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ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #8 - Red Bud
Buchanan, Michigan
July 26, 2014
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Chad Wienen Takes Third
Pro ATV Motocross Championship
John Natalie Jr &
Joel Hetrick Round Out Pro MX Podium
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2014
AMA ATV Motocross
Round 8 - Links
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Buchanan,
MI (7/27/2014) - The penultimate
round of the Mtn. Dew ATV Motocross National Championship,
sanctioned by AMA (ATVMX), ultimately resulted in
the crowning of an AMA Pro ATV Motocross Champion
on Saturday as defending two-time titleholder Chad
Wienen cemented his status as one of the all-time
greats by securing his third straight championship
with one round remaining. Wienen enjoyed a perfect
day at RedBud aboard his Wienen Motorsports/SSi
Decals/Walsh Yamaha, putting forth a dominant 1-1
outing en route to victory at the Rocky Mountain
ATV/MC RedBud ATV National, his sixth of the season.
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#1 Chad Wienen
Celebrates his Third Consecutive Pro Motocross
Championship at Red Bud after going 1-1
for his Sixth win of the Motocross season
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Another balmy afternoon graced the series’ annual
visit to Michigan, where Wienen’s championship
quest began with him earning the ATVRiders.com
Top Qualifier Award for the fifth time in eight
rounds. As expected, the RedBud track gradually
got rougher as the afternoon went on, providing
a true challenge for the ATVMX elite.
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Chad Wienen
also claimed his 5th ATVriders.com Fastest
Qualifier Award, which wrapped up the
championship points with Wienen earning
$1,000
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In the opening moto, Motosport.com/RRR/Ford/DWT/Walsh
Honda’s John Natalie put himself in a familiar
spot by capturing the SSi Decals Holeshot Award
with Wienen in tow. Natalie would go on to lead
the first lap, but Wienen put the pressure on
quickly and made his move to the front of the
field the following lap.
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#13 John
Natalie Jr grabbed the SSi Holeshot Award
in Moto One, which also has him leading
the SSi Decals $2,500 Championship points
race heading into Loretta Lynn's
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With a clear track ahead of him, Wienen set sail
and left Natalie in the clutches of a hard-charging
Joel Hetrick aboard his JB Racing/DWT/Mtn. Dew
Live Wire Can-Am. On Lap 3, Hetrick found some
momentum coming out of the final corner, allowing
him to slingshot past Natalie and take over second.
From there, the top three remained status quo,
with Wienen maintaining a three-second margin
over Hetrick.
 Yamaha's
Chad Wienen charged his way into the lead
by the second lap & recorded the fastest
laptime of the moto on lap three with
a time of 02:03.427
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As the checkers flew, Wienen, Hetrick and Natalie
took the top three spots, with Wienen Motorsports/SSi
Decals/Walsh Yamaha’s Thomas Brown solidly in
fourth and BCS Performance Can-Am’s Josh Creamer
in fifth. JB Racing/Cheerwine Can-Am’s Jeffrey
Rastrelli made an impressive climb to come from
10th to sixth.
 Can-Am's
Joel Hetrick charged his way into the
second spot in lap four, which he held
to the checkered flag followed by John
Natalie & Thomas Brown
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