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Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 09:56 AM
Almost time for the Pro-am class to start.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 09:58 AM
Cell reception isn't the greatest, so bear with me guys and girls.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:03 AM
Pro-am holeshot goes to Cody Gibson

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 10:03 AM
Lets go Devin Heimes, Josh Williams and Cody Gibson.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:05 AM
first lap Gibson in the lead

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:06 AM
gibson
heimes
ross
cottage
martin
moore
hurst
bishop
snapp
williams

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 10:06 AM
They came across very close

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:08 AM
Landon Hurst falls back to 18th

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:09 AM
Gibson is increasing his lead

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 10:09 AM
Are they on a longer track today? yesterday was 1:45. Today is 2:05.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:10 AM
Originally posted by Lostcause
Are they on a longer track today? yesterday was 1:45. Today is 2:05.


I'm not sure. I don't have a lot of details right now.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:11 AM
someone just hit a tree...trying to find out who it was

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:13 AM
I think it was snapp as he is off the track

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 10:14 AM
Come on Devin.

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 10:15 AM
He can hear me....we are mentally connected. LOL

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:15 AM
gibson
heimes
ross
martin
cottage

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:16 AM
gibson has six second lead

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:17 AM
last lap

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:17 AM
gibson takes the win

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:19 AM
gibson
heimes
ross
martin
williams
grant
cottage
bruening
moore
stout

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:20 AM
pro parade laps underway

OutlawEX
04-19-2009, 10:21 AM
Pos Nbr Racer Brand Lap Laptime Behind
1st #40 Gibson, C KFX 7 02:08.890 --.---
2nd #7 Heimes, D Suzuki 7 02:09.811 00:07.629
3rd #815 Ross, B Kawasaki 7 02:10.899 00:12.278
4th #375 Martin, C Honda 7 02:09.057 00:01.091
5th #714 Williams, J Suzuki 7 02:09.512 00:06.762
6th #18 Grant, C Suzuki 7 02:09.738 00:01.029
7th #14 Cottage, W Honda 7 02:12.766 00:01.145
8th #28 Bruening, J KTM 7 02:08.512 00:01.172
9th #69 Moore, T Honda 7 02:11.041 00:01.588
10th #171 Stout, B Yamaha 7 02:11.832 00:02.613
11th #22x Ven John, J Honda 7 02:13.980 00:06.116
12th #91/ Deering, R Honda 7 02:11.717 00:02.962
13th #122 Shapaka, M Honda 7 02:13.281 00:01.901
14th #28/ Borger, T Honda 7 02:16.525 00:21.658
15th #179 Hurst, L Polaris 7 02:11.476 00:04.925
16th #100 Porter, C Honda 7 02:10.035 00:03.018
17th #012 Bishop, E Honda 7 02:22.315 00:14.303
+ 18th #22 Snapp, C Suzuki 6 02:11.536 02:44.235
19th #21 Burke, A Honda 5 07:18.310 01:36.438
20th #151 Travis, A KTM 4 02:10.667 00:00.907

Cindi
04-19-2009, 10:21 AM
Go Digger!!!

quadsouthfilms
04-19-2009, 10:23 AM
go team byrd!!!!!

tw1976
04-19-2009, 10:24 AM
Anyone know why Denoble isn't in the race? The results I saw it didn't look like he tried to quailfy.

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 10:24 AM
I think the overall will finish out as Gust, Lawson, Wimmer.

OutlawEX
04-19-2009, 10:26 AM
I know he took a good spill at Ballance and didnt finish. Maybe injured?

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:26 AM
holeshot goes to joe byrd

Cindi
04-19-2009, 10:26 AM
Originally posted by tw1976
Anyone know why Denoble isn't in the race? The results I saw it didn't look like he tried to quailfy.

Nick hurt is back in Bowling Green.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:26 AM
wienen in second

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:28 AM
wienen takes the lead then byrd, then wimmer and cody miller

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:29 AM
natalie in 5th,
holmes
creamer
upperman
pelchat
smith

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:30 AM
wienen
byrd
wimmer
miller
natalie

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:31 AM
come on Cody, you can do it!

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:32 AM
natalie is pressuring miller

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:32 AM
wimmer takes second

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:34 AM
creamer falls back to 7th and natalie takes 4th from miller

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:35 AM
shumaker and smith fall to the back of the pack

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:36 AM
weinen has 1.6 second lead over wimmer

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:37 AM
wimmer appears to be closing the gap on wienen

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:41 AM
wienen still holding the lead, but wimmer is still only a second behind.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:41 AM
wimmer right on wienens tail

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:42 AM
wimmer and weinen are side by side

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:43 AM
wienen still holding lead

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:43 AM
gust moves up to 7th

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:45 AM
dunk drops back to 19th

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:46 AM
wienen still holding off wimmer

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:47 AM
wienen and wimmer have 12 second lead on third place joe byrd

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:47 AM
gust is now up to 6th and is closing in on miller

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:48 AM
white flag is out

atvracingfan7
04-19-2009, 10:48 AM
it looks like shumaker is out of race. Does anyone know why?

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:50 AM
wienen takes the win
wimmer second
byrd third

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 10:52 AM
natalie 4th
miller
gust
holmes
upperman
warnia
gee
p brown
lawson
pelchat
creamer
goodman
t brown
smith
little
dunk
shumaker

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 11:04 AM
Pro-am moto 2 gets underway at noon eastern time

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 11:12 AM
here's a quick rundown of what went on in moto one.

in the first turn lawson and goodman got together and that sent both of them to the back of the pack.

shumaker had bike problems. quad was smoking.

Brandon Smith wrecked on a jump which put him to the back.

Josh Creamer was also having bike issues and was basically in salvage mode for the whole moto.

Not sure , but there was also a yamaha with issues and could have been dunk, but not positive.

laeger2fiddyr
04-19-2009, 11:53 AM
way to go wienen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

MX450
04-19-2009, 11:55 AM
Originally posted by Lostcause
Are they on a longer track today? yesterday was 1:45. Today is 2:05.

pro-am unlimited runs the amature track, and pro-am production runs the "pro" section, so the lap times are longer.


Go wienen!!

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 12:26 PM
That is what I was thinking. Unlimited only runs 4 laps also. Dont understand the theory behind that. It is the same guys.....

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 12:28 PM
OK.....

Lets get going with the Pro Am.....

Lets go Devin, Josh and Cody.

Show everyone that the training in Florida and the SSQSA helps pay off.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:33 PM
proam moto two
heimes is in the lead, gibson in second, but closing in

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:35 PM
heimes and gibson are battling for first

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:36 PM
heimes
gibson
moore
bruening
ross
grant
bishop
martin
cottage

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:37 PM
gibson is all over heimes

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 12:37 PM
Come on Devin!

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 12:38 PM
We need a qiuck reply box on the forum.

Hold him off Devin!!

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:40 PM
gibson takes the lead and begins to pull away

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 12:40 PM
Lets go Josh. Work your way up.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:40 PM
heimes seems to have some sort of mechanical issue

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 12:41 PM
What happened to Heimes?

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 12:42 PM
Dang it.

Ok... Lets go Gibson

Lets go Josh

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:42 PM
gibson holding seven second lead

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:45 PM
gibson
moore
bruening
grant
ross

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:45 PM
gibson takes the win

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:47 PM
gibson
moore
bruening
grant
martin
williams
snapp
ross
cottage
porter

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 12:54 PM
pros are lining up

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:02 PM
Creamer is in the lead

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:04 PM
byrd leading
creamer
gee
miller
natalie

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:04 PM
wienen 6th
wimmer 7th

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:05 PM
creamer and byrd battling

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:06 PM
natalie moves up to third

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:06 PM
byrd is beginning to pull away

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:07 PM
wienen and wimmer are all over each other as they work through traffic

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:08 PM
natalie is all over creamer

atvracingfan7
04-19-2009, 01:08 PM
hey raptorchick - are there only 17 riders in the second moto?
I see no shumaker or little

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:10 PM
creamer, natalie, wienen and wimmer are all running a close race

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:11 PM
wienen and natalie battling

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:11 PM
wienen takes over third

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:12 PM
byrd
creamer
wienen
wimmer
natalie

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:15 PM
it's a really close race between the top four.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:16 PM
byrd
wienen
wimmer
creamer
natalie
lawson
miller

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:17 PM
wimmer and wienen battling for second

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:18 PM
wimmer
byrd
wienen

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:21 PM
wimmer
byrd
wienen
natalie
creamer
lawson
miller

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:21 PM
wimmer is starting to pull away

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:24 PM
2 laps to go, wimmer still leading

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:25 PM
wimmer
byrd
wienen
natalie creamer at the white flag

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:26 PM
wimmer takes the win!

quadsouthfilms
04-19-2009, 01:28 PM
whats the top 3 over all???

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:28 PM
moto two unofficial results

wimmer
byrd
wienen
natalie
creamer
lawson
miller
gee
holmes
gust
p brown
t brown
pelchat
upperman
smith
goodman
dunkelberger

atvracingfan7
04-19-2009, 01:29 PM
do you know why shumaker and little were not racing the 2nd moto?

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:30 PM
little had a shock issue in moto one, not sure what happened in moto two

shumaker, not sure what happened

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:33 PM
Originally posted by quadsouthfilms
whats the top 3 over all???

joe, i think wimmer gets the overall win
not sure if Byrd will get second or third. I'm still waiting to hear.

Raptorchick
04-19-2009, 01:34 PM
overall top three

wimmer
wienen
byrd

quadsouthfilms
04-19-2009, 01:45 PM
thanx lisa for the info, great job 2day as always.....latrs

GE4x4
04-19-2009, 01:49 PM
:macho

laeger2fiddyr
04-19-2009, 01:51 PM
way to go chad!!!

yfz162
04-19-2009, 03:27 PM
I second that! GOOD JOB CHAD!

BMW Dr.
04-19-2009, 03:50 PM
I just got home from Birch Creek. I left halfway through the 2nd Pro moto........which I regret, since it was pretty exciting up front. Joe Byrd was smoking pretty badly on the parade lap......but leading after 4-5 laps when I left the park. Did he finish?

Going through my 2500 pics from the weekend. :cool:

ATPRacing36
04-19-2009, 05:07 PM
Lostcause:
Word from the track is Heimes rolled over in a corner and came off the quad second moto Pro Am Production.

MX450
04-19-2009, 05:13 PM
Originally posted by Lostcause
That is what I was thinking. Unlimited only runs 4 laps also. Dont understand the theory behind that. It is the same guys.....

If you run unlimeted you can run A and age classes, so its like setting you up for production. If you run production, the only other class you can run is unlimited, so proam production is setting you up for the pro class.

BMW Dr.
04-19-2009, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by ATPRacing36
Lostcause:
Word from the track is Heimes rolled over in a corner and came off the quad second moto Pro Am Production.
I don't have a pic of the spill itself, but I have a pic of the rider who went off the big table top on "the freeway". He went off the left side.....into the woods.

JRP
04-19-2009, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by BMW Dr.
I don't have a pic of the spill itself, but I have a pic of the rider who went off the big table top on "the freeway". He went off the left side.....into the woods.

I think that was chase snapp

Lostcause
04-19-2009, 08:51 PM
Thanks Melissa

He'll pit 2 together soon!!!

Pappy
04-19-2009, 09:14 PM
Heimes was off the chain! That boy was flat flying! Tough break for him no doubt.

Coverage will resume tommorrow, the hotel I stayed in lost power and now I have to watermark both days instead of just one so im a little behind.

Tough break for Byrd as well.....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3458295536_3c2637c1a2_o.jpg

BMW Dr.
04-20-2009, 05:16 AM
Nice meeting you Pappy........can't wait to see your shots.

I realize who you all are talking about crashing now. He was the guy leading the first couple laps........battling with Cody Gibson, correct? #7 I believe. That may have been the most exciting battle all weekend......as they were going back and forth and even side by side for several laps. :macho

mx3mom
04-20-2009, 07:32 AM
Originally posted by raptorchick
gibson
moore
bruening
grant
martin
williams
snapp
ross
cottage
porter

the overall was:
Gibson
Martin
Grant

DEVINF450R
04-20-2009, 07:52 AM
Cody Grant is looking really good this year. you can tell he did his off season work. Good to see him getting off of his plateau. Heimes I feel has a good shot at a champoinship this year... unless gibson can stay on all fours and have consistent finishes.

I was wanting to see chad take the win...

hendershot106
04-20-2009, 09:51 AM
that whole pass that gibson put on heimes and him wrecking on the freeway at the same time looked awful fishy to me....... heimes was smokin fast.

BMW Dr.
04-20-2009, 04:25 PM
Didn't get to see it myself......but I don't think there was a person in the crowd that wanted to see #7 crash. From the reaction there.......Gibson is definitely a crowd favorite at Birch. Everyone was ready for some good racing......and thats what we all got until the crash. It really took the excitement out of it. :o

I honestly haven't kept up with MX that great in the past.......but last years Nationals at Birch got me interested, and this year got me hooked. I will definitely be keeping an eye on Pro-Am as well as Pro from now on. Should be a great season for both......with several in the mix stepping it up.

Lostcause
04-20-2009, 04:36 PM
Heimes and Gibson are both fast riders.

Watching these two reminds me of watching J. J. and Gandy in the A class before they went Pro.

With these two and several others coming through the ranks the ATV racing industry as we know it is only going to get better and better to watch.

Heck. Coming in behind the pack that is out there this year you got Rastrelli and Hetrick and Madl. I am sure there are several others but it is going to be very exciting.

It will be great to have 40 - 50 pros showing up to an event and having to really qualify to get into the show. But I am afraid that that may still be several years away.

I am just glad to kinda have a part in some of these guys career.

BMW Dr.
04-20-2009, 04:43 PM
I stood at the pro pits/finish line for the second moto.....

http://jonsmithphoto.com/darren/host/ride/birch/nats/IMG_9584.jpg

http://jonsmithphoto.com/darren/host/ride/birch/nats/IMG_9586.jpg

http://jonsmithphoto.com/darren/host/ride/birch/nats/IMG_9593.jpg

Lostcause
04-20-2009, 04:50 PM
Nice Pics.

Thanks

Lostcause
04-20-2009, 05:03 PM
By the end of the season I think you will see Gibson, Grant and Heimes in the top 3 all with a chance to win it all.

I am hopeful to see Josh Williams up there also. For all these guys I know they want that Championship but more importaintly is the 150 pts needed to get their Pro license.

motomxman450
04-20-2009, 05:05 PM
who took those pics? i must have been right next to you i have almost copies lol

BMW Dr.
04-20-2009, 05:18 PM
Originally posted by motomxman450
who took those pics? i must have been right next to you i have almost copies lol
I did. :p I'm hard to miss.....big dude, had a black Yamaha hat on......gripped Canon with a 100-400L.

BMW Dr.
04-23-2009, 01:42 PM
Should have my pics up today. :)


http://jonsmithphoto.com/darren/host/ride/birch/nats/IMG_9311.jpg

mxbrian87
04-23-2009, 03:57 PM
How are you guys liking the video coverage of the races? i'll be at the rest of the GNC's for the season so if you have an questions, comments, or concerns please email me at brianevans@spikedindustries.com

thanks!!