Pro-Am had some excitement of its own as well with Deroy and Moore sitting this class out, it allowed a couple Pro class rookies to get on the podium and show their speed.
Honda / DRT / DASA's Preston Young showed his dominance in the Pro-Am class by going 1-1 on the day and leading from start to finish for both motos. Young came out of the holeshot for moto one and had some competition in the form of Yamaha mounted Jared Gessner and Honda's Tyler Turner who lead the immediate lead. Young quickly put an end to their leads as he headed to the front where he remained for the rest of the moto to take the win.
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Preston Young grabbed the holshot in both Pro-Am Motos & lead from start to finish |
The story was much the same for Young in the second moto coming away with the win in dominating fashion with a big lead. This overall win bumped Young into an even bigger lead in the points chase as well and this in turn sealed in his title spot as the Pro-Am NEATV champion! Young came on strong mid-season and asserted himself as a dominant force and it all paid off at the end of the year.
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By winning both Pro-Am Motos, Preston Young secured the 2013 NEATV-MX Pro-Am Championship at AK Farms MX |
"I'm super happy with my championship in the Pro-Am class! We've worked super hard for it and with the help from Dave at DRT it really made it possible toward the end of the year. It feels really good to have people behind you that love racing as much as you do and to be able to come out here and compete at such a high level.", said Young.
Moto-Xperts / R&J Machines / Elka's Jayden Hickson jumped on the podium for the second round in a row at the season finale with one of his best finishes going 2-2 on the day for second place overall. Hickson came off the line for moto one with a third place spot and then dropped to fourth as Young went by him. Hickson kept his head down and was able to get by Turner and Gessner as he and Young charged to the front and battled with Hickson finishing the race in second place.
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Jayden Hickson placed second in both motos earning him second overall
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Hickson then came out for the second moto and did much the same by putting his Honda TRX450R up front near the front of the pack off the holeshot and racing onto a second place finish which netted him second place overall on the podium.
Jake Chamberland did not have the best finishes on the day going 5-4 but was able to put his JBI Racing Can-Am onto the podium in third place. Moto one for Chamberland resulted in a fifth place finish for the young racer after a hard fought battle.
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Jake Chamberland rounded out the NEATV-MX Pro-Am Podium in third
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Moto two for Chamberland was a little better as he found his rhythm and was able to finish in fourth place giving him third place overall on the podium, his first time ever in this class.
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NEATV-MX AK Farms Pro-Am ATV Podium (left & right)
Jayden Hickson (2nd), Preston Young (1st), Jake Chamberland (3rd) |
With the season coming to an end, the next step for these racers is to meet up once again for the annual awards banquet. This year it will be held on the weekend of November 23rd with more info available on the NEATV-MX website. Howard Payne, president of the NEATV series has some more tricks up his sleeve for next year already with plans for an even better season in 2014. Stay tuned right here in ATVriders.com for more information as it becomes available!
