Press Release

DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha - Freestone MX


Wortham,
TX.

(May 28, 2011) The AMA MX National Series made its move towards the
eastern direction this past weekend by landing in the state of Texas
and racing at Freestone County Raceway. The second stop on the
circuit, track conditions and exceptionally hot weather at this race
would prove to show what each rider had within themselves. DNA Shred
Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha’s top contending riders, #25 Ryan Sipes,
#35 Kyle Cunningham, #387 Gareth Swanepoel, #533 Gannon Audette, and
#1 Jessica Patterson, as well as, #76 Kyle Partridge who is racing
the 450, all knew that they were provided with the tools for a
successful outing, and now it was time to get to work.




Moto
one went into session, and for the first time in outdoor competition,
Cunningham started strongly in 5th,
and was followed by Swanepoel in 6th,
Sipes held 9th.
However the other Star Racing pilot Audette, circulated in 22nd
with tons of work in his near future. But with the heat index
reaching high temperatures, the boys put their heads down and mounted
some serious attacks. Up front #35 was proving his skills; Cunningham
had battled his way to 3rd
and maintained consistent lap times as other competitors faltered.
Coming quickly to join the top five riders was Sipes now in 6th,
which put in an incredible ride and looked really solid. Upfront
Swanepoel rode with consistency, and at a pace to ensure he’d get
to the finish, while Audette forged forward into the top fifteen.
Unfortunately, Sipes had his breakthrough moment come to a halt when
he started suffering with some severe back spasms six laps into the
race, which in return caused him to pull off and call it a day
altogether. From then on, both Cunningham and Swanepoel battled
vigorously to keep their placing till the last lap. In the end,
Cunningham took a nice 3rd
place finish, Swanepoel nabbed 4th,
and the rookie Audette did good by taking 12th.




The
gate dropped for moto two with Cunningham getting another great start
holding down 4th.
Audette was off to a much better beginning sitting 10th,
while Swanepoel pursued in 18th.
In the early laps, Cunningham jumped to 2nd and was on the move,
Audette was falling back and now held 16th
position, meanwhile Swanepoel was riding his way towards the front.
Moving past the mid way point, the DNA backed riders were staying
consistent, Cunningham and Swanepoel who had been holding 3rd
and 6th
dug deep for several laps to make a dent into the time difference
they had in front of them. Fortunately for Audette, the energy
reserve was there after the hard charging done earlier, and with that
Gannon moved back into 12th,
twenty five minutes into the race. Unfortunately, Swanepoel never
was able to enjoy his efforts, because in the closing laps his
machine encountered some issues and he was taken out due to the
mechanical. At the checkers Cunningham pulled out a 4th,
and Audette finished up 12th,
and to clarify Sipes did not start the moto due to needing more
recovery time.



Results:

Moto
1 Moto 2 = Overall Finish


Kyle
Cunningham 3rd
4th
= 3rd


Gannon
Audette 12th 12th =
10th


Gareth
Swanepoel 4th 28th =
11th


Ryan
Sipes DNF DNS




Once
again, Patterson looked to be decimating the field of WMA competitors
by winning both moto's. However, in moto one a fierce battle turned
bad as she crashed and finished out 13th.
In moto two, in great fashion Patterson led every lap going on for
the win, and went on to obtain 4th
overall.



Star
Racing is proudly supported by:


DNA
Shred Stix
,
Yamaha
Motor Corp
,
Scott
Sports
,
N-Fab,
FMF,
Cosworth,
North
County Yamaha
,
DNA
Energy Drink
,
GYTR,
Factory
Effex
,
Dunlop,
Easton
EXP
,
Enzo,
Renegade
Fuels
,
Sunstar,
Motion
Pro
,
ARC,
ODI
Grips
,
RK
Chains
,
Excel
A60 rims
,
Yamalube,
Ride
Engineering
,
Twin
Air
,
LightSpeed,
Braking,
Vortex
Ignitions
,
ICW,
JD
Built
,
Crank
Works
,
Eibach,
Met
Tec
,
Tammer
MX






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