AMA ATV Motocross Nationals Round #9 - Unadilla MX New Berlin, New York July 16, 2011

Walsh Race Craft’s Jeremy Lawson was just outside of the top ten off the start in twelfth, and made the most impressive charge of the moto to take the number three spot at the checkered flag. Lawson began to pick off the competition and worked his way into eighth in the fourth lap, but he didn’t stop there. Lawson kept pushing hard and in the final laps of the race went from sixth place into fourth in lap 13. In the final lap, Lawson pressured Nick DeNoble and just before the checkers flew, Lawson moved into the number three spot.

Walsh Racecraft's #16 Jeremy Lawson got bad starts in both Motos, but he didn't let it deter him as he charged his way from 12th to 3rd in Moto 1, and he did it again in Moto 2 when he went from 10th to 4th, which secured the 4th overall spot, which keeps Lawson in the wild card spot for the Pro Championship with 28 points to make up on in the final two rounds, which is nearly impossible, but it makes Lawson still in the running

Lawson was again in mid pack off the start for the second moto and like in the first moto, put in an amazing charge, working his way into the number four spot before crossing the finish line, giving him fourth overall for the day.

Canada's #46 Richard Pelchat made an impressive 2011 ATV MX debut at Unadilla rounding out the Top 5 on his Can-Am DS450. Pelchat focus for 2011 is going after the 2011 CMRC ATV MX Championship with Rounds 2 & 3 next weekend at Moto Park in Ontario, Canada

Yamaha/Ballance Racing’s Thomas Brown was in the top five off the start and had his hands full as he battled it out with Chase Snapp and John Natalie. Despite his best efforts, Brown was not able to hold off Natalie and would end moto one in the number six spot. In the second moto, Brown was in the top five off the start and came under fire from Greg Gee and Jeremy Lawson before dropping back to finish in seventh, giving him sixth overall.

JB Racing's Thomas Brown went 6-7 for 6th Overall, which boosted him past #48 Chase Snapp into the 5th spot in the points race	2010 CMRC Champion, #10 Greg Gee, rounded out the Top 5 in Moto 2 & finished 7th Overall on the day

2010 Canadian MX champ Greg Gee was in attendance for the Unadilla round and held on to round out the top ten in the first moto. Gee came out stronger in moto two and worked his way into the number five spot before crossing the finish line. Gee’s 10-5 finishes had him finishing in seventh overall.

Devin Heimes put together two solid motos, going 11- 8 for eighth overall while Derek Swartfager, who has been doing double duty also racing in the GNCC series had a good first moto and held on to finish in the number nine spot and followed it up with tenth in moto two, giving him ninth at the end of the day. GBC Motorsports’ Travis Moore’s moto two charge from the back up to ninth, would allow him to round out the top ten overall.

Janssen Motorsports' #123 Nick DeNoble grabbed the Moto 1 Holeshot & finished out the moto in the 4th spot for a great start to the day

Nick DeNoble grabbed the moto one holeshot, with Joel Hetrick hot on his heels. DeNoble was able to hold the lead for several laps, but Hetrick kept the pressure on and DeNoble would fall back to second. From there, DeNoble came under fire from Josh Upperman and held him off for a couple of laps, but Upperman would eventually get by. DeNoble dropped back again when John Natalie came calling, but a mistake by Natalie let DeNoble work back up and eventually finish in fourth after battling with Jeremy Lawson. Unfortunately, things did not go as well for DeNoble in the second moto. DeNoble got a decent start, but ran into trouble late in the moto and dropped back to finish in last place.