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Jones Sizzles At Sunset
Ridge - Cooks Competition In One-One Sweep
 Walnut, IL - July 16, 2006 - Jeremiah Jones
went 1-1 this weekend making the 11th round of
ATVA MX Nationals his own private playground.
Jones's back-to-back first place motos
catapulted him from fourth to second in overall
points. Jones is well and truly on a terror.
"In the first moto, I came out of the hole
shot in second behind Harold Goodman, with Doug
(Gust) right behind me. After we pulled past
Harold, we put on one heck of a battle."
Jones and Gust traded the lead for several
laps. The race seemed destined to recreate
another one-two punch from Team Yoshimura
Suzuki. But with three laps to go, teammate
Doug Gust suffered an unknown problem and bailed
off of a large jump in mid-air. Fortunately,
Doug was able to get away from the quad and
although battered, suffered no serious injury.
"I got pretty banged up for sure. Gust said.
"I nearly endo'd the bike and went right off the
track. I went on to ride the second moto, but it
was tough."
"It's just the worst thing that can happen to
a rider," added Team Manager Wayne Hinson
"You're in the air and coming down knowing
you're going to wreck time to bail out! Luckily,
Gust is Pro enough to know how to control a
fall.
In the second moto, Jones hammered to the
lead early and never looked back. "I got the holeshot and just ran a clean race from start to
finish." The competition was no match for Jones
and his LT-R450, and he finished in first place
with 15 seconds between him and the second place
finisher.
 Hinson had only a few words to describe
Jones' back-to-back domination: "Jeremiah just
decimated them!"
Jeremiah was excited to have a third set of
double moto wins in a GNC Championship
competition.? "I had a great day," Jones said.
"The bike was just haulin' for me and I was on!"
And so he was. With Jones now in second
place with 219 points, he has become a serious
contender for the title. Given Jones early
season point deficit it seems impossible, but
here he is. If Jones can pull this off, it would
be one of the biggest comebacks in GNC racing
history. Gust is not to be counted out with 217
points, and the pair will surely continue to be
a dangerous duo as Team Yoshimura Suzuki
continues to push for wins.
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