Joe Byrd, taking advantage of a restart, beat 11 other ATV riders to the first corner of the Kawasaki Trail en route to winning the Great Outdoor Games' second Four Wheel Frenzy eight-lap qualifying race Friday night at Disney’s Wide World of Sports ® complex. This is the first time ATVs are participating in the Games.

Byrd was third off the line on the original start, but when four quads at the back of the pack tangled and stalled in Turn 1, officials ordered a restart. Byrd, from Union City, Tenn., jumped to the front and pulled away to advance to tonight's main event. “I was upset,” the Honda TRX450 rider said of the restart. “I was afraid my start would not be as good. Turns out I was wrong.”

Jason Luburgh of Zanesville, Ohio won the first eight-lap qualifying race, getting the holeshot, which is the first rider to the first turn.

Minutes before the first race, a hard rain drenched the track. It put the track's wooden pond jump structure under water. Race officials, worried that the bikes would lose traction on the stretch leading to the jump, had riders in both races avoid the pond.

“The rain worked out perfectly,” Luburgh said. “I think everyone else was a little leery. Goggles were fogging up.”

The top six from each heat qualified for the main event, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Twelve other riders raced in a Last Chance Qualifier earlier Friday with the top four advancing to the main event. They are:

The complete list of athletes who qualified for ESPN’s Great Outdoor Games Four Wheel Frenzy final race are:

Jason Luburgh, Zanesville, Ohio
Jeremiah Jones, Bowling Green, Ky.
Kory Ellis, Redding, Calif.
Travis Spader, Point Pleasant, N.J.
Jason Dunkelberger, Trevorton, Pa.
Joe Byrd, Union City, Tenn.
Doug Gust, Salem, Wis.
Dustin Wimmer, Center Valley, Pa.
John Natalie, Houtzdale, Pa.
Pat Brown, Flemington, N.J.
Tavis Cain, McKinleyville, Calif.
Bill Ballance, Smith Grove, Ky.
Doug Eichner, El Cajon, Calif.
William Yokley, Tompkinsville, Ky.
Cody Miller
Rocco Arno

The race is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. at Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex.