Sunset Ridge GNC, Walnut, IL 2006
- Updated: July 16, 2006
Jeremiah Jones went 1-1 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 truly on a terror as of late. “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, as a professional racer, Gust knows how to land from a fall and is not seriously injured.
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. “Jeremiah just decimated them!”, said team manager, Wayne Hinson while describing Jones’ back-to-back domination.
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 threat for Joe Byrd’s points lead. 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.
Meanwhile, Gust rebounded from a bad start in moto two to finish seventh and 12th overall on the day. Although extremely dissapointed with the Walnut outing, Gust with his 217 points is not out of the championship fight whatsoever.
Jones Cooks Competition
Jeremiah Jones went 1-1 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 truly on a terror as of late. “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, as a professional racer, Gust knows how to land from a fall and is not seriously injured.
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. “Jeremiah just decimated them!”, said team manager, Wayne Hinson while describing Jones’ back-to-back domination.
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 threat for Joe Byrd’s points lead. 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.
Meanwhile, Gust rebounded from a bad start in moto two to finish seventh and 12th overall on the day. Although extremely dissapointed with the Walnut outing, Gust with his 217 points is not out of the championship fight whatsoever.
