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NE EDT Racing - Round 7
Hamlin, PA
September 24, 2016 |
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NE EDT Racing Round
7 ATV Race Report
Brad Riley clinches NE EDT
Pro & Pro-Am ATV Championships
2016
New East EDT Round 7
Hamlin |
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Hamlin, PA (11/10/2016)
- With a sunny forecast and cooler
weather expected at night the racing was underway
at the Schaeffer Excavating/Noel Property New East
Extreme Dirt Track JM Pro-Hydro Round 7 at Hamlin
Speedway in Hamlin, Pennsylvania. This was the final
round of the 2016 Schaeffer Excavating/ Noel Property
NE Extreme Dirt Track Championship Season. The Maxxis
/ Dasa Racing / PEP/ Houser/ Rekluse’s Brad Riley
would head back to Winston Salem, North Carolina
as the 2016 NE Extreme Dirt Track B&B Racing
Engines Pro Champion and also the 2016 NE-EDT Pro-am
Unlimited Champion.
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Brad Riley
clinched both the NE-EDT Racing's Pro
& Pro-Am ATV Championships
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In some of the series top classes the Maxxis
/ Houser Racing / TC Racing Engine’s Damian King
would capture the 2016 Rath Racing Pro-Lite Championship,
the Halls Performance Apiary / Hooiser’s Jacob
Hall would go on to capture the 3 Wheelers Pro-am
Championship along with the 200/350 3 Wheeler
Championship, in the top youth class #6 Tyler
King would capture the 2016 NE Extreme Dirt Track
Supermini Championship and lastly the Truway Racing
/ Doonan Racing / Shank Racing’s Paula Kwiek would
end up winning her third straight NE Extreme Dirt
Track Women’s Championship.
CCR Racing / Maxxis / Wiseco’s Chuckie Creech
was the fastest qualifier in the heats for the
B&B Racing Engines Pro Class as the top riders
of the series came to the line for the 25 lap
Main event. Creech had suffered an injury in the
prior Northern NE EDT event in Hutchinson, Minnesota
but showed all the other Pros he might be hurt
but he wasn’t out as he was ready to try to defend
his 2015 NEEDT Pro Championship.
As the main event approach the riders where forced
to wear sweatshirts versus facing extreme hot
temperatures like almost every round this season
but this cooler weather it helped create great
track conditions on the fast banked oval section
of the track. The track featured a banked high
speed oval section and a split lane technical
infield section that allowed some great passing
and racing throughout the days events. As the
light turned green it was the #92 Michael Houghton
riding the Hoosier / Pippard Racing / Elka, Earnhardt
Racing’s Honda TRX450R that was out front thru
the first corner to obtain the JM-Pro Hydro Pro
Hole shot award.
Houghton said,” With the track being as technical
as it was I knew a holeshot was key to the race
and we did just that and was able to lead up until
lap 10 until Brad applied the pressure and took
the lead which dropped me back to second. My conditioning
felt great thanks to The Program and helped me
stay at the second place on the box.”
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Michael Houghton
grabbed the Pro Holeshot & finished
in 2nd Place behind Brad Riley
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Riley was then able to move to the top spot where
he was able to stay and get a nice comfortable
lead on the second half of the main event as Michael
Houghton and Andrew Evanyke battled for the other
two spots on the box. The Houser / Rath / Hoosier’s
Andrew Evanyke was also able to put together a
nice start as he has really stepped up this season
and has found his place on the box several times
this year. Andrew who stayed right on Houghton’s
grab bar the second half of the race settled into
the final spot on the podium to finish third as
the riders crossed the finish line.
There was also a battle going on for the fourth
position as Rookie Pro Nate Dawydko applied constant
pressure on the 2015 Pro Champion Creech for much
of the race. As they past the checkers flag Creech
would retain his position and finished fourth
and Nate Dawydko would finish fifth to round out
the top five.
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