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JOHN NATALIE AND DARYL RATH
DO THE DOUBLE AT DANIEL BOONE
WINNING ROUND 2 OF THE 2006 WPSA POWERSPORTS ATV
TOUR
LONDON, Ky. (May 21, 2006) —John Natalie, Jr.
and Daryl Rath remain undefeated in WPSA
PowerSports ATV Championship Tour competition,
winning their Pro Class races during Sunday’s
ITP Daniel Boone ATV Championship, Round 2 of
this season’s Championship. The race was held at
the Daniel Boone MX, and was part of a double
championship weekend, which kicked off the 2006
season.
Rath (No. 67 Rath Racing/Arctic Cat) won the
QuadTerrain Challenge Pro Stock event, while
Natalie (No. 67 Elka HMF Shift/Honda) won the
SuperQuad Pro 450 QuadMX Series race. Both won
their respective classes in Round 1, held
yesterday.
Sunday’s races will be telecast on ESPN2 on
Sunday, June 11 at 1 p.m. EDT.
Harold Goodman (No. 708 American Honda Houser
Racing Curtis Sparks/Honda) took the holeshot at
the start of the SuperQuad Pro 450 final,
earning the $1,000 Quad Magazine Holeshot award,
but Natalie, coming from third, was on the
charge. Natalie took second on lap three, behind
Jeremiah Jones (No. 2 Suzuki Yoshimura
Fly/Suzuki). He then passed Jones on the next
lap, taking the lead for good. Jones dogged
Natalie during the waning laps, but settled for
second. Jason Lubergh (No. 8 Suzuki Yoshimura
BKT Fox Shocks Shift/Suzuki) grabbed third on
lap five when Goodman spun out. Goodman finished
15th.
"The race was great,” said Natalie, who now
holds a commanding lead in the SuperQuad Pro 450
Riders’ Points and has squarely placed Honda
atop the Manufacturers’ standings. “I think it
was great for the fans and ESPN2 is going to
roll with this thing. When people see this kind
of racing, they’ll be hooked. It was a nail
biter the whole time.
“I had a great weekend; I couldn’t ask for
anything more,” added Natalie. “I think the
Series is great. I’m hoping it goes of huge and
gives the kids coming up something to shoot
for.”
Jones recovered from injuries suffered in an
off Saturday to net the runner-up finish.
“This feels like a win for me today,” said
the Bowling Green, Ky. resident. “It felt good
to get up with these guys and be competitive. I
think the WPSA is really going to take off. I
really enjoyed the weekend; everything ran
smoothly and I’m looking forward to coming to
Echeconnee.”
Rath, meanwhile, came out atop a veritable
survival of the fittest in the Pro Stock
QuadTerrain Challenge race. Rath took the lead
on lap five of the 12-lap final when then-leader
William Yokley (No. 23 Arctic Cat) and Scott
Kilby (No. 227 Can-AM Maxxis Moose/Can-Am) were
slowed in the log crawl section of the course.
From there, Rath ran unchallenged. Yokley was
second, ahead of Kilby.
“Things went awesome,” said Rath, who leads
the Pro Stock Class Riders’ Championship and has
put Arctic Cat atop the Manufacturers’
Championship. “We had to dig in deep again
today. Sometimes you think about giving up when
you’re that far behind at the start of the race,
but it all worked out. Everybody did their part.
“The Tour ran the races on schedule and it’s
really nice to know when you’re racing,” added
Rath. “It’s a good deal.”
“This is huge,” said Kilby. “I never had a
bunch of four-wheel-drive quads around me
racing. We came here to have a good time and we
wound up on the podium. We had some fun, too.
This was an awesome track and I think this
Series is really going places.”
Comprehensive results for the two Pro finals
are available by visiting clicking
here (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher required). The Pro
results, along final results from all of the
other classes will be posted at
www.PowerSportsTour.com.
Other winners during the weekend were:
Class 2 - SuperQuad Pro Am: Russell Shumaker
(No. 66 Yoshimura Fox ITP/Suzuki)
Class 3 - A class: Russell Shumaker (No. 66
Yoshimura Fox ITP/Suzuki)
Class 4 - B class: Matt Bremer (No. 111 Fox Shox
Scott Odi/Honda)
Class 5 - C class: Ryan Norris (No. 37 Norris
Mechanical rage ATV OBR/Yamaha)
Class 6 - Women: Angela Butler (No. 2 FMF Media
Allstars Maxxis LoneStar/Honda
Class 7 - 16-24: Chris Williams (No. 188 Honda)
Class 8 - Plus 25: Dane Heilman (No. 7 Honda)
Class 9 - Plus 35: Randy Hurst (No. 50 Paul
Cycle EVS Scott/Yamaha)
Class 10 - Open Amateur: Joe Havel (No. 2
Yamaha)
Class 11 - Production Lites: Richard Lindsay
(No. 5 Motorworld Racing AMSOIL/Honda)
Class 12 - 0-90 Modified 8-15: Jeffrey Rastrelli
(No. 28 Hetrick Racing, JB Racing, OMF Wheels/JB)
Class 13 - 0-90 Sr. 12-15: Jeffrey Rastrelli
(No. 28 Hetrick Racing, JB Racing, OMF Wheels/JB)
Class 14 - 0-90 Jr. 8-11: Dallas Tapscott (No.
48 Hetrick Racing Jarmans Sportcycle/Honda)
Class 15 - 0-70 6-11: David Nevroski (No. 24 TBA)
Class 16 - 0-50 Sr. 6-8: Reid Eckert (No. 17
Pittman Racing, Liquid Performance, Scott/Cobra)
Class 17 - 0-50 Jr. 4-6: Collin Hitzfield (No.
11 Suzuki)
Class 19 - Pro Am Unlimited: Adam Vaughn (No. 83
Kawasaki)
The next race for PowerSports ATV
Championship Tour, part of a double championship
weekend which comprises Rounds 3 and 4 of the
Tour, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June
3-4 at Echeconnee Park in Lizella, Ga.
About the PowerSports ATV Tour
The PowerSports ATV Tour is North America’s
newest ATV racing tour and features the greatest
show on dirt. The Tour is North America’s
premier form of ATV racing, with its jumps,
gyrations and dirt-slinging racing action. The
Tour is sanctioned by the World PowerSports
Association, North America’s largest and most
respected ATV and snowmobile sanctioning body,
and promoter of ATV and snowmobile racing on
both the regional and national level.
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