Upperman.
Another rider that pushed his way inside the top five is the Ballance Racing Yamaha of Thomas Brown. Brown experienced bad luck with mechanical issues early in the season, but the Texas boy has put his head down the second half of the season and after his first moto-win last round, may be in contention for an overall win this weekend.

This year's Rookie racers have put in a memorable season in the pro class, each taking moto wins, overall podiums and even an overall win from Hetrick Racing's Joel Hetrick, who sits one point behind Chase Snapp for seventh place in the championship standings. Can-Am's Snapp has two overall podiums this year and has come very close to taking an overall win in his first year in the pro class. These two young racers have almost a full season under their belts and have proved to be a force to reckon with for years to come.

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The track is being prepped for the first pro moto so about ten more minutes until the gate drops.

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parade lap is underway

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moto one holeshot goes to hetrick

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Snapp in second, byrd in third

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natalie and upperman battling for fourth

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lap one

hetrick
snapp
byrd
natalie
upperman
brown
lawson
moore
goodman
higgerson
heimes
swartfager
hale
clark
ven john

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snapp takes the lead from hetrick

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upperman got around natalie

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lap 3

snapp
hetrick
byrd
natalie
upperman
brown
lawson
moore
goodman
higgerson
heimes
swartfager
clark
hale
ven john
denoble

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hetrick is right on snapp

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natalie challenging byrd for third

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natalie passes byrd and now upperman is challenging byrd

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lap 5

snapp
hetrick
natalie
byrd
upperman
brown
lawson
moore
goodman
heimes
clark
higgerson
swartfager
denoble
hale
ven john

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upperman gets around byrd

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hetrick makes the pass on snapp

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lap 6

hetrick
snapp
upperman
byrd
brown
lawson
moore
goodman
heimes
clark
higgerson
swartfager
denoble
hale
ven john

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natalie is closing in on snapp and hetrick

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hetrick and snapp still battling hard

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lawson passes brown for sixth

chase snapp pulls off track with mechanical issues

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lap 8

hetrick
natalie
upperman
byrd
lawson
brown
moore
goodman
heimes
clark
higgerson
snapp
swartfager
denoble
hale
ven john

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brown gets around lawson and byrd

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lap 9

hetrick
natalie
upperman
brown
byrd
lawson
moore
goodman
heimes
clark
higgerson
snapp
swartfager
denoble
hale
ven john

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snapp is back in it and is up to 11th

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lap 11

hetrick
natalie
upperman
brown
byrd
lawson
moore
goodman
heimes
clark
snapp
higgerson
swartfager
denoble
hale
ven john

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natalie is closing in on hetrick

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lap 13

hetrick
natalie
upperman
brown
byrd
lawson
moore
goodman
heimes
snapp
clark
higgerson
swartfager
denoble
hale
ven john

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Joel hetrick takes the moto one win!!!

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moto one final

hetrick
natalie
upperman
brown
byrd
lawson
moore
goodman
heimes
snapp
clark
higgerson
swartfager
denoble
hale
ven john

[QuadRacer33]

Does anybody know what happened to Johnny Hale?

[Justin #126]

Originally posted by QuadRacer33
Does anybody know what happened to Johnny Hale?

Looks like he just got a bad start. I hope he can turn int around in the second moto.

[QuadRacer33]

Escore said he made it 2 laps. Hope everything is ok.

[Justin #126]

Ahh didn't see that. I was just looking at the first lap results and the finish. That sucks. Hope it is something he can get fixed.

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Not sure what happened to Johnny Hale, but I will try and find out.

Snapp threw a chain when he was out front and DeNoble had vapor lock on the start and then mechanical issues later in the moto.

[QuadRacer33]

Thank you. We all really appreciate this coverage!!!!!

[Justin #126]

Originally posted by QuadRacer33
Thank you. We all really appreciate this coverage!!!!!

X2

[desratt]

x3 when is pro moto 2

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pro moto two will start in about 50 minutes...4pm eastern time

[perkins703]

I thought it was suppose to start at 3pm

[walker054]

3pm local time.

[KLC Racing]

Who had the fastest lap time of the day so far?

[Wired]

do you mean 5pm eastern and 4pm local? cause its 3:51 in Tennessee right now

[Meister649]

The schedule shows it starts 4pm local time.. That would be 5pm eastern time..


COME ON UPPPPERMANNNN!!!!

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almost time for pro moto two to start

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Natalie crashes on the start!

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he and snapp connected

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upperman took the holeshot and is leading with hetrick right behind him

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natalie is in last place

[Meister649]

Comee onnnnn #20!!!!!!!!!!!

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lap one


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

[stevestauff]

any more news dont leave us hanging?

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lawson is up to fifth and natalie up to ninth

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hetrick is pressuring upperman for the lead

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natalie will have to finish in eighth or better to take the championship...and he just passed byrd for eighth

[SRF#8]

come on uppdog!!

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lap 3


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

[stevestauff]

come on 13 get up there.what place does he need overall

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moore and lawson battling it out

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hetrick is still right on upperman

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Originally posted by stevestauff
come on 13 get up there.what place does he need overall

I'm not sure about the overall, but he has to finish 8 or better in this moto to keep the points lead

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How far is Snapp behind leaders?

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lap 5


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

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Originally posted by KLC Racing
How far is Snapp behind leaders?

about 4.5 seconds

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natalie up to fifth

[stevestauff]

thanks really pulling for him.

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brown was also involved in the starting crash and is working his way up now

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lap 7

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

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upperman still in the lead with hetrick only 1.5 seconds behind

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lawson is closing in on snapp

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hetrick passes upperman

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lap 10

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

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lawson passes snapp for third

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hetrick with a two second lead

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denoble gets around moore for sixth and brown is up to eighth

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hetrick extends his lead to over 4 seconds

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natalie closing in on snapp

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lap 12


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

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if things stay the way they are the podium will be hetrick, upperman, natalie with natalie taking the championship

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two lap board is out


lap 14

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

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natalie gets aroun snapp for 4th

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hetrick takes the win

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moto 2 final

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

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congrats to John Natalie for taking the 2011 AMA ATV Motocross Pro Championship!

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on the podium

1. hetrick
2. upperman
3. natalie

[Justin #126]

Congrats Natalie...woohoo

[stevestauff]

natalie is the man once again about time.

[Wired]

Bout friggin time!!! Can Am baby!

congrats John!

[stevestauff]

joel congrats should be a force to be reckoned with should be good

[cobra11]

way to go Joel !! Thats 2

[racing36w]

at a boy Joel!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[syckNtwisted121]

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN NATALIE.....Better watch out for 88 in 2012

[Justin #126]

Yep...Joel should deff be a title contender next year. That kid is fast and gaining confidence. Good job Joel carry the momentum to next year.

[89trx250r]

like you said justin hes gaining confidence which is the scary part cause once hes confident hes gonna be so fast like big number #44 fast haha :)

[GNCC Laeger 250]

Good job Joel!!!

[Pacheco_450r]

Originally posted by syckNtwisted121
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN NATALIE.....Better watch out for 88 in 2012

Next year is going to be huge! I can't imagine what Hetrick will do now that he got a couple wins down his rookie year.