| 2007
Third Annual
Stateline SuperMoto Challenge
Primm,
Nevada
Buffalo Bills Resort & Casino
September 22-23, 2007
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Stateline ATV SuperMoto Main
Events
When the gate dropped for the Pro main event, Daryl
Rath, who got second pick for the gate, grabbed
the holeshot and never looked back. Rath credits
the larger 525cc engine with playing a big part
in being able to get out of the hole quickly. “The
Polaris ran great! It had lots of power and got
off the line really quick.” He said. “Since
the pro class is an unlimited class, the bigger
CC motors are really an advantage in this type of
racing.” A bit of a snarl-up in lap three
allowed Rath to really check out from the rest of
the pack when Landon Hurst, who was running in second
place, ended up having a close encounter with a
hay bail that put him out of contention, and almost
took out third place racer, Frank Batista in the
process. “When Hurst crashed he almost took
Frank out and it slowed up the rest of the pack
also. My crew said I had about a 23 second lead
on everyone at that point.” Stated Rath. Hurst’s
crash slowed up the rest of the pack, but allowed
Batista to take second, and put Granlund in third.
Batista’s Honda 450R (with a new Curtis Sparks
510 kit) was keeping a nice lead on Granlund until
the 8th lap, when Batista’s seat came off.
“I’ve got some nice big bruises on my
backside from that!” Joked Batista. “I
was trying to hit the jumps and the whoops hard
and hold Nic off, but without a seat it was really
difficult to do that and it got the best of me after
a while.” He stated. In the mean time, Granlund
knew that Batista could not keep up the fast pace
he had been running for much longer and was waiting
for an opportunity to make the pass for second.
Despite the beating he was taking from his own machine,
Batista managed to hold off Granlund until the last
lap of the race. When it was all said and done,
Daryl Rath took first place with Nic Granlund in
second, and Frank Batista claimed the last spot
on the podium. Dennis Capogni came away with a 4th
place finish and Kenny Pacheco rounded out the top
five.
There are normally two Stateline Supermoto races
per year. The next race is slated for sometime
in April of ’08. You can visit
www.snvsupermoto.com to see the full race
results, pre-register for races and get more information
on this event.
| Quad
Expert / Pro - Top TEN |
| Finish |
# |
Bike |
| 1 |
Daryl
Rath |
Hutchinson,
MN |
67 |
Polaris |
2 |
Niclas
Granlund |
Las
Vegas, NV |
4 |
Yamaha |
| 3 |
Frank
Batista |
Riverdale,
CA |
13 |
Honda |
| 4 |
Dennis
Capogni |
Chino,
CA |
8 |
Yamaha |
| 5 |
Kenny
Pacheco |
Glendale,
AZ |
77 |
Suzuki |
| 6 |
Jason
Anderson |
Dublin,
CA |
11 |
Yamaha |
| 7 |
Garrick
Lastra |
Mesa,
AZ |
42 |
Yamaha |
| 8 |
Bubba
Hustead |
Tracy,
CA |
112 |
Yamaha |
| 9 |
John
Angel |
Elizabeth,
CO |
860 |
Honda |
| 10 |
Mike
Thompson |
Parker,
CO |
969 |
Yamaha |
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