ATVA
ITP Moose Racing
National Motocross Series
Round #7 - Ballance Moto X
Bowling
Green, Kentucky
May 26-27, 2007
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Ballance Moto
X Pro ATV Race Report Continued - Moto Two
For the start of the second Moto, Jeremiah’s wife,
Jamie Jones, held the 30 second card. When she dropped
the card and sprinted to the side lines, it was Joe Byrd
grabbing yet another ATVriders.com Holeshot Award with
his Dasa Engine powered Honda TRX450R, but this time it
was Jeremy Lawson and Pat Brown hot on his heals followed
by Brock Lyons.
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Joe Byrd edges out Jeremy Lawson for yet another
Holeshot with his Dasa Racing Engine Honda TRX450R |
#43
Brock Lyons capitalizes on Lawson and Brown colliding
and takes over the second spot briefly before
slipping back to 7th |
With Byrd out front, Lawson bobbled heading through
the “Six Pack” to complete the first lap,
which caused Pat Brown to collide into Lawson, which
brought the pair to a stop. Lawson quickly rebounded,
but not before Brock Lyons took over the second spot
and Lawson dropped 5 seconds behind Byrd. Brown slipped
all the way back to 11th place after the collision,
so he had his work cut out for him to earn a spot on
the podium. Joe Byrd appeared to be on a mission as
he pulled away from the rest of the pack building nearly
a 15 second lead on Lawson by the checkered flag to
claim yet another Moto win and extend his points lead
over Jeremy Lawson to 12 points with Lawson securing
the second spot.
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Walsh Race Craft's Mike Walsh gives Jeremy Lawson
some words of encouragement as the crowd cheers
him on chasing after Joe Byrd |
Paul
Turner sums up Pat's 2nd Moto come from behind
Podium finish in two words "Nice Job"
along with a big thumbs up |
For Pat Brown, it was an incredible charge from the
back of the pack as he recorded the second fastest lap-time
of the Moto as he once again found himself briefly battling
with Cale Downen for third spot. By the half way point,
Brown took over the third and held on to the checkered
flag to secure the final Podium spot ahead of Cale Downen
and John Ragon.
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#36 Michael Brown & #98 John Ragon swapped
positions back and forth through out the race
with Ragon winning the battle and claiming the
5th Spot |
#11
Shane Cochran & #99 Justin Bres battle for
nearly the entire Moto with #202 Chris Tait getting
into the mix as well with Cochran coming out ahead
in 7th place |
After the Podium presentation, it was found that Jeremy
Lawson's Honda exceeded the sound level due to having
to change out his specially designed headpipe, which
cracked in Moto One. The replacement headpipe was a
standard headpipe, which failed the sound testing, but
he was not penalized and given a warning to have the
issue corrected for next race.
Once Again, the Ballance Moto X facility provided an
excellent venue for ATV racing, which is no surprise
with an ATV racing family behind the facility. For those
that attended, they were treated to a great track and
some exciting racing action.
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(left
to Right) - Jeremy Lawson, Joe Byrd, Pat Brown |
ATVA
MX Nationals - Pro ATV Top 10 Points
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Overall
| Riders
Name
| Points
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1
| Joe Byrd
| 301 |
2
| Jeremy Lawson
| 289 |
3
| Patrick Brown
| 219 |
4
| Michael Brown
| 149 |
5
| Dustin Wimmer
| 141 |
6
| Justin Bres
| 138 |
7
| Doug Gust
| 136 |
8
| Alex Trompen
| 122 |
9
| Keith Little
| 111 |
10
| John Ragon
| 96 |
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