AMA ATV Motocross Nationals Round #1 - Muddy Creek Blountville, TN April 21, 2012

The wet track gave Wienen the opportunity he needed in the final lap when Natalie ended up sliding a little wide in a corner, just a few turns from the checkered flag. Wienen was able to get underneath Natalie and take over the lead. Wienen began to pull away immediately and took the moto one win.

SSi / Wienen Motorsport's #44 Chad Wienen went 1-1 at Muddy Creek MX to secure his 2nd straight overall win of the season for a perfect start to the 2012 AMA Pro ATV MX Championship Series

The ATVRiders.com Fastest Qualifier came from Motoworks/Can-Am’s Joel Hetrick for the second race in a row, as the young Pennsylvania rider showed some of the fastest speeds of the weekend. And ATVMX veteran Harold Goodman shot out to the Moto 1 SSi Decals holeshot, but it was Baldwin Motorports/PEP’s Josh Upperman who got into the early lead before Natalie moved into the lead by lap three. Wienen had a mid-pack holeshot but quickly put himself within striking distance of Natalie’s lead and the duo picked up the intense battle right where they left off at round one. Wienen stalked Natalie until the final lap and once again cut underneath the Ironman to steal the last minute lead and Moto 1 victory as the rain started to fall on the Muddy Creek Raceway terrain.

Motoworks / Can-am's #88 Joel Hetrick claimed the ATVriders.com Fastest Qualifier Award the 2nd straight time, but this time he earned a spot a podium with a 3rd place finish on his Can-Am DS450 ATV

Hetrick got off to a bad start but put his Motoworks/Can-Am into the third spot around lap five and kept a comfortable cushion on Upperman, who finished in fourth. Thomas Brown struggled off the start, but worked his way through the pack on his TBROWN Yamaha powered by Moto-X-Perts, where he maintained a fifth place finish, just ahead of Lonestar/SSi Decals rider Nick DeNoble.

In Moto 2, Wienen took control early on, while Natalie settled into a close second and that’s how they finished. Hetrick started off in fifth place as he passed his way back into the third spot, gunning for the leaders that were less than four seconds away throughout the entire race. Wienen went on to secure his second straight win of the season, while Natalie and Hetrick grabbed the other two podium positions.

The track came around for Moto 2, & it was an intense battle between #1 John Natalie & #88 Joel Hetrick early on in the race with the pair swapping the 2nd spot back & forth as they charged after Wienen in the lead, but in the end, Natalie held off Hetrick for 2nd Overall on his Can-Am DS450 ATV