FX Nytro Snowmobile Wins Grass Drags Debut at NSRA season opener.
At the opening weekend of the NSRA Snowmobile Grass Drag season, everyone was watching to see just how quick the all-new 2008 Yamaha FX Nytro four-stroke snowmobile would prove to be. Result? Very quick indeed. In fact the FX Nytro debut could not have been more impressive, with Yamaha racers dominating the Stock 600 single-pipe class with an unbelievable podium sweep over some determined competition on both Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday - The Outlaw Grass Drags featured a 500-foot grass drag strip, a large crowd of spectators, two complete rounds of racing – and delightful Minnesota weather. Jim Jones, racing for Hauck Powersports, started up Saturday’s action by winning Stock 600 Single Pipe over Allen Ulmer (Ulmer Racing) and Jerry Fix (Fix Powersports) in a historic 1-2-3 sweep for the new FX Nytro. He repeated by leading a 1-2-3-4 Yamaha Apex RTX sweep of Stock 600 ahead of Fix, Ulmer and Jerry Hauck. He finally sprinted to a win in Stock 500 on his ’07 Nytro.
Aug. 25 - Stock 600 |
| 1 |
Jim Jones - YAM |
Apex |
| 2 |
Jerry Fix - YAM |
Apex |
| 3 |
Allen Ulmer - YAM |
Apex |
| 4 |
Jerry Hauck - YAM |
Apex |
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Aug. 25 - Stock 600S |
| 1 |
Jim Jones - YAM |
FX Nytro |
| 2 |
Allen Ulmer - YAM |
FX Nytro |
| 3 |
Jerry Fix - YAM |
FX Nytro |
| 4 |
Gil Rempel |
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Aug. 25 - Stock 500 |
| 1 |
Jim Jones - YAM |
'07 Nytro |
| 2 |
Matt Lemire |
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| 3 |
Louie Hauck |
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| 4 |
John Starnes |
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Aug. 25 - Semi Pro 500 |
| 1 |
Matt Thies - YAM |
'07 Nytro |
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Sunday - Sunday’s round-two action proved a virtual repeat as Jones led a 1-2-3-4 Yamaha sweep in Stock 600 Single Pipe ahead of Ulmer, Fix and Hauck, all aboard ’08 FX Nytros. In addition, Apex RTX-mounted Jones led Hauck (Apex RTX), Randy Stodola (RX-1) and Fix (Apex RTX) for another 1-2-3-4 domination of Stock 600. Jones wrapped up the weekend by taking Stock 500 on his ’07 Nytro again, this time over Fix in second and Jack Hendricks in fourth – both also on Nytros.
“All of the races were close – they could have gone either way,” he said afterwards. “I have to credit my boss, Pat Hauck, who does a great job setting up the sleds. But I was also impressed by the FX Nytro power. It pulls off the line strong, went fast and was easy to ride.”
Aug. 26 - Stock 600 |
| 1 |
Jim Jones - YAM |
Apex |
| 2 |
Jerry Hauck - YAM |
Apex |
| 3 |
Randy Stodola - YAM |
Apex |
| 4 |
Jerry Fix - YAM |
Apex |
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Aug. 26 - Stock 600S |
| 1 |
Jim Jones - YAM |
FX Nytro |
| 2 |
Allen Ulmer - YAM |
FX Nytro |
| 3 |
Jerry Fix - YAM |
FX Nytro |
| 4 |
Jerry Hauck - YAM |
FX Nytro |
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Aug. 26 - Stock 500 |
| 1 |
Jim Jones - YAM |
'07 Nytro |
| 2 |
Jerry Fix - YAM |
'07 Nytro |
| 3 |
Matt Lemire |
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| 4 |
TJ Hendricks - YAM |
'07 Nytro |
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Aug. 26 - Semi Pro 500 |
| 1 |
Matt Thies - YAM |
'07 Nytro |
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