2011 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #3 - Ballance MX - Live ATV Race Coverage

[Raptorchick]

pro holeshot goes to josh Upperman

[Raptorchick]

moto one final


natalie
wienen
upperman
lawson
snapp
byrd
denoble
heimes
moore
goodman
clark
martin
swart***er
ven john
hetrick
higgerson
brown

[walker054]

what happened between the holeshot and the checkered flag? any wrecks or mechanical breakdowns?

[Raptorchick]

sorry about that everyone...we've been having some technical difficulties this morning. we are hoping everything will be back to normal for moto two. in the mean time, here's an update on moto one:

John Natalie held off Chad Wienen and took his first moto win of the season.

Chad Wienen got a less than desireable start in sixth but worked up to second. despite a hard charge he could not get around Natalie and settled for second.

Josh Upperman grabbed the holeshot, but fell back to third and rode unchallenged for several laps before reaching the checkered flag.

Jeremy Lawson had a solid race and took fourth.

The battle of the moto was between Chase Snapp and Joe Byrd. they fought for the entire moto with Snapp making the pass stick in the final two laps of the race. giving Snapp fifth place and Byrd settling for sixth.

Nick Denoble hung in there for seventh.

Devin Heimes had a great start in second off the holeshot, but it appeared he got tired and fell back to eighth.

Thomas Brown's motor blew, causing him to DNF.

Joel Hetrick also had mechanical issues.

Taylor Kiser got a good scare as his rear wheel fell off on the first jump. He landed ok, but was unable to finish.

[walker054]

how many motors has thomas brown lost this year? i think he has mechanical failures at all three races, why was hetrick so far back?

[Raptorchick]

Looks like things are slowly getting back to normal here. We have a half hour before moto two and we are hoping that everything will be back up and running.

If not, we will do our best to keep everyone updated. A full race report will follow on the home page soon after moto two wraps up.

[scotturban]

joel hetrick blown motor both motos