Extreme
Dirt Track
DURO ATVA Nationals
Round #2- DuQuoin, Illinois
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
June 23, 2007
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Pro & ProAm
ATV Race Report - Continued
In the ProAm Unlimited class. Brandon Sullenger won the
first heat convincingly as he was never challenged by
Chad Winfrey and Kristopher Bures rounding out the top
three. In the second heat race, Chris Gary was able to
charge his way to the front of the pack followed by Marc
Noreuil and Houston Lowder. In the final heat race, Zach
Stanley recovered from a slow start to claim the win followed
by Trent Powell and Walter Whitehead.
The ProAm Production class was staked with many of
the top Pro riders competing in it as well, which provided
for some intense heat racing action. The ProAm Production
class only had two heat races with ten riders in each.
In heat one, Harold Goodman launched off the line with
the Holeshot and held the position till the checkered
flag followed by Mitch Reynolds and Michael Coburn.
In heat two, it was California’s Frank Batista
grabbing the Holeshot over Shane Hitt and Zac Willet.
Hitt challenged Batista for the lead lap after lap,
but Batista was able to maintain his position out front
and claim the win.
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#137 Mitch Reynolds
was no match for Goodman, but he was able to
hold off Coburn for a 2nd Place finish in Heat
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Frank Batista &
Shane Hitt were side by side several times in
the 2nd Heat, but Batista was able to out power
Hitt for the Win
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After the Pro and ProAm heat races were complete, the
amateur racing continued while the pros were getting
ready for the main events. After only four more amateur
heats the rain started to fall again. This time it would
end the racing for the weekend. Referee “Smitty”
warned the racers at the riders meeting the radar was
showing rain moving into the area and the final scoring
may be from the heat races, and indeed it did.
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#5 Shane Hitt Wins his first Pro Race since 2005,
and he is currently tied for the points lead with
Harold Goodman |
In the Pro class, seven-time national champion, Shane
Hitt, was awarded the win for having the fastest heat
race time followed by Houser’s Harold Goodman
and Rath Racing’s Danny McGraw earning his first
Pro Podium. Michael Coburn finished fourth followed
by Mitch Reynolds, Zac Willett, Frank Batista, Zach
Stanley, Brad Riley, and Chris Gary rounding out the
top ten.
The win by Hitt put him in a tie for the Pro points
lead with Goodman followed by Coburn in third. Batista
and Reynolds are tied for fourth place and only one
point behind Coburn as the points battle begins after
only two rounds of racing.
In ProAm Production, Harold Goodman’s heat time
earned him the win followed Frank Batista and Mitch
Reynolds, and in the ProAm Unlimited, Chris Gary was
awarded the win followed by Brandon Sullenger and Zach
Stanley.
EDT racers will be looking for a dry weekend when the
series continues July 7th in Danville, Virginia at the
Birch Creek Motorsports Complex.
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Extreme
Dirt Track Pro ATV Top 10 |
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- Shane Hitt
- Harold Goodman
- Danny McGraw
- Michael Coburn
- Mitch Reynolds
- Zac Willett
- Frank Batista
- Zach Stanley
- Brad Riley
- Chris Gary
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