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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #2 - Muddy Creek
Blountville, TN
April 21, 2012
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AMA Pro ATV Motocross
- Round 2 - Muddy Creek - Race Report
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| Maxxis'
#20 Josh Upperman went on to claim the 4th
spot in Moto one |
Baldwin Motorsports’ Josh Upperman was in
second off the start, right behind Harold Goodman
and took the lead after the second turn. Goodman
led for two laps, but came under fire from John
Natalie and fell back. Upperman then battled with
Joel Hetrick but was unable to hold him off and
fell to the number four spot where he stayed for
the rest of the moto.
Upperman grabbed the holeshot in moto two, but
his lead would not last and he eventually fell
back for a fourth place finish. “It was
a great race and I tried to keep up. I’m
going to go home and do some more work and come
back strong next round, said Upperman.
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Baldwin
Motorsport's #20 Josh Upperman grabbed
the Moto Two Holeshot & once again
finished in the 4th spot for a 4--4 day
for fourth overall
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again, JB Racing's #84 Thomas Brown secured
a Top 5 overall finish |
Yamaha/Ballance Racing’s Thomas Brown did
not get the start he was looking for and was at
the back of the pack. Brown put the hammer down
and made a big charge through traffic. By the
third lap, Brown had made his way into fifth place
and held it all the way to the finish. For moto
two Brown held off Nick DeNoble for a 6th place
finish and rounded out the top five overall.
Joe Byrd saw his best overall finish in quite
some time. Byrd was outside of the top ten off
the start in moto one and worked his way up for
a seventh place finish. In moto two, Byrd was
eighth off the start and worked up to fifth place,
where he shadowed Josh Upperman for the entire
moto to take a fifth place finish, giving him
sixth overall.
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#7 Joe Byrd rebounded from a rough season
opener to secure a 6th Overall at Muddy
Creek's Round 2 |
Lone
Star Racing's #123 Nick DeNoble charged
to a 6th place finish in Moto 1 & finished
7th in Moto 2 for 7th Overall |
Nick DeNoble was just inside the top ten off
the start and made his way around Derek Swartfager,
Mark Madl and Jon Ven John to take sixth at the
checkered flag. DeNoble held on for seventh in
the second moto to put him in seventh overall
for the day.
Derek Swartfager had a good start in fourth,
but fell back for an eighth place finish and took
another eighth place finish in moto two for eighth
overall.
Mark Madl was in eighth place off the start but
fell back to finish ninth place. Another ninth
place finish in moto two put him in ninth overall
for the day.
Harold Goodman grabbed the moto one holeshot
award but could not hold his position. Goodman
fell back to round out the top ten in moto one.
“For moto one, my quad hooked up and just
took off, so I’m pretty happy with that,”
said Goodman.
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Houser
Racing's #708 Harold Goodman grabbed the
Moto One Holeshot & he would finish
out the weekend win the Top Ten overall.
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Goodman had another good start in the second
moto, but fell back to tenth and rounded out the
top ten overall for the day.
Jon Ven John finished in eleventh, while Jeffrey
Rastrelli hung on for twelfth. Jesse Barnes claimed
a thirteenth overall finish and Adam Clark ended
his day in fourteenth.
Ronnie Higgerson placed fifteenth, with Craig
Porter in sixteenth and Justin Bush in seventeenth.
Round number three of the 2012 AMA ATV Motocross
Championships will be heading to Budds Creek,
MD on May 5th – 6th where Chad Wienen will
be going for his third straight win.
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