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Team Suzuki/Yoshimura Racers survive the
sands of Macon GA
 LIZELLA, GA - March19, 2006 - The normally
rough Echeconnee track in Macon was graded on
Saturday night and provided the riders with an
uncharacteristic smooth track early Sunday - but
it got rough as the day wore on. The first moto
of the 4th Round if the ATVA MX Nationals went
off under cloudy skies and a shower of sand!
Doug Gust got out in eighth place, while
Jeremiah was 15th. On the first lap another
rider high-sided into Jeremiah and both went
down. By the time Jeremiah got going again he
was dead last. By moto's end he worked his way
up to 15th.
Doug was having a better go of it and at the
¾ mark had worked up to second. He closed a 12
second gap to leader John Natalie down to four
seconds, but ran out of time.
Moto two went off with rain coming down. It
wasn't too bad though and the sandy surface held
up well. Doug gated around 7th with Jeremiah
right behind him in eighth. Jeremiah went around
Doug about halfway and he finished up with 4th
for the moto. Jeremiah's 15 - 4 moto scores
netted him a ninth overall.
Doug started managed to work his way up to
fifth place in the second moto. "I just couldn't
seem to get going any better than that. I just
stayed there," Gust explains. "It was a bad day.
I just didn't feel 'on' all weekend." His 2-5
moto scores translated into 3rd overall on the
day.
Team manager Wayne Hinson was philosophical
on the day: "We gave it our best shot and it
just wasn't our day. We just got beat. The bikes
worked good and it was a hot and cold race for
us," Hinson said. "We need to really work on our
starts for sure. The bike is making too much
power mid-track and we are spinning the tires.
We're going to make some adjustments with the
mapping to mellow the power out a bit in that
area...that should fix it for Budds Creek."
Gust is back in Wisconsin and doing a little
cross training on snowmobiles. He concurs with
Hinson, "I need to work on my starts so that I
can start out in front instead of working my way
up through the pack."
And out front is where we hope to see Gust
and Jones on April 2nd at Budds Creek, MD.
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