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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #5 - Sunset Ridge
Walnut,
IL
May 7, 2011
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AMA ATV MX Nationals
- Sunset Ridge - Pro ATV Race Report
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Yamaha's
#84 Thomas Brown claimed a season best 4th
Overall at Sunset Ridge MX as he begins
to shine after a rough start to the 2011
season |
Yamaha’s Thomas Brown made a strong charge
from a ninth place start to chase down Jeremy
Lawson and Chase Snapp. Brown battled hard with
Snapp for most of the moto taking over fifth for
a time until he and Snapp connected, which sent
Brown back to sixth place. Although he kept fighting,
Brown was not able to reclaim the number five
spot and would settle for sixth place in moto
one.
In moto two, Brown was ready for battle. In moto
two, Brown came off the line in sixth, right behind
Chase Snapp and the war continued right where
it left off in the first moto. Brown challenged
Snapp several times and was able to make the pass
in lap three and hold down the number five spot
for the rest of the moto. Brown persistence allowed
him to finish in fourth overall for the day, his
best finish so far this season.
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was a heated battle between #48 Chase Snapp
& #84 Thomas Brown in Moto One as the
pair bounced off each other on more than
one occasion as they paired swapped the
5th spot back & forth with Snapp winning
the battle in Moto One for a Top 5 finish |
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#48 Chase Snapp held off Honda's #7 Joe
Byrd in Moto 2 to claim his second Top Five
Overall finish of the season for the Pro
ATV Rookie |
Can-Am’s Chase Snapp had his hands full
as he went toe to toe with Jeremy Lawson and Thomas
Brown in moto one. Snapp made his way around Lawson
and then came under fire from a charging Brown.
Snapp and brown were locked into battle for most
of the race as they battled back and forth with
Snapp finally making fifth place stick as he took
the moto one checkered flag.
In moto two, Snapp was in fifth off the start
and was immediately under fire from a charging
Thomas Brown. After an intense battle, Snapp fell
back to sixth, where he would finish out his moto.
Snapp’s solid motos had him rounding out
the top five overall for the day, his second top
five finish of the season.
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Can-Am's
#13 JohnNatalie Jr charged his way into
the 2nd spot in Moto One |
Can-Am/Motoworks’ John Natalie was in second
off the start behind Joel Hetrick in the first
moto. Natalie came under fire from Chad Wienen
right away and fell back to third. Natalie however,
soon caught Joel Hetrick and played it smart,
waiting for the rookie to make a mistake and after
a few laps, Natalie got the opportunity he was
looking for and made a clean pass on Hetrick to
take over second, where he would stay until reaching
the checkered flag.
“We set some blazing fast lap times and
we knew it was going to get rough, but we were
able to come around and do well this first moto,”
stated Natalie after the first moto.
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| Can-Am's
John Natalie was on the hunt once again
in Moto 2 as he chased down and passed #88
Joel Hetrick & began his charge after
#44 Chad Wienen recorded the fastest lap
of the race in lap 12 with a time of 01:46.734
, but as he closed the gap, Natalie's charge
was ended with a trail of smoke |
Unfortunately for Natalie, moto two would end
in heartbreak. Natalie was looking good as he
charged his way into second after fourth place
start. Natalie was closing in on leader Chad Wienen
and looking to make a pass in the final lap when
his motor began smoking and let go just 1/3 of
a lap from the finish line. Natalie’s bad
luck would put him back in sixth place overall
and cost him the points lead.
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