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Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 10:44 AM
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.

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 10:48 AM
after checking out the line up, it looks like Joe Byrd will be sitting this one out.

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 10:52 AM
weather conditions at the track are good with sunny skies and temps in the mid 80's.

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 10:58 AM
parade lap is underway

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:00 AM
josh upperman qualified 5th
josh creamer 4th
john natalie 3rd
joel hetrick 2nd
and chad wienen took fastest qualifier

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:02 AM
Josh Creamer takes the moto one holeshot with wienen in second

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:02 AM
Josh upperman in third

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:05 AM
lap one

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:06 AM
hetrick is on the move and up to fifth

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:07 AM
creamer is still out front

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:08 AM
hetrick gets around brown

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:09 AM
lap 3

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:09 AM
hetrick is closing in on upperman and natalie is all over brown

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:10 AM
natalie gets around brown for fifth

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:10 AM
lap 4

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:11 AM
wienen is closing in on creamer. wienen is picking up about a half a second a lap

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:11 AM
hetrick is battling it out with upperman and pelchat is all over brown

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:12 AM
hetrick gets by upperman

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:13 AM
now natalie is pressuring upperman

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:14 AM
lap 6

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:15 AM
natalie is now pressuring hetrick for third

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:15 AM
creamer and wienen have a 10 second lead over third

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:16 AM
natalie passes hetrick for third

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:17 AM
lap 7

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:18 AM
creamer and wienen have extended their gap to 11 seconds

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:19 AM
creamer and wienen are running really close. the last few laps could get interesting

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:20 AM
lap 9

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:22 AM
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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:23 AM
lap 10

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:24 AM
wienen is riding comfortably in second

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:26 AM
white flag is out


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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:27 AM
Josh creamer takes the moto one win!!!

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:29 AM
moto one


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

Kawie450r
07-14-2012, 11:38 AM
Haha and people thought creamer wasnt fast enough.

89trx250r
07-14-2012, 11:43 AM
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
07-14-2012, 11:44 AM
Wow, really raises the stakes for moto 2. Should be an exciting one. Now, I only wish Wimmer, Gust, and Jones were there. :-)

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 11:56 AM
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
07-14-2012, 12:32 PM
Hell yes! Awesome to see him lead start to finish.

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 01:21 PM
moto two should be ready to go in about 40 minutes

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 01:40 PM
they are doing some track prep right now, so not long before moto number two!

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 01:52 PM
moto two sight lap is under way

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 01:59 PM
moto two holeshot goes to chad wienen

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:00 PM
clark in second, creamer in third

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:00 PM
natalie in fourth

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:00 PM
natalie in second and creamer in third

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:01 PM
wienen
natalie
creamer
brown
hetrick
clark
pelchat
upperman
rastrelli
madl
goodman
swartfager
barnes
venjohn

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:02 PM
hetrick is closing in on brown

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:02 PM
creamer is right on natalie

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:03 PM
natalie, creamer, brown and Hetrick as all close

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:04 PM
pelchat makes the pass on clark for sixth

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:04 PM
upperman is back in eighth and is now pressuring adam clark

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:05 PM
lap 3

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:06 PM
hetrick is challenging brown for fourth

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:07 PM
wienen still leading by almost 2 seconds

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:07 PM
the top three are all staying close

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:08 PM
upperman is closing in on clark again

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:08 PM
brown bobbles a bit and hetrick is now all over him

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:09 PM
hetrick makes the pass on brown but brown is battling back

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:09 PM
hetrick bobbles and brown gets back by

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:10 PM
lap 5


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

maxgreenwing
07-14-2012, 02:10 PM
Come on Creamer!! Great guns Wienen. !! Woo Woo

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:10 PM
if the top three stay the way they are the podium will be

wienen
creamer
natalie

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:11 PM
hetrick gets back by brown

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:11 PM
wienen now has a 3 second lead over natalie and creamer

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:12 PM
looks like creamer is closing in a bit on natalie

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:13 PM
lap 4

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:13 PM
creamer is picking up the pace

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:14 PM
creamer is challenging natalie for second

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:15 PM
creamer is all over natalie

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:15 PM
creamer tries to go inside but natalie shuts him out

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:16 PM
lap 9

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

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:17 PM
creamer is still pressuring natalie and wienen now has a 6 second lead

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:18 PM
creamer makes the pass!!!!!

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:19 PM
wienen
creamer
natalie
hetrick
brown
pelchat
upperman
clark
rastrelli
goodman
barnes
venjohn
swartfager
madl

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:20 PM
two laps left!

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:20 PM
natalie fighting back, but creamer is not giving in

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:20 PM
natalie takes back second

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:21 PM
it is an all out war between natalie and creamer

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:21 PM
white flag is out

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:22 PM
chad wienen takes the moto two win and the overall!

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:24 PM
on the podium


wienen
creamer
natalie

Raptorchick
07-14-2012, 02:25 PM
moto two final

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

quad2xtreme
07-14-2012, 04:43 PM
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.