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#94 Dustin
Nelson
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Cypress, CA (6/23/2008) - Aboard
his blue-and-white Yamaha YFZ450, Dustin Nelson
won both motos of the 2008 ITP Quadcross Championship
Series in Surprise, Ariz. on Saturday night, June
21. The Yamaha rider’s 1-1 finishes under
brutally hot conditions gave him the overall win
and put him even further ahead in the points with
five more rounds to go in the series. Meanwhile,
across the country in Yadkinville, NC, Bill Ballance,
Donnie Ockerman and Traci Cecco all put their
YFZ450s on the podium in their respective classes
during the eighth round of the 2008 Grand National
Cross Country season.
Record heat in the western states made racing
a challenge in the Arizona desert – even
though the ITP Quadcross motos were held at
night. In Nelson’s first race, he ripped
the holeshot and led every lap, despite being
pushed hard to the flag by second-place Brandon
Smith. With temperatures still near 100 degrees
at midnight, Nelson started the second moto
in third behind fellow Yamaha racers Chris Riley
and Justin Noss. But he forged his way into
the lead by the third lap and never looked back,
building up a sizable advantage at the finish.
“The heat is tough on you – I was
hydrating with water all day long and I’m
still thirsty today,” Nelson said on Sunday.
“But I didn’t have to worry about
overheating my Yamaha – I just kept the
radiator clean and it was good to go.”
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#201 Traci
Cecco
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In GNCC competition, Ballance and Ockerman
expertly padded their points leads in XC1 Pro
and XC2 Pro Am, while Cecco maintained a two-point
advantage in the Women’s division. In
fact Cecco led the first two laps of her five-lap
morning event before ceding the lead to rival
Angel Atwell and finishing second, with Kristen
Atwell third on another YFZ450. In the afternoon
XC1 Pro contest, Yamaha’s Brandon Sommers
took the early lead but faltered after the halfway
point, handing the win to Bryan Cook and second
to the formidable Ballance. While in XC2 Pro
Am, Ockerman ran a strong third for the entire
event, proving that fast and smart sometimes
work perfectly together.
| 2008 GNCC ATV XC1
Pro Points |
6/21/08 |
| Pos. |
Rider |
Points |
| 1 |
Bill Ballance –
Yamaha |
177 |
| 2 |
Adam McGill |
154 |
| 3 |
Bryan Cook |
154 |
| 4 |
Brandon Sommers –
Yamaha |
134 |
| 5 |
Chris Borich |
128 |
| 2008 GNCC ATV XC2
Pro Am Points |
6/21/08 |
| Pos. |
Rider |
Points |
| 1 |
Donnie Ockerman
– Yamaha |
203 |
| 2 |
David Crane |
130 |
| 3 |
Brian Wolf |
127 |
| 4 |
Mark Notman |
122 |
| 5 |
Joshua Kirkland |
121 |
| 2008 GNCC ATV Women
Points |
6/21/08 |
| Pos. |
Rider |
Points |
| 1 |
Traci Cecco –
Yamaha |
149 |
| 2 |
Angel Atwell |
147 |
| 3 |
Stefanie Verkade |
124 |
| 4 |
Jennifer Albright
– Yamaha |
124 |
| 5 |
Lexie Coulter |
117 |
About Yamaha:
Yamaha ATVs and SxS vehicles are designed, engineered
and built tough! Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.
headquarters are located in Cypress, California.
For more information on Yamaha, visit yamaha-motor.com.
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