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Richard Pelchat |
Montreal, QC (10/1/2007) - Yamaha motor
Canada’s Richard Pelchat was able to claim
his first ever podium at the 30th Montreal Supercross.
The exciting race took place at the Olympic Stadium
in Montreal in front of 50,000 cheering fans.
The Montreal supercross features SX racing, ATV,
Autocross and freestyle. Over the past few years,
ATV stole the show in Montreal with great racing.
The ATV track feature a mix of the supercross
track and autocross track, the perfect mix for
a both fast and technical track.
Always plagued with bad luck at events, Richard
Pelchat came to the event very relaxed: "…this
year I am ready for anything, I believe I can
make up for anything. We will have a lot of
fun." During the Friday and Saturday practice,
Richard rode smooth, trying lines and riding
in traffic to get a good feel of the track rather
that pounding fast laps. Richard recorded the
fastest lap time of the four practice sessions
which also serve as qualifiers for the night
show.
The first ATV race of the evening show is a
very short 5 laps race that determine gate pick
for the main event. Jasmin Plante got holeshot
for the race with Richard hot on his back. Richard
rode smart while pressuring Plante and settled
for second. "I played it safe…I know
were I could make a pass…" said a
very confident Richard after the race.
The stage was set for 10 laps the main event.
Once again, Jasmin got the holeshot with Greg
Gee and Richard in second and third. Richard
was able to get the inside on Greg Gee in the
next corner and started putting pressure on
Jasmin. At this time the Stadium almost exposed
as the 50,000 fans cheered on there two favourite
riders. Just before the finish line there was
section with a supercross triple, a mistake
there proved to be costly. The triple
took out about 6 or 7 riders, 2 with broken
legs. On the first lap, Jasmin cased the triple
hard and pulled off in pain with a badly hurting
knee. Richard was now leading the race with
Greg Gee in second and Cody Miller in third.
Richard started to pull off on his YFZ 450,
pickin up about a second a lap on the battling
duo. Just before the mid race, Richard
had about a 5 second lead and appeared well
on my way to the win. Then disaster struck,
the Montreal supercross would bite Richard once
again: “I came a bit short on the same triple
and got bucked off the seat and into the ground.
I remounted in 5 fifth”. With his
clutch lever down, Richard charged pass US riders
Casey Martin and Aaron Mayes to be in third
place. While he was catching on Greg Gee, Richard
crossed the line in third.
Here what a disappointed Richard said after
the race:
“I feel bad for throwing the win away
like that…but it is racing…I was
really fast and smooth and my Yamaha was working
great but I made one little mistake…I
finally got a podium here, it has a bittersweet
taste but I got it...’’
Thanks to all my
sponsors:
Yamaha motor Canada, Groupe Vertdure, RP Evolution,
ELKA suspension, Toyota Canada, FXR, ITP, DASA,
Hindle, Web Cams, Powermadd, Hipertech lubricants,
Team axle, JE Pistons, K&N, AAB, Streamlines
brakes, Polisport, Fuel Customs, Sixsixone,
Sunline, Scott USA, Bell, Falicon, AC racing,
Mini-moteur RG.
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