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Wimmer Storms Back
Into Victory Lane with Muddy Creek AMA ATVMX
Sweep
Blountville, TN (June 28, 2009) - With
championship pressure mounting, Rockstar/Makita/Yoshimura
Suzuki's Defending AMA Pro ATV MX Champion
Dustin Wimmer made a major statement by grabbing
two come-from-behind moto victories and the
overall win at round eight of the 2009 ITP
Tires/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross
Championship presented by Parts Unlimited.
Tennessee's Muddy Creek Raceway hosted the
event, which also served as round seven of the
ATVA amateur tour.
"I felt great," said Wimmer, who also grabbed
the ATVSource.com Top Qualifier Award. "I want
to show these guys I can come back and be number
one."
Wimmer's dramatic return to victory lane came
less than two months after he dislocated his
shoulder in a practice crash, and then lost the
points lead while fighting to come back. In
Tennesse, he started moto one in 11th place but
charged through the pack. He began the last lap
in third place, but got around his teammate Gust
for second, and then pressured Can-Am's Jeremy
Lawson for the lead. Wimmer nailed an inside
line in a hard left-hand turn to get the lead
from Lawson and win the moto by less than a
second, with Gust right behind them in third.
Current series' leader Chad Wienen, also
suffering from a bad start, took fourth on his
Monster Energy/Kawasaki ahead of Can-Am rider
Cody Miller.
Veteran Honda rider Joe Byrd, also a title
contender, grabbed the MotorcycleUSA.com
holeshot award in the first moto, but he
eventually dropped to eighth. Byrd led the
points standings mid-way through the season, but
he is now struggling with an injury.
In moto two, Wimmer started slightly better
in fourth, with Harold Goodman grabbing the
MotorcycleUSA.com holeshot award ahead of Josh
Upperman. Wimmer soon passed his teammate Gust
for third, then tracked down the lead Honda
riders to snag the top spot. He then cruised to
his fourth win of the year, with teammate Gust
making it a 1-2 Suzuki sweep.
"I've been training hard at home, and each
race I get a little better and better," said
Gust. "The whole team is working hard, we have
an engineer here from Japan, he has really
helped tune the bikes. Also, my girlfriend and
my family came out, they helped me go."
Wienen had another bad start and fought to
another fourth-place finish. "I call it a
salvage weekend for me," said the series points
leader. "My jumps out of the gate were good, the
first moto I kind of wheelied out of the gate a
little. I got really lucky to not get hung up, I
was locked in with people both times, but we
came apart. I had to put my work in, it was
tough with the hot conditions."
Now with just a five-point lead over Wimmer,
Wienen is prepared for the stretch run. "I'm
more than confident I can put this together,"
said Wienen. "If I start near Dustin, it will
come down to who wants it more, and I believe
that with my team behind me, I think I have the
upper hand, for starting where I did and coming
through like I did this weekend, I think it
shows I want it pretty bad."
Wimmer can hold his comeback from injury up
as proof of his desire, and expectations are
high for a dramatic championship battle between
the two riders over the final three rounds.
Lawson took fourth overall on the day,
following his runner-up ride in moto one with a
ninth in moto two. Upperman's 9-3 landed him in
fifth.
Frenchman Jermie Warnia took fifth in moto
two, landing him in seventh overall behind
Goodman. Cody Miller was eighth on his Can-Am,
followed by Byrd's 8-8 scores, and Yamaha's
Thomas Brown rounded out the top ten.
Cody Grant topped Cody Gibson and Bobby Ross
in the Pro-Am Production class.
The series continues on July 18 and 19 with
the Pleasure Valley National produced by
Cernic's Racing in Armagh, Pennsylvania.
Full video coverage of the Muddy Creek event
will hit the web this Wednesday, July 1, at 7
p.m. EST with another Motosode of ATVision
Powered by Quad Off-Road Magazine. Coverage can
be viewed at
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www.atvmotocross.com
Results
Scott Southern ATV Nationals
Muddy Creek Raceway
Blountville, TN
AMA ATV Pro Class
1. Dustin Wimmer 1-1 (Suz)
2. Doug Gust 3-2 (Suz)
3. Chad Wienen 4-4 (Kaw)
4. Jeremy Lawson 2-9 (Can)
5. Josh Upperman 9-3 (Hon)
6. Harold Goodman 6-6 (Hon)
7. Jermie Warnia 10-5 (Can)
8. Cody Miller 5-10 (Can)
9. Joe Byrd 8-8 (Hon)
10. Thomas Brown 7-12 (Yam)
Series Standings (After eight of 11
rounds):
1. Chad Wienen (290/2 wins)
2. Dustin Wimmer (285/4 wins)
3. Joe Byrd
(271/1 win)
4. Doug Gust (250)
5. Josh Upperman (242)
6. Josh Creamer (224/1 win)
7.
John Natalie (203)
8. Jeremy Lawson (201)
9.
Cody Miller (169)
10. Thomas Brown (159).
About the ITP/Moose Racing AMA
ATV Motocross Championship Presented by Parts
Unlimited
The ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross
Championship Presented by Parts Unlimited is the
nation's premier amateur and professional ATV
motocross series, and competes at top motocross
facilities nationwide. The 11-round series
features the Nation's best racers, teams and
sponsors, and is America's largest and
longest-running ATV National Motocross series
with more than 20 years of competition. The
series continues to expand and produce top
talent from the amateur ranks, while keeping
close to the grassroots fun that makes people
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(ATVPG)
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promoters that host the ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV
Motocross Championship Presented by Parts
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awareness of ATV motocross through the
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