2009 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals #8 - Muddy Creek - Live ATV Race Coverage

[Admin]

Blountville, TN - Monster Energy Kawasaki's Chad Wienen not only took the win at Unadilla, but also the points lead of the 2009 AMA Pro ATV Motocross Series. Wienen, new to the Kawasaki squad this year, suffered through mechanical troubles in three of the first four motos of the season, and found himself over 50 points behind the series leader after round two. But he's been on the podium ever since, logging three seconds and two victories while early-season leaders Joe Byrd and Dustin Wimmer have struggled. Now in the lead, Wienen travels to Blountville, TN, to take on the pack at round eight of the the ITP/AMA ATV Motocross Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, the Muddy Creek National on June 27-28th. The race also marks ATVA Amateur Racing Round seven.

Byrd and Wimmer's troubles continued at Unadilla. Honda veteran Byrd made a mistake in moto one and dropped from fourth to eventually finish 11th, and he was credited with 17th in moto two after mechanical troubles set in. Amazingly, Wimmer, the defending AMA Pro ATV MX Champion, made up points on Byrd despite riding with a lingering shoulder injury suffered before round four of the tour. Wimmer soldiered on with 10-4 scores for sixth overall at Unadilla. Wienen now leads both, with a nine point lead on Byrd and 19 points on Wimmer.

The event takes place at the Muddy Creek Raceway. Established in the late '70s by the Paul Baskett family, Muddy Creek has been featured in Sports Illustrated, Racer X Illustrated, Motocross Action, Dirt Bike, ATV Sport and Dirt Wheels magazines. The venue is home of the Thor United States Mega Series and the AMA ATV Motocross Championship.

Muddy Creek Raceway features a technically challenging track that takes advantage of the natural terrain. The rolling hills form massive jumps and high-speed corners, and also provide a great view for spectators.

The weekend will feature the 3rd Annual 88 Live to Ride Benefit Dinner Saturday night hosted by ITP, Big Daddy Motorsports and the Media All-stars crew. The event is a fund raiser for the 88 Live to Ride Fund benefiting the ATV Mobile Medical Unit.

To get to the track, take Exit #63 off I-81 and follow signs to the racetrack.

[Pappy]

The south has risen again...well atleast the temperatures!! man it was a scorcher out here today with temps in the 90's and enough humidity to make the shade sweat:p

Dustin Wimmer checks out some action on the track as he gets ready to make a solid comeback in his hunt for the championship.

[Pappy]

Friday evening, the track crews were busily getting the track ready for the weekends racing. The track was watered heavily, and then a big summertime downpour hit causing things to get a bit waterlogged. Morning practice was a mudfest

[Pappy]

The racing was good and the track responded as the bright sun baked out any water that was causing issues

[Pappy]

We did get a break as some high clouds moved in and stopped the bake for about an hour:p

I am pretty sure you could make a killing with anything that stops sunburn sting...and I would be first inline:ermm:

[Pappy]

Josh Creamer bites into a snack as he shoots the breeze with JJ. Creamer is a pretty cool cat to hang with, and JJ can keep ya smiling as his quiet southern boy ways makes ya feel like you've known him all your life.

I didn't ask what kind of sandwich Creamer was munchin on, looked pretty good though:p

[Pappy]

Pat Brown checks out a pocket dog. cute little thing but would get stepped on fast around my place:p


Pat stuffed it in his pocket to see if it was just a saying!:eek:

(I am just kidding, no animals were harmed in the making of this post:blah: )

[Pappy]

Now this is a sign of things going bad:p

[Pappy]

He was ok....I bet he is wondering who did NOT tighten the hub nut:p :p

[Pappy]

The best racing of the day comes in the form of pint sized heros in the youth classes! My favorite racers battle as hard as the pro's and it is a blast to watch!!

[Pappy]

19 Pro riders are signed up for tomorrows race

[Pappy]

Joe Byrd has found hard luck the last two rounds....could this be the race we see him back in the hunt for a win?

[Pappy]

All eye's will be on Dustin Wimmer and I am here to tell you, he looked great during practice. I was down in the middle of the track and couldn't hear the announcer very well, but I believe Wimmer took the fastest qualifier

[Pappy]

Wimmer wants it bad, Byrd want's his shot and I am sure Chad Weinen will be doing all he can to keep his winning ways alive!

[Pappy]

Creamer as well has been running strong and if he can get a decent start, he too could be right in the mix battling for another win

[Pappy]

Upperman was running strong at Unadilla and could do well here. the track offers several sections that are technical so it could play out well for him if his Baldwin powerplant can get him to the first turn with the lead

[Pappy]

Ofcourse I would be a fool not to place money on Doug Gust. The man is a machine and counting him out of the hunt would be foolish!

[Pappy]

John Natalie said they had made some changes to his ride and he was looking forward to seeing if they would help get him back up front.

[Pappy]

Pat Brown would love a shot at running for a win, and if determination were all that it took he would be getting them! Brown has been struggling but when he gets things right the boy sure is smokin fast!

[Pappy]

Jeremy Lawson has been struggling as well, and it would do him good to start having some finishes upfront. Bad luck & mechanical issues have been his biggest foe's. Lets hope tomorrow he can get in there and mix it up.

[Pappy]

Pro Am will be exciting as well and with the momentum the kawi boys have going, it will take a heap of speed to get ahead of them and stay there.

Devin Heimes has a solid chance, will tomorrow be his day?

[Pappy]

Billy Cottage was looking mighty strong in practice

[Pappy]

Cody Gibson would be the safest bet for another win as this talented young racer has been stomping his way to the front round after round

[Pappy]

Visiting the podium a step behind Gibson the past few rounds has been Joel Hetrick. I have a hunch that we may see him giving Gibson a solid battle from here on out. He was lightening fast today and was giving Gibson a good run in Pro Am Unlimited before running into some mechanical issues.

You just can't go wrong with good competition, and Pro Am is stocked with some of the best you will see all day!

[Pappy]

Thats about all for now from here. Tomorrow looks to be some killer racing and live coverage should start just before noon.

[Raptorchick]

The National anthem has just wrapped up and things will be ready to go in just a few.

[Raptorchick]

pro-am is about to begin

[Simon MX49]

Lets go Cottage and Upperman :D

[Raptorchick]

bobby ross grabs the holeshot

[Raptorchick]

joel hetrick is right behind him

[Raptorchick]

ross
hetrick
moore
sheaffer
williams
breuning
gibson
snapp
shapaka
grant
cottage

[Simon MX49]

Gibson comes out in 7th, this is Hetrick's chance for the win

[Raptorchick]

gibson is up to 5th now

[Raptorchick]

bruening falls back to 15th

[Simon MX49]

What happened to Bruening to fall back?

[Raptorchick]

ross
hetrick
moore

[Raptorchick]

hetrick is challenging for the lead

[Raptorchick]

hetrick bobbled and is now back to third

[LTR450_#67]

C'mon Grant pour it on!!!!!!!

[Raptorchick]

moore takes the lead and is looking good out there

[Raptorchick]

gibson and grant are running really close

[Raptorchick]

white flag is out

[Raptorchick]

moore takes the win

[Simon MX49]

What happened to Cottage?

[Raptorchick]

moore
hetrick
gibson
grant
ross
williams
snapp
shapaka
bishop
travis
bruening
sheaffer
wyngaert
cottage
ven john

[JETMX99]

Where is Heimes!??
Hopefully, not more bad luck.
He definitely is as fast if not faster than the leaders.

[Simon MX49]

He must not have even started, he was nowhere on the live feed. 21 pro-am production riders were signed up, but only 15 of the 20 that would have qualified came up on live feed?

[mxmama]

how do you get the live feed?

[Raptorchick]

byrd takes the holeshot

[tw1976]

http://www.escoremx.com/results/atvamx/2009/liveresults.asp

[Simon MX49]

http://escoremx.com/results/atvamx/2009/liveresults.asp

[Raptorchick]

lawson is all over byrd

[Raptorchick]

lawson takes the lead

[Simon MX49]

Talk about a mixup, Wienen and Wimmer both outside the top 10

[Simon MX49]

Lawson and Gust only two with lap times under 2 minutes

[Raptorchick]

lawson
byrd
goodman
gust
miller
warnia
t brown
upperman
natalie
wimmer
p brown
wienen
creamer
gee
little
cochran
denoble
smith
shumaker

[Raptorchick]

Gust is up to third

[CADWELL]

Lobsided for sure.

The race also looks pretty tight, no big leads or gaps yet after 2 laps.

[Raptorchick]

miller makes the pass on goodman

[Simon MX49]

Lawson and Gust with 1:58's, other guys droppin down into 1:59's now

[Raptorchick]

warnia is pressuring goodman and miller, is closing in on gust

[Raptorchick]

t brown makes the pass on warnia

[CADWELL]

Come on Thomas, ,ets put Team blue on the podium!

[Simon MX49]

Thomas Brown is on it today.

Wienen is puttin em down, hope he's got enough time to work his way up

[Raptorchick]

gust gets around byrd for second

[Raptorchick]

wimmer is on a mission and is up to 6th place

[TWISTED]

GO DIGGER!!!!!

[Raptorchick]

wimmer is now up to 5th and is chasing down miller

[Raptorchick]

wienen is around goodman and right behind wimmer

[Raptorchick]

wimmer gets around miller

[Simon MX49]

Wimmer to 4th, Wienen to 6th.

Gust closes gap on Lawson by about a second

[Raptorchick]

wienen is also around miller

[Simon MX49]

Whats wrong with Creamer, he's way off pace?

[Raptorchick]

wimmer makes the pass on byrd

[DEVINF450R]

Wimmer and wienen are on a tear :eek2:

[Raptorchick]

wienen and miller get past byrd

[DEVINF450R]

Glad to see Lawson up where he belongs

[DEVINF450R]

What happened to Natalie??

[hutchmx92]

Lawson would be one of ur points chaser if he wasnt on a can am

[Raptorchick]

lawson
gust
wimmer
wienen
miller

[Raptorchick]

white flag is out

[motomxman450]

lets go lawson..... what happened to sage baker or cale downen they havent run many of the races this year

[Raptorchick]

wimmer takes the lead

[hutchmx92]

bake is running west coast for can am

[TWISTED]

Originally posted by motomxman450
lets go lawson..... what happened to sage baker or cale downen they havent run many of the races this year

Baker is racing the west coast and Downen is out with injuries.....

[Simon MX49]

I think Sage is stayin primarily on the West Coast this year.

Downen crashed pretty hard in Alabama, and I think he went down again pretty hard and was hurt. Not 100% sure on that one tho

[hutchmx92]

wimmer is back =]

[Simon MX49]

Wimmer's back

[Raptorchick]

wimmer takes the win

[quadpilot]

The champ is back!!!

[Raptorchick]

Originally posted by motomxman450
lets go lawson..... what happened to sage baker or cale downen they havent run many of the races this year

Sage is contracted to do ITP Quadcross and some desert races this year with hunter Miller on the Epic Can-am team. Downen is injured.

[hutchmx92]

where did wimmer make the last 2 passes at?

[Quad12]

What's the final for moto 1

[Raptorchick]

official pro moto one results

#1 DUSTIN WIMMER - SUZ 1st
#16 JEREMY LAWSON - CAN 2nd
#55 DOUGLAS GUST - SUZ 3rd
#44 CHAD WIENEN - KAW 4th
#22 CODY MILLER - CAN 5th
#708 HAROLD GOODMAN - HON 6th
#84 THOMAS BROWN - YAM 7th
#7 JOE BYRD - HON 8th
#20 JOSH UPPERMAN - HON 9th
#62 JERMIE WARNIA - CAN 10th
#99 PATRICK BROWN - YAM 11th
#10 GREG GEE - HON 12th
#70 BRANDON SMITH - CAN 13th
#68 RUSSELL SHUMAKER - KAW 14th
#12 KEITH LITTLE - KAW 15th
#9 JOSH CREAMER - KAW 16th
#123 NICK DENOBLE - HON 17th
#13 JOHN NATALIE JR - CAN 18th
#11 SHANE COCHRAN - YAM 19th

[Raptorchick]

Pro-am moto two will begin in about a half hour

[NTPRacing#19]

i wonder why creamers moto went bad.

[Raptorchick]

Pro-am hot laps are underway

[Raptorchick]

snapp gets the holeshot

[Raptorchick]

snapp
cottage
grant
gibson

[Raptorchick]

snapp
grant
ross
cottage
gibson
moore

[Raptorchick]

grant takes the lead

[Raptorchick]

gibson gets around snapp to take third

[Raptorchick]

heimes just got around hetrick to take over 8th

[Raptorchick]

grant
ross
gibson
moore
williams

[Raptorchick]

gibson is now in second

[Raptorchick]

moore is down

[Raptorchick]

two laps left

[Raptorchick]

hetrick's quad is smoking

[Raptorchick]

Proam moto two

grant
gibson
ross
williams
martin
snapp
heimes
bruening
cottage
shapaka
bishop
travis
wyngaert
moore
ven john
sheaffer
hetrick

[motomxman450]

how are you guys getting pics from the race already

[Raptorchick]

Originally posted by motomxman450
how are you guys getting pics from the race already

The pics Pappy posted are from yesterday. He and Harlen are hooked up with a wireless internet card so they can upload right from the track when they are at the races.

[motomxman450]

oh ok do you guys know when saturday pics and pro practice pics will be up



does anyone know what happened to #28 in production c the live feed said he only completed 2 laps

[Raptorchick]

Originally posted by motomxman450
oh ok do you guys know when saturday pics and pro practice pics will be up

Either later tonight or tomorrow morning would be my guess. they usually have a couple thousand photos to go through, so sometimes it can take a little while.

[Raptorchick]

just heard from the announcers that there are thunder showers moving into the area. let's hope they hold off until moto two is over.

[Raptorchick]

goodman gets the holeshot foloowed by upperman and gust

[Raptorchick]

miller is right behind gust

[Raptorchick]

wimmer is off to a better start and is making a charge through traffic

[Raptorchick]

goodman
upperman
wimmer
gust
miller

[Raptorchick]

upperman is leading

[Raptorchick]

wimmer in second and chasing down upperman

[motomxman450]

lets go wimmer gotta make up points

[Raptorchick]

wienen is in 13th

[Raptorchick]

wimmer is now in the lead and pulling away

[motomxman450]

wimmer made the pas on upperman just b4 lap 4

[atvracingfan7]

maybe i missed it but why isn't creamer racing?

[rageatvsupermom]

What is the position of the rest of the field?

[Raptorchick]

wimmer
upperman
miller
gust
warnia
natalie
goodman
byrd
lawson

[Raptorchick]

Originally posted by atvracingfan7
maybe i missed it but why isn't creamer racing?

not sure what's going on with creamer.

[motomxman450]

wienen up to 12th

[Raptorchick]

lawson is pressuring byrd

[motomxman450]

1st #1 Wimmer, D Suzuki 5 01:59.576 --.---
2nd #20 Upperman, J Honda 5 02:00.793 00:01.777
3rd #22 Miller, C Can Am 5 02:00.125 00:03.064
4th #55 Gust, D Suzuki 5 01:59.800 00:00.338
5th #13 Natalie Jr, J Can Am 5 01:59.132 00:00.525
6th #62 Warnia, J Can Am 5 02:01.243 00:02.026
7th #708 Goodman, H Honda 5 02:01.271 00:00.830
8th #7 Byrd, J Honda 5 02:00.965 00:00.360
9th #16 Lawson, J Can Am 5 02:01.147 00:00.463
10th #84 Brown, T Yamaha 5 02:01.219 00:02.933
11th #70 Smith, B Can Am 5 02:00.668 00:00.350
12th #44 Wienen, C Kawasaki 5 01:59.340 00:00.280
13th #10 Gee, G Honda 5 02:02.091 00:02.103
14th #99 Brown, P Yamaha 5 02:03.479 00:01.182
15th #123 Denoble, N Honda 5 02:02.904 00:05.722
16th #11 Cochran, S Yamaha 5 02:06.667 00:13.174
17th #12 Little, K Kawasaki 5 02:05.683 00:13.247
18th #68 Shumaker, R Kawasaki 4 02:03.336 00:38.233

[JETMX99]

Natalie is friggin movin'!!
Sucks that hes on a CanAm!

[motomxman450]

wimmer with a 2 second lead

[NTPRacing#19]

i could guess, something about a motor issue. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Raptorchick]

lawson gets around byrd and gust gets around miller

[motomxman450]

wienen in 10th

[Raptorchick]

lawson just passed goodman as well

[Kramar119]

Originally posted by JETMX99
Sucks that hes on a CanAm!

Enough with the Can-Am comments.....any factory supporting our sport right now is a good thing!

[zuk#26]

This is the #1 Wimmer we are used to!

[motomxman450]

lap 7 top 10

1st #1 Wimmer, D Suzuki 7 01:59.587 --.---
2nd #20 Upperman, J Honda 7 02:00.667 00:03.340
3rd #55 Gust, D Suzuki 7 02:00.602 00:02.629
4th #22 Miller, C Can Am 7 02:01.967 00:01.048
5th #13 Natalie Jr, J Can Am 7 02:00.893 00:00.847
6th #62 Warnia, J Can Am 7 02:00.605 00:01.717
7th #16 Lawson, J Can Am 7 02:00.466 00:01.359
8th #44 Wienen, C Kawasaki 7 01:59.986 00:01.650
9th #708 Goodman, H Honda 7 02:02.681 00:00.366
10th #7 Byrd, J Honda 7 02:02.006 00:00.790

[Raptorchick]

wienen is up to 8th and right behind lawson

[Dynodn]

Byrd is riding with cracked ribs.
From crash in Unidilla

[motomxman450]

as much as i dont like can am they are the biggest factory support to the sport of atv mx with 2 rigs

[motomxman450]

lawson in 6th

[Raptorchick]

natalie just got around miller

wimmer
upperman
gust
natalie
miller
lawson

[JETMX99]

Originally posted by Kramar119
Enough with the Can-Am comments.....any factory supporting our sport right now is a good thing!

First of all... you aint my daddy! So lecture someone else.

2nd of all... I totally agree with the support. Its just that he had better luck on a Honda. That is where most of his fans would rather see him. Nothing to do with Can Am's issues at all.

[Raptorchick]

wienen now up to 5th

[motomxman450]

lap 9 top 10

1st #1 Wimmer, D Suzuki 9 01:59.466 --.---
2nd #20 Upperman, J Honda 9 02:00.697 00:04.773
3rd #55 Gust, D Suzuki 9 01:59.833 00:01.236
4th #13 Natalie Jr, J Can Am 9 02:01.220 00:04.097
5th #44 Wienen, C Kawasaki 9 01:58.996 00:01.199
6th #22 Miller, C Can Am 9 02:02.861 00:00.251
7th #62 Warnia, J Can Am 9 02:00.820 00:01.280
8th #16 Lawson, J Can Am 8 02:00.287 00:02.773
9th #708 Goodman, H Honda 8 02:01.107 00:02.186
10th #7 Byrd, J Honda 8 02:01.819 00:01.502

[Raptorchick]

wienen gets around natalie for 4th

[CADWELL]

Weinen's on FIRE!!!

[motomxman450]

what happened to lawson

[Raptorchick]

lawson down to 11th

[Raptorchick]

last lap

[Raptorchick]

miller down to 10th

[Raptorchick]

gust just passed upperman for second

[Raptorchick]

wienen pressuring upperman

[motomxman450]

natalie must be done

[Raptorchick]

wimmer takes the moto two win and the overall

[Raptorchick]

Wimmer
gust
upperman
wienen
warnia
goodman
smith
byrd
lawson
miller
p brown
t brown
denoble
little
cochran
shumaker
gee
natalie
creamer

[Raptorchick]

on the podium

wimmer
gust
wienen

[zuk#26]

Everything is back to normal again. Suzuki 1-2! Way to go team Suzuki!

[zuk#26]

The way it should be. Weinen needs to get some better starts.

[Raptorchick]

Originally posted by motomxman450
natalie must be done

Just talked to Michelle and she said that John's bike seized going over a jump and he crashed hard. They are probably going to head to the hospital to make sure he's ok. I'll post an update when I know more on John's condition. :(

[TWISTED]

Congrats to Wimmer and Gust!!!!!!

[mooseracerX]

Nice to see that Wimmer is back up there. Its a shame for Natalie. Can-Am has a heck of a program but they must not be doing something right if Gee left. I know in the privateer motosode he said something like they didn't care about what the riders wanted.

[Pappy]

Finally back home.....


Wow...Wimmer just charged to the front and took both wins, amazing display of riding! Gust has sold his soul to the devil, he just isn't human!

Natalie....I almost wanted to reach out and drag him off his quad, it was only a matter of time before his engine let go it was smoking so bad. I hope he is ok, looked to be ok but he is a pretty tough piece of meat and doesn't show pain easily:p

Great racing all around!!! Coverage will be started shortly!

[Simon MX49]

I feel bad for John, we all know he's fast enough to run at the front, but the can-am and him just don't mix. I wish Honda would own up and offer him a contract for next year

[LTR450_#67]

Sucks Natalie went down hard......looked like he had a great charge going on. Gust = JUST AMAZING!!!!! I was hoping T. Brown would've did a lil better those Yamahas just aren't putting out the power from what I've heard. Wienen just needed a better start and he wouldn't been in the hunt. Byrd is a former champ and to go out ride in his condition shows he not giving up.....Wimmer....Winner same difference....lol. All these pros are great!!

[hendershot106]

Originally posted by Pappy
Finally back home.....


Wow...Wimmer just charged to the front and took both wins, amazing display of riding! Gust has sold his soul to the devil, he just isn't human!

Natalie....I almost wanted to reach out and drag him off his quad, it was only a matter of time before his engine let go it was smoking so bad. I hope he is ok, looked to be ok but he is a pretty tough piece of meat and doesn't show pain easily:p

Great racing all around!!! Coverage will be started shortly!

yeah.. gust is the man.... reminds me of nicolas cage in GHOST RIDER!!!! :D :D

most of us half his age aint half as fast.... he is truly an amazing guy!

[diangelo#67]

yeah john crashed hard, like pappy said like the second lap of alot of laps it was going off, Lawdog had a case of severe dehydration, since his moms a nurse she helped him out with an IV. that he desperatly needed. watch jeremy is on fire and making his can-am shine above the rest, but like everyone else said this weekend watching from the factory trailers AW SH!# WIMMERS BACK!