DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha - Freestone Motocross

Wortham,
TX - 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. Being a fairly new 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, #20 Broc Tickle,
#48 Max Anstie, #341 Nico Izzi, #577 Martin Davalos and #2 Jessica
Paterson 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
Izzi started strongly, 5^th
and was followed by
Tickle in 15^th,
Davalos held 20^th.
However the other Star Racing pilot Anstie, circulated in 38^th
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 #341 was proving his skills; Izzi had
battled his way to 3^rd
and maintained consistent lap times as other competitors faltered.
Coming quickly to join the top ten was Tickle, who put in an
incredible ride from the back and looked really solid. Farther back
Davalos rode with a conservative pace to get him to the finish, while
Anstie forged forward without rear brakes into the top twenty.
Unfortunately Izzi had his breakthrough moment come to a halt when
his body overheated, which caused him to pull off. From then on, both
Tickle and Anstie aggressively took themselves upward till the last
lap. In the end, Tickle took a nice 8^th
place finish, Davalos nabbed 13^th,
and the rookie Anstie did good by taking 15^th.

The
gate dropped for moto two with Davalos getting a great start holding
down 6^th.
Tickle was off to a much better beginning sitting 10^th,
while Anstie pursued in 11^th.
In the early laps, Davalos slipped to 12^th
and was struggling, Tickle was able to move up to the 7^th
position, and Anstie was riding right on his teammate’s rear wheel
just as he had begun. Moving past the mid way point, Davalos was
still off the pace but fighting hard to stay in contention. Meanwhile
the other DNA backed riders were staying consistent, Tickle and
Anstie who had been holding 7^th
and 8^th
dug deep for several laps to make a dent into the time difference
they had in front of them. Fortunately, the energy reserve was there
after the hard charging done earlier, and with that Tickle moved into
5^th
twenty five minutes into the race. Anstie was on a mission to prove
things as well, seeing him take to the rear of Tickle once again.
With three laps to go, both riders were the strongest on the track,
putting the pressure on the fatigued competition allowed them to
march into 3^rd
and 4^th.
Never even minutely settling, on the final lap in the final feet to
the finish line Tickle swooped up 2^nd
while Max almost took 3^rd
but ran out of time and settled for a impressive 4^th.
At the checkers Davalos pulled out a 9^th,
and to clarify Izzi did not start the moto due to needing more
recovery time.

Results:

Moto 1 Moto 2 = Overall Finish

Broc
Tickle 8^th 2^nd
= 4^th

Max
Anstie 15^th 4^th =
9^th

Martin
Davalos 13^th 9^th =
11^th

Nico
Izzi DNF DNS

Once
again, Patterson decimated the field of WMA competitors by winning
both motos, and in great fashion she led every lap except for three
with both motos combined together.

Next
race: High Point MX park-Mt. Morris, PA

A
big thanks goes out to these great sponsors.

DNA
Shred Stix, Division 7, Yamaha Motor Corp, FLY Racing, DNA Energy,
NCY, Bell Helmets, Easton ExP, FMF, Sunstar, Factory Effex, Dunlop,
Enzo, DC Shoes, RK Chains, Yamalube, GYTR, Ride Engineering, Mechanix
Wear, Twin Air, Lightspeed, ARC, Braking, Vortex Ignitions, CP
pistons, Web Cams, ICW, JD Built, Renegade Fuels, Crank Works,
Eibach, EVOMX fuel foam,
Met Tec, Champion Tools.