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Team Yoshimura/Suzuki
dominate Macon WPSA Scorcher
 Macon,
GA – June 5, 2006 - The third and fourth
rounds of the new WPSA Super Quad Pro
450 racing series took place this
Saturday and Sunday near Macon, Georgia.
Donny Bank's beautifully maintained
Echeconnee track is a tough enough on a
good day. Lot's of sand, deep whoops,
and challenging terrain make this track
well respected by the ATV Pro's. This
year it had all that plus triple digit
temperatures to really test the riders.
The end result of both days racing was
predictable; Team Yoshimura/Suzuki continues to
win.
Saturday's race was a scorcher with the
best-conditioned athletes coming out on top.
"Digger" Doug Gust came off the line about 4th
with teammate Jeremiah "The Gunslinger" Jones a
few places back. Doug put in some nice moves and
soon was challenging John Natalie Jr. for the
lead. On lap nine, Gust passed John on the
outside and set sail. Gust dominated the rest of
the race while teammate Jones moved up to second
place.
Gust was pretty happy after the main event
win, "I came out about 4th. I passed a couple of
guys and then passed John Natalie for the lead.
I was a little stronger than him today… and just
won it! Jeremiah got passed him too and got
second. Man, it was really hot out there!"
The Suzuki one-two punch has been a common
occurrence lately and one that team manager
Wayne Hinson likes. "The team is hitting on all
cylinders right now. Things are coming together
pretty well. Doug and Jeremiah are really riding
fast and these new Suzuki's are just flat
awesome. The LT-R's respond to every change
we've done in set-up. They just keep getting
better every race".
On Sunday, John Natalie pulled out an early
lead only to be run down and passed by Jeremiah
Jones on lap three. Jones seemed to be poised to
pull away but a bobble in a turn let Natalie
back into the lead. Jones re-fired his LT-R450
Suzuki and took off after the hard charging
Natalie. With two laps left to go, Jeremiah
re-passed Natalie and headed on to the checkers
and the win. Yesterday's winner, "Digger" Doug
Gust rode a steady but uneventful race to third.
Jones was tired but thrilled by his, and the
teams results, "My heat races didn’t go to good.
I got 4th in both. As for the main, I had to
fight hard in the end to win. I got a bad start,
probably 4th, and had to pass Wimmer and
Natalie. They had got out front and had set a
pretty fast pace. It took me a while before I
got up to Wimmer. I got around Wimmer and then
two to three laps later John started fading out
cuz it was around 100 degrees out there. I ended
up catching up to Natalie and then pressured him
and then got around him."
When asked why the heat didn’t seem to impact
him so bad he answered: "I've been training down
at my father-in-law's place in South Carolina.
So I'm used to the heat... and I'm in pretty
good shape - probably the best shape that I've
ever been in. We're racing every weekend, so it
that also helps keep me fit."
After the heat of Macon, everyone is ready
for a weekend off. Back to back races every
weekend with both the GNC and WPSA series makes
for a grueling schedule for riders and crew
alike. Time for a little R&R and then on to
Steel City and hopefully another Team
Yoshimura/Suzuki podium domination.
Team Suzuki/Yoshimura Programs Partners
American Suzuki - Yoshimura R&D of America -
Hinson Clutch Components - Dunlop Tires - Motul
- Fox Racing Shox - Galfer - AC Racing - BMC
Filters - Tag - Regina - RPM - Walsh Racecraft -
Quad Tech - Douglas Wheel - Motion Pro -
Precision Steering Stabilizer - VP Fuels -
Mechanix Wear - Pro Design
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