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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #8 - Unadilla
New Berlin, New York
July 14, 2012
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AMA Pro ATV Motocross
- Round 8 - Unadilla - Race Report
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BCS Performance's#9
Josh Creamer went 1-3 for 2nd Overall
on the Podium in his 2012 AMA Pro ATV
MX debut
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In moto two, Creamer didn’t get as good
of a start as he did in moto one, but he charged
his way into third quickly and began to pressure
John Natalie for second. The pair battled back
and forth several times, much to the delight of
the crowd. Creamer recorded his fastest lap of
the moto in lap seven and kept on the gas, but
it wasn’t enough to keep Natalie from remounting
a charge. Creamer fought hard and took a very
close third in moto two, giving him the number
two spot on the pro podium.
“I want to thank all the fans out there
for all of their support. It was great to hear
everyone when I was out there battling it out.
I wanted to come out here and get on the box this
weekend and I did that so I can’t complain.
I’ll be back again at Red Bud and hopefully
take a win. I want to thank Can-Am, Jason and
BCS Performance, Walsh, and everyone for all of
their help and support,” stated Creamer.
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DWT's #1 John
Natalie Jr rounded out the podium with
a 3-2 finish
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Can-Am/Motoworks’ John Natalie, Jr. did quite
get the start he was hoping for in the first moto
and was back in about sixth place. Natalie, however,
was not going to settle for that and put the hammer
down. Natalie charged his way through traffic, picking
of Thomas Brown, Josh Upperman and even his teammate,
Joel Hetrick. Natalie took over the number three
spot with only a few laps left in the moto and had
an 11 second gap, but he kept charging forward and
closed the gap a bit before taking third at the
checkered flag. “There was some great
racing today. I had to spend a lot of energy in
the first moto trying to work up and for moto
two, I just gave it everything I had and it was
a really good race. I always want to win, but
I still finished on the podium and salvaged some
points. There’s still four motos left in
the season and anything can happen so things could
get real interesting at Loretta’s,”
said Natalie.
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Pro
ATV Motocross Podium (left to right)
Josh
Creamer (2nd),
Chad Wienen (1st),
John
Natalie Jr. (3rd)
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Can-Am/Motoworks’ Joel Hetrick was in mid-pack
off the start but put in a solid run and worked
his way around Thomas Brown and Josh Upperman
to take over third at the midway point. Unfortunately,
Hetrick could not hold off his charging teammate
and fell back for a fourth place finish in the
first moto.
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Can-Am's
#88 Joel Hetrick went 4-4 for fourth overall
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In the second moto, Hetrick was in fifth of the
start and battled it out with Thomas Brown for
several laps. The pair swapped positions several
times before Hetrick was able to make the pass
stick and pull away slightly. After a few more
laps, Hetrick put a comfortable gap between himself
and the rest of the pack and cruised to a fourth
place finish in moto two for fourth overall for
the day.
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