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Team Suzuki/Yoshimura's Jeremiah Jones
Dominates Budds Creek
Leonardtown, MD - (4/02/06) -The sun
shone brightly today as a record number of spectators
flocked to watch what Jeremiah Jones will certainly refer
to as "his perfect day." Although he was in
familiar territory atop the podium from last year's win
at Unadilla, NY, this year has been a tough go for this
Kentucky rider. Freak events have kept him off the podium
throughout most of this season, but there was no denying
the Bowling Green, Kentucky native victory today.
The first moto roared to life with John Natalie in
the lead followed by Pat Brown, Joe Byrd and Doug Gust.
Jeremiah Jones spun off the
gate and was mid-pack and seemed out of contention.
Natalie pulled out about a 4 second lead and looked
to be pulling out. Pat Brown experienced some problems
and soon, it settled into Natalie, Byrd, and Gust. Jones
meanwhile was on a mission. Jeremiah "The Gunslinger"
Jones was passing riders in groups of three and four
on his march to the front. By the halfway point, he
had worked up to 4th while the top three riders had
pushed up to Natalie's rear bumper.
Over the 90' uphill step-up jump Joe Byrd and Gust
came together. The resultant wreck saw both riders stuck
untangling their machines as Jones went through for
second place. Byrd got going again in 8th place while
Digger Doug got going in 16th.
Back up front Jones made it look easy as he got around
Natalie quickly and rode to a well deserved win. Natalie
ended up second, while Chad Wienen rode to an impressive
third. Gust had to settle for a disappointing 11th.
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#2
Jeremiah Jones
and his Family |
Moto two saw Jones and Natalie share the lead heading
into the first turn. Natalie ended up running Jeremiah
a bit wide and snagged the holeshot. This time Gust
started in mid pack as did Joe Byrd.
There really wasn't much of a race after that as Jeremiah
and his LT-R450 Suzuki simply motored away from the field
on his way to an easy victory. Jeremiah's 1-1 score gave
him the overall win on the day. Jones was encouraged as
he explained, "People kept telling me to just keep
my head up and do my homework and keep putting out the
effort day in and day out. I guess it's starting to pay
off and it feels
just great."
Gust rode up to 6th in moto two for an eighth overall
on the day. "Joe and I got together in the first
moto and that sort of set the tone for the day,"
Gust said after the race, "I had some problems
in the second race as well, but I'm getting out of here
without too much damage points wise. I had fast lap
times all day so I know what I need to do. I'll be back
after 'em at the next one."
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| #55 Doug Gust and #2
Jeremiah Jones |
Wayne Hinson was pretty happy on the day, "In
all my years of racing, I've never had a brand new quad
perform this well. Normally, it takes at least a season
to get things dialed in. I think the speed of Doug and
Jeremiah has made a loud and clear statement about how
good this new Suzuki LTR is. You'll see a lot more wins
before the season ends.
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