The Nelson Report
Round 6 - 7/14/12
Glen Helen Raceway
Devore, CA
Rounds 6 and 7 of the Yamaha Quad X series were held at Glen Helen Raceway in Southern California. The track layout was very different from our previous visit with some welcomed technical sections and jumps but still had the long start and big hills for which Glen Helen is famous. The weekend started with very east coast type weather with temps in the 90’s and light rain on Friday but was back to a “dry heat” for Sunday.
Rnd 6 Moto 1: Beau Baron took the holeshot as Davi Haagsma and I rubbed most of the way down the long start. Haagsma was able to edge me out for 2nd as we entered the Talladega turn. Baron rode some flawless laps out front and pulled a small gap on Haagsma and myself. I tried to stay close and apply pressure, hoping for a slip up but I was the first to make a mistake and pushed my YFZ450R over a berm at the bottom of Mt. St. Helens. Once Haagsma pulled a gap on me I could not make the time back up and steadily fell further behind the lead duo. At the finish it was Baron with the win followed by Haagsma, me, Josh Row and Jason Fife.
Rnd 6 Moto 2: Haagsma battled Baron through the first turn and collected the Yamalube/GYTR $250 Holeshot award. Row started well this time and was ahead of me in third. The track crew was watering quite a bit in some sections and as I got to the inside of Row exiting the rhythm section I nearly spun all the way around. Row was so thrown off by my unexpected move that he was forced outside in the turn and I was still able to pull off the pass and move into 3rd. After that, the race quickly spaced out with no real battling going on. Baron looked as if he could make the race interesting in the final few laps but never really pressured his teammate for the win. When the checkers flew it was Haagsma with the win, followed by Baron, Me, Fife and Lance Hancock with his first top 5 of the season.
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David Haagsma |
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Beau Baron |
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| 3 |
Dustin Nelson - YAM |
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| 4 |
Jason Fife - YAM |
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| 5 |
Josh Row - YAM |
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