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JONES MAKES IT TWO FOR TWO FOR
SUZUKI AND YOKLEY SURVIVES THE SAND
IN POWERSPORTS ATV TOUR PEACH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
AT ECHECONNEE
 MACON,
Ga. (June 4, 2006) — Jeremiah Jones and William
Yokley won two thrilling Pro ATV finals Sunday
in the PowerSports Peach State ATV Championship,
Round 4 of the WPSA PowerSports ATV Championship
Tour. Jones rode from back to front to win the
SuperQuad Pro 450 race, while Yokley overcame a
tumble to finish first in the Pro Stock QuadTerrain Challenge event.
Jones (No. 2 Team Suzuki, Yoshimura/Suzuki)
left the gate fourth, while two-time WPSA winner
John Natalie, Jr. (No. 13 Elka, HMF,
Swift/Honda) took the lead at the start. After
taking the $1,000 Quad Magazine Holeshot Award,
Natalie put on a dominating show, moving out to
as much as five seconds in the early laps.
However, Jones was on the charge, and he took
third on lap three, and three laps later, he was
second, just behind Natalie. On lap nine, Jones
saw his shot, and he passed Natalie for the
lead.
But Natalie wasn’t finished, and he
rebounded, pulling up to Jones’ rear nerf bar
just as Jones’ quad stalled on the outside of a
turn. Jones quickly re-fired his machine, and he
led the final two laps for the win, the second
for Suzuki this weekend. Natalie finished
second, marking his fourth consecutive podium.
Jones’ teammate, Doug Gust, who won yesterday’s
final on the No. 55 Team Suzuki,
Yoshimura/Suzuki, was third, earning him his
third podium this season.
“I loved being out there, battling
everybody,” said Jones. “The Honda guys had
something for us all weekend long. Luckily,
Mother Nature took care of us with the weather,
and that definitely played a factor for us this
weekend. WPSA is brand new to the sport and this
is very exciting. I hope it keeps growing
because I’m really enjoying running over here.
“Suzuki and Yoshimura have really been behind
us this year with this new 450,” added Jones.
“I’m glad just to be able to ride it.”
The Pro Stock QuadTerrain Challenge final was
another study in back-to-front riding, as Yokley,
while challenging ATVriders.com Rock’n’Roll $500
bonus winner Scott Kilby (No. 227 Can-Am, Maxxis,
Moose/Can-Am) for the lead, pegged a log in the
log-jam section and went over the bars of his
quad. Quick work paid off, as Yokley hopped back
on, restarted, and made up five places in three
laps to take the lead from Michael Swift (No.
217 Can-Am, Maxxis, Rox/Can-Am) on lap five.
From there, Yokley was untouched as he cruised
to victory, ahead of Brock Parker (No. 493
Can-Am) and Chris Borich (No. 2 Honda).
“I picked my way from the back, but I was
going for the lead and I stuffed a log hard,”
said Yokley, who earned his first win and his
third podium of the season. “I was thrown off
the quad and I got bummed out for a second. But
I’m used to bad things happening on the race
track, so I jumped back on and collected myself.
I picked my way back through the field, took the
lead on the last lap and I just cruised.
“Can-Am has a super-competitive team and
their riders are some of the best of the best,
but this Suzuki is a pretty good machine, as
well, and I’m having a blast on it,” concluded
Yokley.
A comprehensive results package is available
for download by clicking
here. Results and
points will also be available at
www.powersportstour.com.
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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