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A Successful End to a
Successful Season for Team ATP
Josh Williams on the Podium in Pro Am Unlimited on Saturday
Jeffrey Rastrelli makes his Pro Am
Production debut!
LL7.jpg - Josh Williams and Bobby Ross
celebrating their victory on the Pro Am
Production Podium |
Loretta Lynn’s was the final hoorah for the
2009 ATP Racing Team as they rode their way to
podiums, final position changes and
championships all in one final blow out weekend!
The battle for the podium in the Pro Am
Unlimited championship raged on Saturday with
Heimes coming into the weekend in 2nd and
Williams coming into the weekend 3rd. The final
results had Williams 2nd, Rastrelli 4th and
Heimes 5th overall. The Pro Am Unlimited
championship race ended with Williams taking 2nd
with 179 points and Heimes taking 3rd with 178
points!
Williams flying by
Devin Heimes
Glen Williams, Jeff Rastrelli and Don Blue watching the Pro
Am Production podium celebration |
The 450A class was every bit as exciting as
the Pro Am Unlimited race. Neal McGrath came to
TN with one goal: to win 450A and take the 2009
championship. He began the weekend in 2nd and in
order to win it he had to get the overall and
the current points leader would have to place
3rd. In Saturday’s moto, McGrath placed 1st and
Porter placed 2nd, leaving the 450A championship
to be decided by the final moto of the year! The
excitement was mounting as the boys loaded their
gates for Sunday’s moto. Neal knew this was the
last shot at riding his ATP/ Motoworks LTR450 to
the #1 plate. An unfortunate first turn tangle
left Porter in the 13th position for the moto
and 8th for the weekend, while Neal McGrath took
the win and the 2009 #1 plate!
Jeffrey Rastrelli began this season running
his ATP/ Walsh Suzuki Z400 in the Schoolboy Sr.
class. He raced 4 of the 10 races and finished
the year 6th in the class. Turning 16 after
Sunset Ridge, he began the Production A
championship race at Steel City Raceway. He
started the class with a severe points deficit
and took only 5 races to work his way up to 5th
place on his ATP/Rath LTR450. After proving he
was ready, Rastrelli made the choice to move up
to Pro Am Production on Sunday and leave
Production A behind. The decision left him with
a very respectable 6th for the 2009 season in
Production A.
Excitement was in the air Sunday morning as
Williams, Heimes and Rastrelli prepared for Pro
Am Production. Heimes and Williams were on a
quest for year end positions and the all
important AMA Pro Licenses and Rastrelli was
making his big debut. Moto 1 was bittersweet, as
Williams placed 3rd with Rastrelli in 4th while
Heimes had a get off in the whoops leaving him
in 17th. After a dramatic 5 way battle for
the lead in moto 2, Williams finished 3rd,
Heimes came back for a 4th and Rastrelli took
7th. The final race of the year landed Williams
on the podium with 2nd and Heimes in 8th and
Rastrelli took 4th in his Pro Am Production
debut. This moved Josh Williams into the 4th
place spot in the 2009 points race.
ATP Racing Engines would like to congratulate
all of their racers on a fantastic 2009 season!
Pro Am Production:
Josh Williams 4th
Cody Grant 5th
Devin Heimes 10th
Pro Am Unlimited:
Josh Williams 2nd
Devin Heimes 3rd
Cody Grant 9th
Pro Am Women:
Jaime Jones 4th
Michelle Suciu 5th
Production A:
Jeffrey Rastrelli 6th
Zack Sondgeroth 8th
Brian Johnson 10th
Production C:
Kyle Schonert 7th
450A:
Neal McGrath 1st
Taylor Condarcure 8th
Brian Johnson 9th
4 Stroke C:
Kyle Schonert 2nd
Women:
Jessica Eineder 4th
School Boy Sr:
Jeffrey Rastrelli 6th
Team ATP would like thank Motoworks, JE
Pistons, Rath Racing, Walsh Racecraft,
Powermadd, Pivot Works, Spiked Industries, SSI,
Douglas Wheel Technologies, PEP shocks,
ZephyrHills water, Oury Grips, TM Designs,
Streamline Brakes, TAG Metals, RPM, Pro Design,
Hinson Racing Vicci Apparel, CV4, Vicci Apparel,
J&J Motorsports, Maxxis Tires, and NGK. The
accomplishments of the 2009 season would not be
possible without the phenomenal support provided
by these industry leaders!
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