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2012 Yamaha / Quad-X
Racing Series
Round #6 & 7 - Glen Helen Raceway
San Bernardino, California
July 14 -15, 2012
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Yamaha / Quad-X Racing
- Rounds 7 – Glen Helen Race Report
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| Yamaha
Quad-X Racing - Round 7 - Glen Helen Raceway
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The battle between the Maxxis/H&M Motorsports
team and the Yamaha team grew the next day for
round number seven, but David Haagsma came out
ahead and took another overall victory.
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Spark's #422 David Haagsma finished in the
2nd spot in Moto One ahead of #549 Beau
Baron |
In the first moto, Haagsma was in third off the
start and battled it out with his teammate for a
while for second place. Once he took over the runner
up spot, Haagsma put the hammer down and began to
close in on Dustin Nelson, who was in the lead.
Haagsma got close, but was unable to make a pass
stick and took second place at the checkered flag.
“Beau went wide in this one corner and
I was able to get under him and get around. I
was closing in on Dustin, but I ran out of time,”
said Haagsma.
For moto two, Haagsma was on a mission and charged
off the line, grabbing the moto two holeshot.
Haagsma increased his lead with every lap and
took the checkered flag by over five seconds ahead
of second place. Haagsma’s impressive performance
put him on top of the podium for the second time
over the weekend and allowed him to narrow the
points gap between him and Dustin Nelson.
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Racing 's #422 David Haagsma grabbed the
Moto 2 and once again lead from start to
finish to secure the overall win with a
2-1 finish, which moved Haagsma to within
11 points of Dustin Nelson in the points
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Haagsma is now only 11 points off and could very
well upset Dustin Nelson in the championship race
if all goes well for him in the final rounds of
the season.“I have to thank Maxxis Tires,
H&M Motorsports and all of our sponsors. I
had a great weekend out there because of them
and I hope I can finish the rest of the season
on top of the box and give them a championship,”
said Haagsma.
Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson was looking for
a little redemption at round seven and after a
brief battle with Beau Baron, he took the lead.
Nelson stayed out front but came under pressure
from David Haagsma. Nelson kept his cool and maintained
his lead, taking the moto one win at the checkered
flag.
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#94 Dustin Nelson battled his way into the
lead in Moto One to claim the Win |
Nelson was hoping for a repeat in the second
moto, but came under fire from Beau Baron. Nelson
eventually dropped back to third, where he would
end his moto. Nelson’s moto one win, combined
with his third place finish was enough to give
him second overall for the day and maintain the
pro points lead.
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