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Rockstar Makita
Suzuki’s Gust Podiums at Unadilla & Wimmer
Brings Home Sixth
Round 7 – AMA ATV Motocross Series
New Berlin, New York - Unadilla Valley Sports
Center (June 13-14, 2009) - Rockstar Makita
Suzuki Racing‘s Doug Gust captured his second
AMA ATV Motocross podium
of the season at the Unadilla Valley Sports
Center in New Berlin, New York, over the
weekend,
thanks to a second-place finish overall. Gust
piloted his Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer
R450
to two third-place moto finishes, which
culminated in the second-place overall result.
Rockstar
Makita Suzuki teammate Dustin Wimmer returned to
racing from injury in the last round and
continues to improve. In the first moto, though,
Wimmer got tangled in a turn-one pile-up and
started from last place. Even so, he charged
hard on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer
R450
and worked his way up to 10th place. In the
second moto, Wimmer rallied and picked up an
impressive fourth-place finish. All in all,
Wimmer finished the day in sixth place overall.
In the
overall AMA ATV Motocross championship points
standings, Wimmer is in third place and
Gust is in sixth.
Doug Gust:
“It felt really good to be up on the podium
again. I had good starts and good motos, thanks
to
my Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer R450. It was
pretty intense out there, but I kept my focus
and did what I had to do. The second moto, I got
a huge stick wedged in my brakes, so I didn’t
have any brakes and that made it really hard to
hold off the other guys. Now I’m just working on
training a lot so I can be on top of the podium
at the next round.”
Dustin Wimmer:
“I got caught in a first-turn pile-up and was
dead last, but I just put my head down and
worked
up as much as I could. My Rockstar Makita Suzuki
QuadRacer R450 was running awesome, as
usual. We did a couple of shock and motor
changes on Friday night and Sunday, and
everything
was working great. My shoulder was feeling
better for this round and I feel like it’s
getting stronger
every day. I’ve been doing a lot of extra
training and I am hoping to be back on the
podium at
the next round. Meanwhile, it was great to see
Doug on the podium again.”
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing will race next
at .the AMA ATV Summer National at Muddy Creek
Raceway in Blountville, Tennessee, the weekend
of June 27-28, 2009.
AMA Pro ATV Motocross Top 10
Finishers:
1. Chad Wienen, Kawasaki
2. Doug Gust, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing
3. John Natalie Jr., Can-Am
4. Josh Upperman, Honda
5. Jeremy Lawson, Can-Am
6. Dustin Wimmer, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing
7. Richard Pelchat, Can-Am
8. Greg Gee, Honda
9. Harold Goodman, Honda
10. Patrick Brown, Yamaha
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