Brea, CA (6/29/2009) - Rockstar
Makita Suzuki Racing’s Dustin Wimmer and Doug
Gust celebrated their first doublepodium of
the season at last weekend’s Muddy Creek AMA
ATV Motocross National in Blountville, Tennessee.
Wimmer piloted his Rockstar Makita Suzuki
QuadRacer R450 to victory while teammate Gust
followed him home in second place. This victory
is Wimmer’s fourth of the 2009 season and
he is currently in second place in the overall
championship points standings. For Gust, this
result marks his third podium finish of the
season and he is in fourth place in the overall
championship points standings.
In the GNCC, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing‘s Chris Borich continues his winning ways. The series
championship points leader charged hard on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer R450 at the
Snowshoe National in West Virginia this past weekend and picked up his fourth consecutive victory
of the season. As if that weren’t impressive enough, this win is also Borich’s sixth win of the season
overall. Borich heads into the GNCC’s two-month summer break with more than 20 points on
second place.
Dustin Wimmer, 1st place AMA ATV
MX:
“It feels great to be back on top. In the first
moto, once I got the track down, I just put
my head down and started passing people on my
Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer R450. I had
to work hard for the win in the first moto but
in moto two, I got a much better start and I
was able to take over the lead quickly and just
be in cruise control. This win was a real confidence-booster
for me. I put in a lot of hard work and it paid
off for me this weekend. I’m still only at about
95 percent but I’ll be at 100 percent for round
nine and I’m looking for another win. I’m only
about seven points off the lead and I hope to
take over that lead soon and give Suzuki another
championship.”
Doug Gust, 2nd place AMA ATV MX:
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Doug
Gust & Dustin Wimmer
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“My Rockstar Makita Suzuki performed really
well for me this weekend. It had the power
I needed to get good starts and good results.
I put in a good charge in the first moto and
worked up to second. I’ve been doing a lot
of training in between races and I’ll be training
hard again because at the next round, I want
to win. It’s really great when Dustin and
I are both on the podium in the number one
and two spots like we were this weekend. It’s
a big confidence-booster for the team when
we both do well. I’m in fourth place in the
points chase right now, so I’m excited about
that.”
Chris Borich, 1st place GNCC:
“The track was a little different from the
last time I raced here. They added in a 10-mile
section so we were doing 20-mile laps. I took
it easy on my Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer
R450 on the first lap because I didn’t know
what to expect. My goal was to keep moving
forward. I’m really happy that I have a nice
points lead going into the break. It takes
a little weight off my shoulders. Over the
break, I’m going to take a couple of weeks
off to relax, and then I’m going to be training
hard again. The prospect of taking a championship
this year has me really pumped up, but I have
to stay grounded and focused. I’m just going
to take it one race at a time. I’m hoping
for a couple more wins when we come back from
the break so I can give Suzuki a championship,”
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing will
race next at the AMA ATV Pleasure Valley National
in Armagh, Pennsylvania, the weekend of July
18-19, 2009, and at the Unadilla GNCC in New
Berlin, New York, the weekend of Sept. 12-13,
after the summer break.
Round
8 - AMA ATV Motocross |
Round
9 -GNCC - Snowshoe |
- Dustin Wimmer, Rockstar Makita
Suzuki Racing
- Doug Gust, Rockstar Makita Suzuki
Racing
- Chad Wienen, Kawasaki
- Jeremy Lawson, Can-Am
- Josh Upperman, Honda
- Harold Goodman, Honda
- Jermie Warnia, Can-Am
- Cody Miller, Can-Am
- Joe Byrd, Honda
- Thomas Brown, Yamaha
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Chris Borich, Rockstar
Makita Suzuki Racing
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Bill Ballance,
Yamaha
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Brandon Sommers,
Yamaha
-
Jarrod McClure,
Yamaha
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Bryan Cook, Honda
-
Donald Ockerman,
Yamaha
-
Chris Bithell,
Can-Am
-
Ryan Lane, Honda
- Taylor Kiser, Yamaha
- Duane Johnson, Honda
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About American Suzuki:
The Motorcycle/ATV Division of American Suzuki
Motor Corporation (ASMC), Brea, Calif., was
founded in 1963 by Suzuki Motor Corporation.
ASMC markets motorcycles and ATVs via an extensive
dealer network throughout 49 states. ASMC's
parent company, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC),
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.