Extreme Dirt Track DURO ATVA Nationals Round #6 - Elizabeth City, NC Dixieland Speedway August 25, 2007

For the first time this year, there wasn’t over 20 Pro riders signed up, so there were only two Heat races with 9 Pros per heat. In Heat One, Michael Coburn secured the win with Harold Goodman getting a slow jump off the line, which he wasn’t able to recover. Goodman would end up being forced to start on the second row for the Pro Main.

“I screwed up and didn’t get a good jump off the line, and I was squeezed out, heading down the stretch” said Goodman.

In the second Heat, Frank Batista was able to hold off Shane Hitt to secure the win and recorded the fastest Heat race of the two, which earned Batista the first gate pick for the Main Event.

Batista capitalized on his gate pick and grabbed the Holeshot over Shane Hitt & Mitch Reynolds with Chuckie Creech, Michael Coburn, and Darin Ogden in chase. Harold Goodman found himself back near the rear of the pack after a rough first lap.

Out front, the Top 5 remained tight as they raced around the track with Hitt applying the pressure to Batista for 5 to 6 laps before he was finally able to make the pass around the first turn sweeper and take over the lead.

On the final lap of the race, JB Racing's Mitch Reynolds spun out in the infield while running in third behind Hitt and Batista, which opened the door for Chuckie Creech to claim the final Podium position.

With Shane Hitt claiming his second win of the year and Harold Goodman finishing back in 8th place, Hitt moved within only 2 points of Goodman in the points lead with just two rounds of racing left on the schedule.

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