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Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Wimmer Crowned ’09 AMA
ATV Motocross Champion at Final Round
Rockstar Makita
Suzuki’s Gust winds up season in fourth place
Round 11 – AMA ATV Motocross Series
Hurricane Mills, Tennessee - Loretta Lynn
Ranch (August 15-16, 2009) - Rockstar Makita
Suzuki Racing celebrated the end of the 2009 AMA
ATV Motocross season with
championship-winning style at the Loretta Lynn
Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on Sunday
afternoon. The series’ final round saw Rockstar
Makita Suzuki’s Dustin Wimmer capture his
second consecutive
AMA ATV Motocross Championship after picking up
fourth- and fifth-place moto finishes for
an overall result of fourth place. This season,
Wimmer raced his Rockstar Makita Suzuki
QuadRacer R450
to an impressive six overall victories and led
the points chase for most of the year. This feat
is even more
impressive, considering that Wimmer was injured
mid-season and had to sit out a round. With
Wimmer’s
injury, Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammate Doug
Gust picked up the proverbial slack. The veteran
rider
brought home four podium finishes aboard his
Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer R450 and wound
up
in fourth place in the overall championship
points standings. At the series’ last round at
Loretta Lynn’s,
Gust walked away with seventh- and sixth-place
moto finishes for an overall result of fifth
place.
Dustin Wimmer:
“Everything went great out there. My Rockstar
Makita Suzuki QuadRacer R450 was running
perfect. It
feels great to come back from injury and still
be able to win the championship. After the
struggles I’ve
had this year, it makes winning the championship
even better. I went out there and rode smart. I
knew I
only needed five points so I played it safe and
it paid off. I had so much adrenaline going for
the first
moto, but after that was over, I was able to
relax a bit. I’ve had a lot of ups and downs
this season, so I
am really happy to be able to give Suzuki
another championship.”
Doug Gust:
“My Rockstar Makita Suzuki worked flawlessly
this weekend as usual. It was hot and humid at
Loretta’s
and the heat kind of got to me. It was good to
see Suzuki take another championship. “I’ll be
doing a lot
of training over the off season because I want
to go out there and be on the podium again next
year.”
AMA Pro ATV Motocross Top 10 Finishers:
1. Josh Creamer, Kawasaki
2. Joe Byrd, Honda
3. John Natalie, Can-Am
4. Dustin Wimmer, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing
5. Doug Gust, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing
6. Cody Miller, Can-Am
7. Chad Wienen, Kawasaki
8. Josh Upperman, Honda
9. Brandon Smith, Can-Am
10. Keith Little, Kawasaki
About American Suzuki
The Motorcycle/ATV Division of American Suzuki
Motor Corporation (ASMC), Brea, Calif., was
founded in 1963 by Suzuki Motor Corporation
(SMC). ASMC markets motorcycles and ATVs via an
extensive dealer network throughout 49 states.
ASMC’s parent company, Suzuki Motor Corporation,
based in Hamamatsu, Japan, is a diversified
worldwide manufacturer of motorcycles, ATVs,
scooters, automobiles and marine engines.
Founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1920, it has
120 distributors in 191 countries.
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