2012 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #8 Unadilla - Live ATV Race Coverage

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Round number 8 of the 2012 AMA ATV Motocross Championships heads to Unadilla this weekend where Chad Wienen and John Natalie, Jr. will continue to battle it out. This round however, there is a wild card thrown in as Can-Am's Josh Creamer will be racing this round as well.

Creamer has been racing in the New England ATV MX series but said he is looking forward to racing at Unadilla.

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after checking out the line up, it looks like Joe Byrd will be sitting this one out.

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weather conditions at the track are good with sunny skies and temps in the mid 80's.

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parade lap is underway

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josh upperman qualified 5th
josh creamer 4th
john natalie 3rd
joel hetrick 2nd
and chad wienen took fastest qualifier

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Josh Creamer takes the moto one holeshot with wienen in second

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Josh upperman in third

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lap one

creamer
wienen
upperman
brown
natalie
pelchat
rastrelli
madl
swartfager
clark
goodman
barnes
venjohn
hetrick

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hetrick is on the move and up to fifth

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creamer is still out front

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hetrick gets around brown

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lap 3

creamer
wienen
upperman
hetrick
brown
natalie
pelchat
madl
rastrelli
swartfager
clark
goodman
barnes
venjohn

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hetrick is closing in on upperman and natalie is all over brown

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natalie gets around brown for fifth

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lap 4

creamer
wienen
upperman
hetrick
natalie
brown
pelchat
madl
rastrelli
clark
swartfager
goodman
barnes
venjohn

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wienen is closing in on creamer. wienen is picking up about a half a second a lap

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hetrick is battling it out with upperman and pelchat is all over brown

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hetrick gets by upperman

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now natalie is pressuring upperman

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lap 6

creamer
wienen
hetrick
natalie
upperman
brown
pelchat
madl
rastrelli
clark
swartfager
goodman
barnes
venjohn

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natalie is now pressuring hetrick for third

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creamer and wienen have a 10 second lead over third

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natalie passes hetrick for third

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lap 7

creamer
wienen
hetrick
natalie
upperman
brown
pelchat
madl
rastrelli
clark
goodman
barnes
venjohn
swartfager

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creamer and wienen have extended their gap to 11 seconds

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creamer and wienen are running really close. the last few laps could get interesting

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lap 9

creamer
wienen
natalie
hetrick
upperman
brown
pelchat
madl
clark
rastrelli
goodman
barnes
venjohn
swartfager

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i talked to creamer a couple weeks ago and he said he took 6 weeks off of work to train for this race. he was hoping to be in the top three. so far he is doing amazing with only two laps to go

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lap 10

creamer
wienen
natalie
hetrick
upperman
brown
pelchat
madl
clark
rastrelli
goodman
barnes
ven john
swartfager

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wienen is riding comfortably in second

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white flag is out


creamer
wienen
natalie
hetrick
upperman
brown
pelchat
madl
clark
rastrelli
goodman
barnes
venjohn
swartfager

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Josh creamer takes the moto one win!!!

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moto one


creamer
wienen
natalie
hetrick
upperman
brown
pelchat
madl
clark
rastrelli
goodman
barnes
venjohn
swartfager

[Kawie450r]

Haha and people thought creamer wasnt fast enough.

[89trx250r]

Creamer was probably so pumped to have pros to race against! Nothing against the neatv pros but the national pros are on another lvl and Creamer is showing his dominance just like when he was running a Suzuki. It will be interesting in the second moto to see if Chad can get a better start and hold him off?

[quad2xtreme]

Wow, really raises the stakes for moto 2. Should be an exciting one. Now, I only wish Wimmer, Gust, and Jones were there. :-)

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I have to congratulate Josh. I know he has been working very hard and he has really been looking forward to this race.
He was really bummed after Alabama last year so I am happy to see him do so well on his return. I hope moto two goes just as well for him. :)

[madskrillz2]

Hell yes! Awesome to see him lead start to finish.

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moto two should be ready to go in about 40 minutes

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they are doing some track prep right now, so not long before moto number two!

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moto two sight lap is under way

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moto two holeshot goes to chad wienen

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clark in second, creamer in third

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natalie in fourth

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natalie in second and creamer in third

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wienen
natalie
creamer
brown
hetrick
clark
pelchat
upperman
rastrelli
madl
goodman
swartfager
barnes
venjohn

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hetrick is closing in on brown

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creamer is right on natalie

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natalie, creamer, brown and Hetrick as all close

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pelchat makes the pass on clark for sixth

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upperman is back in eighth and is now pressuring adam clark

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lap 3

wienen
natalie
creamer
brown
hetrick
pelchat
clark
upperman
rastrelli
madl
swartfager
goodman
barnes
venjohn

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hetrick is challenging brown for fourth

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wienen still leading by almost 2 seconds

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the top three are all staying close

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upperman is closing in on clark again

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brown bobbles a bit and hetrick is now all over him

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hetrick makes the pass on brown but brown is battling back

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hetrick bobbles and brown gets back by

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lap 5


wienen
natalie
creamer
hetrick
brown
pelchat
upperman
clark
rastrelli
swartfager
barnes
goodman
venjohn
madl

[maxgreenwing]

Come on Creamer!! Great guns Wienen. !! Woo Woo

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if the top three stay the way they are the podium will be

wienen
creamer
natalie

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hetrick gets back by brown

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wienen now has a 3 second lead over natalie and creamer

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looks like creamer is closing in a bit on natalie

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lap 4

wienen
natalie
creamer
hetrick
brown
pelchat
upperman
clark
rastrelli
swartfager
barnes
goodman
venjohn
madl

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creamer is picking up the pace

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creamer is challenging natalie for second

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creamer is all over natalie

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creamer tries to go inside but natalie shuts him out

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lap 9

wienen
natalie
creamer
hetrick
brown
pelchat
upperman
clark
rastrelli
barnes
goodman
swartfager
venjohn
madl

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creamer is still pressuring natalie and wienen now has a 6 second lead

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creamer makes the pass!!!!!

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wienen
creamer
natalie
hetrick
brown
pelchat
upperman
clark
rastrelli
goodman
barnes
venjohn
swartfager
madl

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two laps left!

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natalie fighting back, but creamer is not giving in

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natalie takes back second

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it is an all out war between natalie and creamer

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white flag is out

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chad wienen takes the moto two win and the overall!

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on the podium


wienen
creamer
natalie

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moto two final

wienen
natalie
creamer
hetrick
brown
pelchat
upperman
clark
rastrelli
goodman
barnes
venjohn
swartfager
madl

[quad2xtreme]

John is becoming the new Gust. The "old man" can still run with the young guys. Amazing really for a guy that just celebrated his 37th year on Earth.