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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #5 - Ballance Moto-X
Bowling Green, Kentucky
June 2, 2012
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John Natalie Takes
First Win of the Year at Ballance Moto-X
::Continued::
Natalie grabbed his first SSi Decals Holeshot
Award of the season in Moto 2 and the rest was
history for the defending champ. Natalie laid
down the fastest lap of the moto on lap 5, but
Hetrick wasn’t letting him go anywhere fast.
Wienen put in a valiant effort to catch the Motoworks/Can-Am
teammates near the end of Moto 2, and the top
three came through the checkers with less than
10 seconds in between.
“I really liked the whole night race this
weekend,” said Hetrick. “It added
another element to the racing and I’m actually
a night person, so it worked out well for me!”
Upperman finished in the fourth place position
in Moto 2, but it didn’t come easy. Brown
held the upper hand for a majority of the race,
but Upperman made the move late in the race to
claim the fourth place spot, giving him fourth
overall for the day with a 3-4 score. Brown followed
in fifth place, taking home fifth overall.
Lonestar/SSi Decals/Get Dirty MX’s Nick
DeNoble went 6-6 for a sixth overall on the day,
his best finish since the opening round in Georgia.
Derek Swartfager (HON) finished seventh overall,
ahead of rookie Jeffrey Rastrelli (SUZ) who matched
his season-best eight place overall in Round 3.
Another rookie, Mark Madl (HON), took home ninth
overall, while Ohio’s Adam Clark rounded
out the top ten.
Tennessee’s Cody Gibson was the highlight
of the Pro Am Production class once again as he
swept both motos of the evening. Ohio’s
Tyler Hamrick (HON) came in second overall with
a 3-3 score, while Pennsylvania’s Nick Moser
went 2-5 for third overall.
The 2012 AMA ATV Motocross Championship heads
to High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Pa., for
round six of the ten-race circuit. For more information,
please visit www.atvmotocross.com.
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Pro ATV Motocross Championship Top 10 Race
Results |
- John Natalie, Can-Am, (1-1)
- Chad Wienen, Yamaha, (2-3)
- Joel Hetrick, Can-Am, (4-2)
- Josh Upperman, Honda, (3-4)
- Thomas Brown, Yamaha, (5-5)
- Nick DeNoble, Honda, (6-6)
- Derek Swartfager, Honda, (8-7)
- Jeff Rastrelli, Suzuki, (9-8)
- Mark Madl, Honda, (7-10)
- Adam Clark, Honda, (10-9)
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ATV Motocross Championship Pro Point Standings |
- Chad Wienen, Yamaha - 235
- John Natalie, Can-Am- 220
- Joel Hetrick, Can-Am - 189
- Josh Upperman, Honda - 184
- Thomas Brown, Yamaha - 169
- Derek Swartfager, Honda - 137
- Nick DeNoble, Honda - 127
- Jeff Rastrelli, Suzuki - 115
- Harold Goodman, Honda - 113
- Adam Clark, Honda - 111
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About the AMA ATV
Motocross Championship
The AMA
ATV Motocross Championship is the nation's premier
amateur and professional ATV motocross series,
hosted at top motocross facilities nationwide.
The 10-round series features the Nation's best
racers, teams and sponsors, and is America's largest
and longest-running ATV national motocross program.
Since 1985, the series continues to expand and
produce top talent from the amateur ranks, while
premiering the professional class. For more information,
please visit
http://www.atvmotocross.com.
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