Martin Dominates OMA Series

Motion Pro would present the OMA Nationals round 6 Spring Creek GP in Millville, Minnesota. The renowned track of the outdoor Spring Creek Motocross National owned and operated by former motorcycle off road Champion, John Martin. It would be Pro rookie Shane Gaunt (Gaunt Motorsports / Maxxis / Torc / Streamline Breaklines / Scott Goggles) who would take the holeshot and lead the first four laps until he would succumb to electrical failure.

"I was looking to do pretty good today," said Gaunt. "I've been riding every day and stuff. I thought we had our stuff together. My bike died over there and I couldn't get it started, and then all of a sudden it started. I made it to over there, and it died and I couldn't get it started again."

Kyle Martin (Maxxis / Dirtworks Motorsports (Willow Springs, MO) / Fly Racing / Scott / HMF) would seize the opportunity and take the win on lap nine by two minutes and twenty seconds ahead of Matt Lindle. John Pitts would capture the final podium spot, and the A class Honda machine of Andrew Snyder was the final racer to complete nine laps of the grueling event. Snyder took first in his class and fourth place overall. The top five was rounded out by Utility class racer Darryl Rath aboard his big Polaris.

Martin stated "Shane Gaunt was running a good pace. He ran in to some problems, so I was able to get the lead." I ran into some overheating trouble, I wasn't going to quit. After the race he said "we're just checking up right now. This sandy soil really plugs up the radiator." The team checked the bike over and found a significant number of issues. "I was able to melt the brackets off my fan on my radiator," stated Martin. "I burnt most of my oil and I'm sure I spewed out all of my anti-freeze. Real rough on the bike today as far as the heat and I think some of the other guys had that come in to play for them as well." This makes Kyle Martin's third consecutive OMA Nationals win, giving him a forty one points lead.

Matt Lindle would make his first debut for this year. "I had to kick it a few times," he said. "I ran behind two guys for the first two laps. We were racing hard. I got around the one and just was slowly catching back up to the other guy. I got around him and just kept my head down and kept pushing. Then on the last lap my chain came off two times, so I had to get it back on... whoever won, he was out there a ways. I didn't have anything for him."

Finishing out the podium was Missouri racer John Pitts (Vee Rubber / Rekluse /Moose Racing / DR). Overheating was also an issue for Pitts. "The overheat light came on about the second lap," recalled Pitts. "I said, I'm not pulling out again. I've done it before. I'm just gonna run it." The decision to take a chance on his machine worked well for Pitts today, setting him up with the final podium spot. "Bryan (Hulsey) threw a bucket of water on it and cooled it down for a lap and the light came back on again," stated Pitts. "Hopefully it didn't hurt anything, but it got me to the end, at least."

Bryan Hulsey (Honda / Duncan Racing / Moose Racing / Dirt Works) would round out the top five Pro's, "I made it about three laps. My bike was overheating pretty bad. I came in one time and hosed the radiator out. I tried to just go back out for points, to see if anyone else would run in to problems and I could pick up some positions. It overheated again on the very next lap. I came in again to fill the radiator and tried to go out again for the third time, and it still was running hot." Hulsey was having second thoughts about his decision. "It was so early in the race that I knew it wouldn't finish, But seeing everybody else finish with hot motors is starting to make me think. Maybe I should have went ahead and tried to finish. I'll go away with a few points, not too much. Hopefully I won't get hurt too bad."

Round 7 will be presented in the state of Missouri (Festus) where three of the top four point's leaders reside. See omanationals.com for more information.

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