ATVA Extreme Dirt Track Nationals Round #4 - Danville, VA Birch Creek Motorsports July 8, 2006

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The Birch Creek event attracted a descent turnout with 339 race entries, and the Pro Class had an impressive 24 entries, which shows the Extreme Dirt Track Series is alive and well as it continues to attract even more racers to test their ability to conquer the oval.

With a huge Pro turnout, the riders were split up into heat races to narrow down the field with Tim Farr, Keith Little, and Harold Goodman claiming the heat race wins, and Tim Farr recorded the fastest heat race, so he received first pick for the main.

#81 Chris Gary Wins first race of the sesaon and ties Mitch Reynolds for the Pro Am Unlimited Points Lead.

#2 Darin Ogden has made his return to racing EDT racing, and finished 3rd in Pro Am Production

With less than an hour to the Pro Main, Keith Little rushed back to his trailer to quickly remove his race engine and drop in a backup engine for the Pro Main, which was reminiscent of last year’s Round 4 in Elizabeth City, NC when Little blew up his engine during the Pro Am Production race, and he wasn’t able to get it replaced and ready for the Pro Main as it was leaking oil as he headed to the starting line. His team frantically tried to stop the leak, and he was able to start the race only to have the engine fail a few laps into the race, which ruined Little’s chance for a repeat Championship.

Fortunately, history didn’t repeat itself exactly this year as Keith Little along with Scott Butler were able to have the engine replaced with time to spare before the Pros were called to the starting line shortly before 10PM.

Tim Farr was able to out run Harold Goodman and Keith Little down the stretch for the Holeshot

With Tim Farr holding a commanding lead, his White Brother’s carbon fiber silencer began to breakup, and the packing began flowing out of the silencer and wrapping around Farr’s rear axle forming a huge spoil of packing, which left everyone in suspense wondering if Farr would be able to maintain the lead or even finish the race. Meanwhile, in back to back laps, both Keith Little and Shane Hitt passed Harold Goodman and began their charge together after Farr in the lead.

Harold Goodman held the second spot until the halfway point of the race with both Keith Little and Shane Hitt making pass to drop Goodman back to fourth	The sole Yamaha rider in the top 10, Adam Anderson, felt the pressure of Darin Ogden and Scott Morris for the entire race with Morris eventually passing Ogden

By the tenth lap, Tim Farr began to lap riders, and he utilized the entire track to work his way around each approaching rider by craving to the inside or going high up on the turn to make the pass with his Baldwin Engine continuing to plug away despite losing most of the packing in the silencer, and Tim Farr was able to take it to the checkered flag with his second official win of the year followed by Keith Little and Shane Hitt. Amazingly, Tim Farr lapped half the Pro riders on his way to the win.

Tim Farr's Exhaust and axle wrapped with packing after the race

Tim Farr’s win boosted him to a 9 point lead over Keith Little in second place and 26 points ahead of Harold Goodman in third, but with four rounds remaining and no throwaways anything can happen as both Tim Farr and Keith Little know too well from past experience.

The next round of the Extreme Dirt Track Series will be held at the famous Pine Lake in Ashtabula, OH for a two day event on July 22/23, which provides for a full weekend of racing action.

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