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Team Yoshimura Suzuki
Splits Wins Again at Steel City -- Gust-1/Jones-1
 Delmont
PA -- June 18, 2006 -- Steel City Raceway
was a new venue for the 9th round of the
ATVA Motocross Nationals. But it was deja-vu for Team Yoshimura Suzuki with
Gust and Jones splitting the wins for
the second event in a row.
Doug Gust
Jeremiah Jones |
Gust got the holeshot in moto one with
Jones not far behind. Jeremiah got cut
off at the first off camber turn, and
Doug was passed mid-way through the
first lap by a hard charging Keith
Little. Doug passed and pulled ahead
at the half-way mark and drove it home.
Jeremiah just didn't seem to be able to
get the after burners engaged on this
moto, but was able to salvage the race
in 5th.
"Once I got my act together," Gust
reflected after the race, "I was able to
pass Little and go for the win. It was
an easy, comfortable ride. I wasn't
even pushing that hard. The Fox shocks
were working great and the Suzuki
LT-R450 just pulled me to the finish."
The second moto was a whole different
race. Coming out of the second turn it
was a full out melee with Jones just
scraping his way out early. "It was a
mess. I had someone hung on my rear
tire and I was just dragging him through
there. I was lucky to get out," Jones
said.
Gust was not so lucky. "Jeremy Lawson
was in front of me," Gust explained. "I
got tapped and pushed into him and
someone else. We were really stuck
bad." Once free, it took Doug three
laps to catch up with the last place
rider. But then the march began. Gust
was on, on a mission, one by one they
fell as he tore past riders methodically
attacking the technical course. The
crowd cheered him on as they watched one
angry and driven man go from last place
to 5th in less than 30 minutes.
Overall, Gust tied Dustin Wimmer for
third but received the 4th position due
to the tiebreaker - placement in the
second moto. Jones went home with 2nd
overall behind a very happy Keith Little
who won the overall with a 2/1 moto
score.
Team Yoshimura Suzuki Programs Partners
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- Fox Racing Shox - Galfer -
AC Racing - BMC Filters - Tag - Regina - RPM -
Walsh Racecraft - Quad Tech - Douglas Wheel -
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