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Photo - Darryl Atkins corners in fine MX style @ Las Vegas:
ROUND 7 - LAS VEGAS
Hi Everyone,
Las Vegas was the final round for the AMA Supermoto Championship at the
Paris Hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip. I did spend a lot of time
building up to Las Vegas training on my bike with my friend Ben Bostrom,
winner of the Supermoto Championship last year and X-Games in August. We did
burn up a lot of tires riding everyday for two weeks.
The Track in Vegas had a great dirt section built by Mark Peters. The only
section I did not like all weekend was the rear road section after we went
off the dirt, the asphalt was coming off and it was like riding on Ice. A
lot of the Worlds best Supermoto racers came in from Europe including World
Champion Eddy Seel, this is how it went for me.
TIME TRAINING - 10TH
HEAT RACE - 5TH
FINAL - 9TH
OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION - 6TH
COMMENTS:
It was a tuff weekend for me, I could not ride a section of the track fast
and it really cost me. I went to Vegas to try to move up to 6th in the
Championship and even though my result was not what I wanted for the day, I
was really happy to finish my first year of racing Supermoto inside the top
ten with 6th.
SPECIAL THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT TO;
Mitch Hanson and Team HMC, Ron Heben
and John Zolikoff at KTM USA, Heather Penn, my wife to be, Chuck McCarty, my
mechanic, Ben Bostrom, for all the extra training, Troy Lee Designs,
Asterisk, Utopia, Oxtar, Dunlop, Race Tech, Renthal, Polisport, One
Industries, Motorex oils, Ogio, Osiris, V.P fuels, Works connection, Bud
Racing, Uni Filter, Tyrsox tire warmers.
OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - UNLIMITED CLASS;
1 K. Nicoll, England
2 M. Dymond, Placentia, CA, USA
3 B. Carlson, West Bend, USA
4 J. Kunzel Heidenheim, Germany
5 D. Baffeleuf, Clermont Ferrand, France
6 D. ATKINS, NEW ZEALAND
7 J. Ross Hesperia, CA USA
8 C. Anderson, Provo, US
9 M. Avard, Balcolyn, NSW, Australia
10 L. Bagnis, USA
Thank you for your support and interest.
Kind regards,
Darryl Atkins
