2006 ATVA MX Nationals Round #6 – Birch Creek - Preview & Live Coverage

Danville, VA - After a short three week break, the ATVA National Motocross racing has resumed for round six of the 14 round series at Birch Creek Motorsports in Danville, VA. The weekend’s festivities were kicked off on Thursday evening with an open house at Triangle Cycles in downtown Danville, VA. The event attracted hundreds of visitors to the dealership to check out the vendors and have an opportunity to meet and greet with some of the fastest ATV motocross racers as John Natalie Jr, Keith Little, Doug Gust, Jeremiah Jones, and Michelle Reiser were all on hand to sign autographs.

There were plenty of kids seeking autographs from their favorite riders.

Also, in attendance was Country Music Station 103.3 WAKG providing a live audio feed from the event, which provided a chance for the top Pros like John Natalie Jr to inform the listeners about ATV Racing and why they should be headed out to the track this weekend.

WAKG and Triangle Cycle put together some great prizes to give away including free gear, concert tickets, discount tickets, and various other prizes, which meant almost everyone left the event with something to take home, so if you missed this year's event, you will want to make sure you arrive in Danville early next year because this was on the best open house events yet this year.

Jeremiah Jones brought out his whole family including his newborn son, Jeremiah Nathaniel Jones, who is now 4 months old. Jeremiah was on fire at Budds Creek as he appears to finally have the new Suzuki LT-R450 dialed in, which should make for some exciting racing this weekend if his luck continues.

Many riders arrived Thursday night and Friday morning for a chance to practice before the racing action begins on Saturday, and the Birch Creek Motorsports crew have been busy of the winter grooming the track and creating plenty of new parking spaces, which provided plenty of level parking for the racers.

The track at Birch Creek was well received by the racers as I heard several riders saying how much they like the Birch Creek track.

Donald Lysinger was joined for the last time this season with his wife as she will be staying home until they welcome their first child to the family in just about 8 weeks.

Lysinger hasn’t raced since his scare at Gatorback, which left him temporarily paralyzed, but he just couldn’t stay off the track this weekend as he broke out his HB Racing Yamaha YFZ450 for practice, and he didn’t look a bit rusty. He still won’t be racing this weekend, but he figured as much as it cost him to drive to the races, he should atleast get in a few laps for fun, which was great to see.

Another Pro Racer back in action is Jeremy Lawson. He skipped Budds Creek to let his body recover from a crash, but he is back and feeling great.

Josh Creamer had a close call at Budds Creek when he flipped down the hill off the start of the Pro Moto, which he luckily was able to walk away without any injuries. He has spent the past three weeks training hard up North in Connecticut in hopes of coming out strong this weekend, and he is even sporting a new set of K&K Racing Graphics on his Honda this weekend.