THE NELSON REPORT

THE NELSON REPORT

Dustin Nelson, Tem Motoworld's quad phenom took to the track this last weekend and continued to show why he is the champ... Read below about Dustin's weekend and keep checking in on his progress!

Yamaha/ITP Quadcross Series Round 2 Arizona Cycle Park, Buckeye, AZ 4/12/09
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.
Heat One: First round winner Jeremie Warnia and I rocketed off the start line 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 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 ahead of Warnia and Baker.
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 race pass on Justin Noss to claim second and Noss held on for third.
Main Event: My #94 YFZ-R pulled me to a great holeshot just 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 back in. 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 over Warnia. Baker took third followed by Hunter Miller, 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.

Top Ten:
1) Dustin Nelson Yam
2) Jeremie Warnia
3) Sage Baker Can
4) Hunter Miller
5) Jason Dunkleberger
6) Jason Fife KTM
7) Jesse Goss Suz
8) Justin Noss Yam
9) Mike Machado Hon
10) Scotty King Hon

We got one, now I just need to keep the ball rolling.