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ATV Super Tour
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MACON, GA (6/4/2006) - Jeremiah Jones
and William Yokley won two thrilling Pro ATV finals
Sunday in the PowerSports Peach State ATV Championship,
Round 4 of the WPSA PowerSports ATV Championship Tour.
Jones rode from back to front to win the SuperQuad Pro
450 race, while Yokley overcame a tumble to finish first
in the Pro Stock QuadTerrain Challenge event.
Jones (No. 2 Team Suzuki, Yoshimura/Suzuki) left
the gate fourth, while two-time WPSA winner John Natalie,
Jr. (No. 13 Elka, HMF, Swift/Honda) took the lead
at the start. After taking the $1,000 Quad Magazine
Holeshot Award, Natalie put on a dominating show,
moving out to as much as five seconds in the early
laps. However, Jones was on the charge, and he took
third on lap three, and three laps later, he was second,
just behind Natalie. On lap nine, Jones saw his shot,
and he passed Natalie for the lead.
But Natalie wasn't finished, and he rebounded, pulling
up to Jones' rear nerf bar just as Jones' quad stalled
on the outside of a turn. Jones quickly re-fired his
machine, and he led the final two laps for the win,
the second for Suzuki this weekend. Natalie finished
second, marking his fourth consecutive podium. Jones'
teammate, Doug Gust, who won yesterday's final on
the No. 55 Team Suzuki, Yoshimura/Suzuki, was third,
earning him his third podium this season.
"I loved being out there, battling everybody,"
said Jones. "The Honda guys had something for
us all weekend long. Luckily, Mother Nature took care
of us with the weather, and that definitely played
a factor for us this weekend. WPSA is brand new to
the sport and this is very exciting. I hope it keeps
growing because I'm really enjoying running over here.
"Suzuki and Yoshimura have really been behind
us this year with this new 450," added Jones.
"I'm glad just to be able to ride it."
The Pro Stock QuadTerrain Challenge final was another
study in back-to-front riding, as Yokley, while challenging
ATVriders.com Rock'n'Roll $500 bonus winner Scott
Kilby (No. 227 Can-Am, Maxxis, Moose/Can-Am) for the
lead, pegged a log in the log-jam section and went
over the bars of his quad. Quick work paid off, as
Yokley hopped back on, restarted, and made up five
places in three laps to take the lead from Michael
Swift (No. 217 Can-Am, Maxxis, Rox/Can-Am) on lap
five. From there, Yokley was untouched as he cruised
to victory, ahead of Brock Parker (No. 493 Can-Am)
and Chris Borich (No. 2 Honda).
"I picked my way from the back, but I was going
for the lead and I stuffed a log hard," said Yokley,
who earned his first win and his third podium of the
season. "I was thrown off the quad and I got bummed
out for a second. But I'm used to bad things happening
on the race track, so I jumped back on and collected
myself. I picked my way back through the field, took
the lead on the last lap and I just cruised.
"Can-Am has a super-competitive team and their
riders are some of the best of the best, but this
Suzuki is a pretty good machine, as well, and I'm
having a blast on it," concluded Yokley.
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About the PowerSports
ATV Tour
The PowerSports ATV Tour is North America's
newest ATV racing tour. The Tour is North America's
premier form of ATV racing, with its jumps,
gyrations and dirt-slinging racing action. The
Tour is organized by the World PowerSports Association,
North America's largest and most respected snowmobile
sanctioning body, and promoter of ATV and snowmobile
racing on both the regional and national level.
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