Press Release

Dragon Racing Fuels Race Report – Budds Creek

Mechanicsville, MD
Budds Creek proved to be disappointing for the Team Dragon Racing Fuels
#175 Phil Nicoletti. With solid qualifying times Phil and the Team were
excited about the day ahead.


As the gate dropped in the first moto, Nicoletti came off the start in
16th place. Working his way through the 13th spot, Phil battled with
Tommy Searle for the 12th position. With confidence building as
Nicoletti pushed towards the top ten riders, fate reared up and bit
hard. Nicoletti‘s bike experienced a rare clutch problem that forced him
out of the moto early. Between moto’s, the team worked hard to get the
problem resolved and had his bike ready for the second moto.


In the second moto, Nicoletti lined up in the first gate on the inside
and visually drew his line towards the first turn. When the gate
dropped, he grabbed a handful of throttle and headed into the corner
banging bars with Justin Barcia and Christophe Pourcel for the holeshot.
Coming into the turn, Nicoletti was pinched tightly and picked up a
piece of the tough block cover in his rear wheel. Unaware of the problem
he came out in 12th position. Phil worked his way up and battled with
Martin Davalos for the 9th position. Blake Wharton jumped into the
battle and it was a three way race for the position at that point.
Wharton passed Nicoletti and the chase was on. With Trey Canard now
chasing the group, Nicoletti was pushing and riding hard. As Phil was
screaming hard down Henry Hill, his rear break became clogged with the
piece of a tough block cover he picked up on the first turn and his rear
brake failed causing him to go over the bars. Unable to fix the problem
on the track he was forced into an early exit from the moto. Nicoletti
went (39) (36) giving him a 39th overall.


AG Motorsports, Team Dragon Racing Fuels/1-866-KTM-PART would like to
thank their sponsors for their incredible support; Dragon Racing Fuels,
1-866-KTM-PART, Motorex, PR2 Racing, Fox Shox, Dunlop Tires, MGX
Unlimited, DUBYA, KSR Wheels, K&N Engineering, Gold Fren Brake
Power, DT1, TAG Metals, Cycra Plastics, FMF Racing, Boyesen Engineering,
and Mechanix Wear.


Dragon Racing Fuels is solely manufactured by Performance Products Inc. a
division of Newton Oil Company Inc. based in Lafayette, Indiana. Dragon
Racing Fuels can be purchased from elite distributors nationwide. Stay
tuned for upcoming news from Team Dragon Racing Fuels.

www.dragonracingfuels.com
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