DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha - Pala Motocross

The
AMA Motocross series came to a conclusion over the weekend at Pala MX
Park in Pala, California. . DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha
comprised of #20 Broc Tickle, #341 Nico Izzi, #577 Martin Davalos,
newcomer #942 Gareth Swanepoel, and #2 Jessica Patterson went out
with one of its most successful races of the season, seeing Patterson
clinch her sixth WMX championship, and our other members ride on to
finishes high up in the standings.

The
big highlight came out of Patterson in moto one, getting out to a 2^nd
place start, she then settled in there for a half of a lap. Riding at
her best and wanting to win the championship in grand fashion,
Patterson made the pass into the lead at the close of lap one. From
there, she held a pace that put the Yamaha pilot far out front.
Leading the entire race convincingly, Jessica successfully clinched
the national title. “Her dedication to accomplishing this feat has
been incredible, and we are so proud as a team to be a part of her
great season” said team owner Bobby Regan. In moto two, Patterson
rode a smart race on a very rough and sketchy track. Hounding the
leader for the whole race, she’d go on to place 2^nd
happily after already winning the war earlier.

In
moto one for the Star boys final race, Tickle started off in a 11^th
but within a lap had moved up to 9^th.
Running the speed of the leaders, Tickle went to work and through the
halfway mark he sat in 8^th.
Lap nine saw the Yamaha pilot takeover 7^th,
and then two laps later he made a clean pass into 5th. At this point
he showed strength by finding his lines and breaking away; as he went
on to take the 5^th
position at the checkers. Also in moto one, the rest of the Star
squad all came out pretty well with Izzi 12^th,
Davalos 14^th,
and Swanepoel was landed on and choose to concentrate on moto two.

In
moto two, it was Davalos and Swanepoel who acquired good starts and
continued on riding outstandingly through the race. Early on Davalos
paced himself in 4^th
until the midway point when he dropped back to 5^th.
Meanwhile, Swanepoel raced up to near his teammate, holding down 7^th
and he was applying the pressure to move forward. In return, a hard
fought day for the South African would result in a solid 8^th.
Fortunately, after a crash in the second turn, Tickle kept it
together and mounted one of his notorious charges to the front. In
doing so, Tickle salvaged a 9^th
place finish.

Results:

Moto
1 Moto 2 = Overall Finish

Broc
Tickle 5^th
9^th =
8^th

Martin
Davalos 14^th
6^th
= 9^th

Gareth
Swanepoel 38^th
8^th
= 14^th

Nico
Izzi 12^th
39^th
= 18^th

With
the twelve race championship in the books, the series rankings shaped
up with our riders:

Tickle
7^th,
Davalos 9^th
Izzi 15^th
Anstie 20^th

Star
Racing thanks our valued sponsors for their great assistance.

DNA
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Enzo, DC Shoes, RK Chains, Yamalube, GYTR, Ride Engineering, Mechanix
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pistons, Web Cams, ICW, JD Built, Renegade Fuels, Crank Works,
Eibach, EVOMX fuel foam,
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