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Wisconsin ATV MX
Sponsored by
Janssen Motorsports
Round #4 Gravity Park USA - Chilton, WI
Gravity Park USA – Chilton, WI (June 13,
2009) - Round #4 for the Badger State Quad
Championship series would bring us back to
Gravity Park USA in Chilton, WI. This round
would feature some added disciplines with the
morning starting out with ST racing, then TT,
and finally MX under the lights.
In the past years, this event was a two day
event but we wanted to try something different
for this year. That changed appeared to work for
the better with 300+ entries for the day. While
the racing action was intense on the TT and ST,
everyone was waiting for the action to start on
the MX track. The Production C (17 entries),
Production A (15 entries), and Pro-Am Production
(15 entries) classes had enough entries where we
had to split the classes and run qualifiers for
each class. The race brought out some new faces
with #199 Sean Taylor coming from Montezuma,
Iowa and also some old faces with #137 Cory
Gauthier getting back into the race action. We
can’t forget about the regulars with Cody
Janssen, Eric Wenzel, DJ Spurling, Joey
Tomazevic and a handful of others on hand
competing for the $600 top prize and very nice
payouts down the line.
In heat #1 of the Pro-Am Production class,
#911 of Steve Runkel would jump to the early
lead followed by Eric Wenzel and Cory Gauthier.
However, Steve Runkel would suffer a flat rear
tire and have to settle for a 5th place for the
moto. Runkel’s flat tire would open the door for
Cory Gauthier to move to the front of the pack
and secure the 1st moto spot followed by Eric
Wenzel, Matt Mullen, and DJ Spurling. The 2nd
heat would see #25 of Cody Janssen and #199 of
Sean Taylor battle out of the gates. Cody would
be able to hold off Sean Taylor to secure the
1st place finish followed by Sean Taylor, Dalton
Hicks, and Nick Crowell. Heat #2 ended up being
15 seconds faster then heat #1 so the main event
was set to be exciting.
The main event started out with the riders
making their gate picks and then getting a
chance to recognize their sponsors and who they
were as the announcer walked down the line to
introduce them to the spectators. Tension in the
air was thick as the motors came to life the 2
minute board was raised. As the gate drop, there
would be some good battles out of the hole but
Cody Janssen would end up with the early lead.
Steve Runkel was close behind though. Behind
Runkel were some more good battles with close
racing between Sean Taylor, Eric Wenzel and Cory
Gauthier. Cody would end up holding of Runkel
until the last lap where Runkel would finally
make a pass on Janssen. However, Janssen would
have the overall for the night secured with his
1, 2 moto finishes. The flat tire and moto
finishes of 5, 1 would give Runkel a 3rd for the
overall. Sean Taylor would hang on to his 3rd
place finish in moto #2, securing a 2nd overall
with his 2, 3 finish. Rounding out the rest of
the top 5 would be Eric Wenzel and Cory
Gauthier.
There was a lot of other great racing action
on the track all night as well. In the
Production A class, Steve Runkel would secure
that win with a 1, 1 finish followed by Janssen,
Taylor, Gauthier and Wenzel. Rich Richtsmeier
would take home the win in the +25 class. Tom
Appleton would best 17 other riders in the
Production C class and Sam Rowe would take the
win in Mini Mod and Junior class.
Full results are available at
www.xtrmlive.com and also
www.WATVMX.com
The next round of action was already at
Gravity Park USA in Chilton, WI on July 11th,
which we were not at. However, early feedback
indicates Cody Janssen had an unlucky first moto
due to an engine problem and would give DJ
Spurling and Eric Wenzel the lead in the Pro-am
Production class.
The next big event is going to be this coming
weekend at the facility in Tigerton, WI, which
Digger Doug Gust helped create. The event is a
full weekend of racing with every type of ATV
competition available. The big events are going
to Cross Country Saturday morning, TT Saturday
afternoon, and then MX action Sunday morning.
Complete details available at
http://www.glqra.com/UATVfiles/2009tigerton.pdf
and the
www.fantasymotor.com site.
Visit
www.WATVMX.com for more information and
upcoming races and the Badger State Quad
Championship series.
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