AMA
ATV Motocross Nationals
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Danville, VA (4/27/2008) -
Is Joe Byrd back? "Let's hope so,"
said a triumphant Byrd after sweeping both
motos to win Sunday's TriangleCycles.com
ATV National at Birch Creek Motorsports,
marking his first victory of the season.
The event was Round 4 of the 2008 ITP Tires/Moose
Racing AMA/ATVA Pro Championship.
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Joe
Byrd won the Suspension Systems
Holeshot Award en route to winning
the first moto and the ATVRiders.com
Holeshot Award in the second moto.
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Joe
Byrd's 1-1 Victory at Round 4 of
the AMA Pro ATV Motocross Racing
Series leaves him with 119 overall
points putting him in 3rd place
for the series.
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Byrd (No. 7 Honda) traded the lead once
with Dustin Wimmer (No. 191 Team MSR/Suzuki/Yoshimura/Pro
Taper) before winning and the first moto,
and ran away with the second moto. The two-time
and defending AMA Pro Champion finished
ahead of Wimmer, who notched his fourth
consecutive podium. Jason Dunkelberger (No.
19 East Coast ATV/Honda) earned his first
ATV Pro podium, finishing third.
"This track really worked for me this
weekend," said Byrd, who was near the
top of the timing charts all weekend. "We've
been working hard this season, and we're
going to keep doing what we're doing. The
early part of the year was difficult; hopefully
this is a sign of things to come.
Pro
ATV Results - Top 10
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Current
Pro ATV Points
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- Joe Byrd
(1-1)
- Dustin Wimmer
(2-2)
- Jason Dunkelberger
(3-8)
- Doug Gust
(4-7)
- Jeremy Lawson
(6-5)
- Josh Upperman
(11-3)
- Harold Goodman
(10-4)
- John Natalie
(5-11)
- Cody Miller
(9-9)
- Josh Creamer
(13-6)
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- Wimmer 178
- Gust 145
- Byrd 119
- Natalie
113
- Creamer
104
- Goodman
103
- Wienen 92
- Dunkelberger
82
- Lawson
80
- Arno 80
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"This will definitely build momentum
going into the next race," added Byrd.
"More importantly, it will raise the
morale in the Byrd compound, making all
of those 18-hour shifts meaningful."
With the victory, Byrd moves up four positions
to third in points, 59 markers behind Wimmer.
Doug Gust (No. 55 Team Rockstar, MSR, Suzuki,
Yoshimura, Pro Taper) is second in the title
chase, while John Natalie (No. 13 Can-Am)
and Josh Creamer (No. 9 Team Monster Energy
Drink/Kawasaki) are fourth and fifth, respectively.
The next race for the ITP Tires/Moose Racing
AMA/ATVA Championship is scheduled for May
10-11 at Sunset Ridge MX in Walnut, Ill.
About the ITP/Moose
Racing ATV National Motocross
Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited:
The AMA ITP/Moose Racing ATV National
Motocross Championship Series 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
love to go to the races.
Series sponsors include title sponsors ITP
Tires and Moose Racing, and presenting sponsor
Parts Unlimited. Premiere and Feature sponsors
include Can Am, Amsoil, ATV Sport Magazine,
Quad Magazine, Moto Tees, Maxxis Tires,
and FMF. Associate sponsors include Fox
Shox, Gatorade, Hinson Racing, Custom Axis,
and H-Bomb. Media partners include ATV Insider
and ATVRiders.com. For more information,
please visit www.atvmotocross.com.
About the ATV Association (ATVA):
The ATV Association ("ATVA")
is the official sanctioning body of the
amateur division of the ATVA ITP/Moose Racing
ATV National Motocross Championship Series
Presented by Parts Unlimited. The 9,000-member
ATVA is a sister organization of the 260,000
member American Motorcyclist Association
(AMA). ATV racing has experienced phenomenal
growth in recent years, and continues to
gain momentum and support, outselling off-road
motorcycles annually. Each ATVA round attracts
hundreds of racers who compete for bragging
rights to one of 31 amateur national titles.
For more information, please visit www.atvaonline.com.
About the ATV Promoters Group (ATVPG):
The ATVPG is composed of the individual
promoters that host the AMA ITP/Moose Racing
ATV National Motocross Championships, presented
by Parts Unlimited. The goal of the ATVPG
is to raise awareness of ATV motocross through
the production of professional and amateur
championship racing events. For more information
on the ATVPG and the ATV National events
they produce, please visit www.atvmotocross.com.