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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round # 8 - Muddy Creek MX
Blountville,
TN
June 27-28, 2009
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Dustin Wimmer Storms
Back Into Victory Lane with Muddy Creek Sweep
::Continued::
Veteran Honda rider Joe Byrd, also a title contender,
grabbed the MotorcycleUSA.com holeshot award in
the first moto, but he eventually dropped to eighth.
Byrd led the points standings mid-way through
the season, but he is now struggling with an injury.
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Kawasaki's
Chad Wienen was back to 14th place in
Moto 1, but was able to charge his way
up to a 4th place finish
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Warnert
Racing / Can-Am's Cody Miller & Harold
Goodman battled nearly the entire moto with
Miller taking 5th & Goodman 6th |
In moto two, Wimmer started slightly better in
fourth, with Harold Goodman grabbing the MotorcycleUSA.com
holeshot award ahead of Josh Upperman. Wimmer
soon passed his teammate Doug Gust for third,
then tracked down the lead Honda riders to snag
the top spot. He then cruised to his fourth win
of the year, with teammate Gust making it a 1-2
Suzuki sweep.
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Rage ATV's
Harold Goodman grabbed the Moto 2 Holeshot
ahead of Josh Upperman & Doug Gust
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"I've been training hard at home, and each
race I get a little better and better," said
Gust. "The whole team is working hard, we
have an engineer here from Japan, he has really
helped tune the bikes. Also, my girlfriend and
my family came out, they helped me go."
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Josh
Upperman lead for several laps before
Dustin Wimmer moved in to take the lead
by the 4th lap of the race, which allowed
Wimmer to pull away
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Suzuki's
Doug Gust would apply the pressure to Upperman
nearly the entire Moto till making the pass
with 2 laps to go to claim 2nd Overall |
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