Extreme
Dirt Track
DURO ATVA Nationals
Round #2- DuQuoin, Illinois
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
June 23, 2007
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By: Darin Wentz |
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DuQuoin, IL - Any part of the country
in a drought needs only to schedule a National Extreme
Dirt Track event to be guaranteed rain. Round 2 of the
ATVAs Duro Extreme Dirt Track Nationals was shortened
due to heavy rains early Saturday evening. The rain first
moved in Saturday morning before practice, and Promoter,
Steve Nace, and his crew worked hard all morning to get
the track ready for the start of practice and the heat
races.
The day was scheduled for 42 amateur and youth heat
races plus 8 Pro and ProAm heat races before the main
events. After 26 heat amateur and youth heat races were
completed, the rain moved back in and caused a brief
delay in the racing action, and with the forecast of
heavier rain on the way, the officials decided to move
up the Pro and ProAm heat races earlier in the day.
With an abundance of riders in the Pro class, the class
was split up into three into three divisions, and in
the first Pro heat race, Danny Mcgraw jumped out to
an early lead and never looked back. Zac Willett and
Brad Riley followed Mcgraw and although all three riders
stayed close, each held their position throughout the
6 lap race..
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#113 Doug Crossway
went for a wild ride at the start of Heat 2,
which forced a restart, but Crossway was ok,
and restarted the race on the back row
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Rage ATV's Harold
Goodman pulled Holeshot in both starts for Heat
2 and ran away from Pro Rookie Mitch Reynolds
to claim the win
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In the second heat, round one winner, Harold Goodman,
pulled the Holeshot and quickly pulled away from the
rest of the field. Mitch Reynolds was second and Zach
Stanley worked his way back to third after dropping
back to fifth midway through the race.
In the final heat race, Sparks Racing’s Shane
Hitt took the early lead over Frank Batista and Michael
Coburn. Coburn quickly moved ahead of Batista in the
first lap as did Kelsey Stamm in lap three. Batista
was able to regain the 3rd spot in the final lap to
follow Hitt and Coburn at the checkered flag.
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#5 Shane Hitt grabbed
the Holeshot with his Sparks Engine and recorded
the fastest Heat Race time of the day
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#038 Michael Colburn
took over the 2nd spot and #13 Frank Batista
claimed the 3rd spot ahead of #426 Kelsey Stamm
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