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Wienen Wins Wild
Weekend at Sunset Ridge National
Walnut, IL (May 4, 2009) - Monster Energy
Kawasaki's Chad Wienen brought home his first
win of the season in front of throngs of excited
fans at his home track during round five of the
AMA Pro ATV MX championship at the Sunset Ridge
National in Walnut, Illinois. Wienen went 1-1 in
perfect weather conditions to close down the
point's margin and moves into third place for
the Championship. This is the first round since
series leader Dustin Wimmer has been out with an
injury and he drops to second in the points
behind new series leader Joe Byrd, who struggled
during the day with 6-19 moto scores. Warnert
Racing Can-Am's Cody Miller nabbed second
followed by Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Doug Gust
in third. The Sunset Ridge National event also
marked round four of the amateur portion of the
ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross
Championship presented by Parts Unlimited.
"I just felt really comfortable and got great
starts which helped me along the entire
weekend," Wienen said. "It was just a weekend
where everything came together and I don't think
anything could have gone better for me. Having
my fans cheering me on made my job a lot
easier."
Wienen started the weekend off right, taking the
$100
ATVSource.com Top Qualifier Award, but it
was his teammate Josh Creamer that grabbed the
$250
MotorcycleUSA.com holeshot award in moto
one. Creamer held the lead until the third lap,
until Wienen rocketed past him to take over the
top spot all the way to the checkers. With more
than half the race over Motoworks Can-Am's
Jeremy Lawson, who started in the middle of the
pack, also passed Creamer to move into second
place. The lone Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider for
the weekend, Doug Gust, turned the pressure on
Creamer in the last lap, but Creamer outlasted
him to come in third.
After the first four riders left the inside gate
pick option open, Warnert Racing Can-Am's Cody
Miller snagged it to secure a great starting
position. Miller not only earned his team their
first moto lead of the year, but also grabbed
his first Pro holeshot ever by taking the second
$250
MotorcycleUSA.com holeshot award.
"On the hot lap it really hooked up for a good
line and when I came around in the start, I was
like, 'holy [cow], I've never been up here
before, this is wild,'" Miller said of his first
Pro holeshot ever. "Then I got passed four times
and I started to settle down and concentrate and
when the race was over, I thought there might
have been a chance I was on the podium so to get
second overall I couldn't believe it."
Wienen stayed close behind Miller in second
place, with Lawson, Baldwin Honda's Josh
Upperman and Creamer following in lap one.
Having a less than perfect weekend, Honda's Joe
Byrd finished sixth in moto one and stalled in
the first lap of the second and did not re-enter
the race.
Creamer spun out in lap two and dropped to 16th
place, leaving space for Lawson to move in
second place until the eighth lap when his axle
broke. Creamer recovered enough to salvage
eighth and securing just one spot shy of the
podium in fourth overall. Upperman was able to
move into second place all the way to the finish
collecting fifth overall. Motoworks Can-Am's
Frenchman, Jeremie Warnia from Paris, France had
a stellar weekend by moving up the pack from
seventh to fourth by the motos end taking home
sixth overall.
Yamaha's Patrick Brown found his way back into
the Top 10 after a rough start to the season by
finishing seventh and tenth for a 7th overall to
the day.
Rounding out the Top 10 Overall were the rest of
the Can-Am field including Brandon Smith earning
his highest overall of the season in 8th,
followed by John Natalie in 9th after a stellar
second moto finishing 3rd. Jeremy Lawson's tough
break relegated him to 18th for the second moto
but still managing a Top 10 with 10th overall.
Kawasaki's Cody Gibson continues his Pro-Am
Production domination collecting the two moto
wins for the overall followed by Cody Grant who
earned consecutive 2-2 scores and Josh Williams
who has improved each race this season landing
him on the podium for the first time this
season.
ATVision powered by Quad Magazine brings you
high quality coverage of the Sunset Ridge
National this coming Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m.
on
www.quadmagazine.com.
The ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross
Championship continues May 23 and 24 with the
Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Penn. For more
information visit
www.atvmotocross.com.
Results of the ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV
Motocross Championship presented by Parts
Unlimited
Round 5 - Sunset Ridge National, Walnut,
Illinois
AMA Pro ATV Results
1. Chad Wienen (Kaw) 1-1
2. Cody Miller (CAN) 5-5
3. Doug Gust (SUZ) 4-6
4. Josh Creamer (KAW) 3-8
5. Josh Upperman (HON) 10-2
6. Jeremie Warnia (CAN) 8-4
7. Patrick Brown (YAM) 7-10
8. Brandon Smith (CAN) 11-7
9. John Natalie (CAN) 16-3
10. Jeremy Lawson (CAN) 2-18
AMA ATV Motocross Championship Pro Point
Standings
1. Joe Byrd (195/1 win); 2. Dustin Wimmer (184/3
wins); 3. Chad Wienen (164/1 win); 3. Josh
Creamer (153); 5. Josh Upperman (135); 6. Doug
Gust (130); 7. John Natalie (129); 8. Jeremy
Lawson (122); 9. Clay Holmes (116); 10. Cody
Miller (109).
Pro-Am Production Results
1. Cody Gibson (KAW) 1-1
2. Cody Grant (SUZ) 2-2
3. Josh Williams (SUZ) 4-3
4. Chase Snapp (SUZ) 3-4
5. Casey Martin (HON) 5-5
6. Brandon Stout (YAM) 7-6
7. Joseph Bruening (KTM) 6-8
8. Travis Moore (HON) 9-9
9. Landen Hurst (PLS) 8-10
10. William Cottage (HON) 11-11
AMA ATV Motocross Championship Pro-Am Production
Point Standings
1. Cody Gibson (115/3 wins); 2. Cody Grant (80/1
win); 3. Chase Snapp (70); 4. Casey Martin (60);
5. Travis Moore (58); 6. Joseph Bruening (57);
7. Devin Heimes (50); 7. Bobby Ross (50); 7.
Josh Williams (50); 10. Brandon Stout (42); 10.
William Cottage (42).
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