Pro 265-450 |
| 1 |
Dustin Nelson - YAM |
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| 2 |
Jeremie Warnia |
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| 3 |
Sage Baker |
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| 4 |
Hunter Miller |
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| 5 |
Jason Dunkleberger - YAM |
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| 6 |
Jason Fife |
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| 7 |
Jesse Goss |
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| 8 |
Justin Noss - YAM |
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| 9 |
Mike Machado |
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| 10 |
Scotty King |
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Standings |
| 1 |
Dustin Nelson - YAM |
47 |
| 2 |
Jeremie Warnia |
47 |
| 3 |
Hunter Miller |
38 |
| 4 |
Jason Dunkleberger - YAM |
36 |
| 5 |
Sage Baker |
32 |
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The Nelson Report
Round 2 - 4/12/09
Arizona Cycle Park
Buckeye, AZ
Round two of the Yamaha/ITP Quadcross series was held on Easter Sunday in Buckeye, AZ. Friday night rains made for a messy track for most of Saturday’s practice but the track dried out for Sunday’s race and we enjoyed clear skies and temps around 80 degrees. The pro production class had 19 riders and with only 16 gate positions we once again had heat races for gate pick into the one-moto format main event.
Pro 265-450... Heat One: First round winner Jeremie Warnia and I rocketed off the start side-by-side all the way to the first turn where my #94 YFZ 450R held the inside line and took the lead. Warnia was glued to my bumper for the first four laps of the eight lap race but just past halfway he began to make some mistakes and fell slightly off the pace. The two of us had gapped third placed Sage Baker by quite a bit so we were able to ride a comfortable pace to the checkers with me taking the win by four seconds.
Heat Two: I didn’t see much of this heat as they were on the track at the same time as our race, taking off from a second gate. Josh Frederick took the win while Jason Dunkleberger made a late pass on Justin Noss to claim second. Noss held on for third.
Main Event: My #94 YFZ-R pulled me to a great holeshot ahead of Warnia. We once again started to gap the field while battling for the lead. There were a couple spots on the track where I could get some breathing room but there were also some sections where I had to ride a little bit of a defensive line and Warnia could close the gap. The racing was intense as I knew any mistake could very easily hand the lead to the French rider. Even with a little arm pump setting in I was able to keep it together and take the win by less than a second. Baker took third followed by Hunter Miller, and Dunkleberger rounded out the top five.
Round two of the Yamaha/ITP Quadcross series was a good one as we took our first win of the season. The YFZ-R is running great and I still think we can make some improvements with shock set up. The next round of the series should be interesting as we are scheduled to race at Glen Helen the day after the AMA Motocross Nationals kick off in May.
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