Hulsey Takes OMA Round 2 and the points lead As the Pro Quads got the green flag, Team Epic’s #2 Duncan Racing/Maxima Oils/Quadtech rider Bryan Hulsey got off the line in second place with a freight train of riders in tow. Team Epic’s 2010 OMA Nationals Champion John Pitts on his Blingstar/kalguard/Liquid Performance backed ride, suffered a rare bad start and was on a mission to make up time to catch the leaders. As lap one drew to a close, Bryan Hulsey on his Dirtworks Motorsports/RK Chains ride, slid around the leader to lead the scoring on lap one and John Pitts on the Dirtworks Motorsports/RK Chains bike fighting through the pack of pros to complete the first lap in 4th.
Duncan Racing/Maxima Oils/UM Performance’s Bryan Hulsey blasts into the lead at the end of lap one
Bryan Hulsey
As the track started to deteorate, the battle was on for the lead position. Several times over the next few laps Spider Graphics/JE Pistons/Maier Plastic’s Bryan Hulsey would swap positions by taking different lines, fighting through a couple of bottlenecks and battling hard for the lead.
Team Epic’s Moose Racing/Vee Rubber sponsored John Pitts was fighting his own gremlins as the water started to cause electrical issues that would slow his charge and make it difficult to keep a decent pace and would at times stall him out and force him have to play catch up.
John Pitts
At the end of lap six, Epic Racing’s ARS-FX/Exit Shocks/Bosch Tools backed Bryan Hulsey would take over second place when the leader pitted for goggles. He rode with the new leader for a mile or so when the #2 of Hulsey to reclaimed the lead.
With a clear track ahead of him, the EBC Brakes/K&N Filters/Precision Racing backed Hulsey started to put in some clean consistent laps to finish a solid 29 seconds ahead of second place. “Every time I would pass into the lead, they would find a line back around me, so I decided to follow for a while and not push for the lead any more” said a relieved Vee Rubber Tires/ODI Grips sponsored Bryan Hulsey. “My equipment held up great throughout the race and I used the same pair of Smith Roll-Offs all day. Also I credit my Powermadd Gauntlets for keeping my hands clean and dry, so I didn’t have to pit except for gas going out for the last lap and that was just in case. I played it safe today and it worked out in the end. I was glad to see the checkered flag because when it is muddy like this, anything could happen”.
Bryan Hulsey
The spitting and sputtering, hard fighting Maier Plastic/Motion Pro sponsored John Pitts would end the day with a fifth place finish. “I didn’t have a really good start, but I worked up to the leaders when my bike started to have electrical water issues which was making the bike not hardly run at times and even stall out completely” said a frustrated Pitts. “Sometimes I would have to kick it 10-15 times to get it to fire back up when it would die. I am just glad it is over and it made it to the finish and I am not dead last. I will get it all sorted out and be back to do it again in Tennessee”
Duncan Racing/Exit Shocks/Pivot Works’ Bryan Hulsey stands center atop of the podium of OMA Nationals round 2 in Ft. Smith Arkansas. Bryan Hulsey was also the featured rider on the awards for all of the competitors to take home showing Team Epic Racing sponsors very well.