2007 ATVA MX Nationals #11 - Unadilla - Live Coverage

Unfortunately, due to the lack of any cell phone service, there wasn’t any live race coverage, but here is the latest information on the Pro races.

Round 11 of the AMA Pro ATV Racing just wrapped up in New Berlin, NY at the famous Unadilla Valley Sports, and the track belonged to Red Bull Suzuki’s Dustin Wimmer as he dominated the natural terrain motocross track by passing Joe Byrd for the lead both Motos. The Pro Class once again had large turnout with 14 Pro Riders signing up, and among the list of Pros was Suzuki’s Dustin Wimmer and Kawasaki’s Josh Creamer on his KFX450R. Also, top Canadian riders, Richard Pelchat and jasmin Plante made the short trip across the border, but the biggest surprise of them all was to see GNCC Pro & Quadterrain Pro racer, Chris Bithell sign up to compete in the AMA Pro Class. In a last minute struggle to get his Pro AMA license, Bithell earned spot on the Pro starting gate and immediately caught everyone’s attention when he started launching “Sky Shot” among the other huge leaps of faith at Unadilla.

In the first Moto, Dasa Racing’s Joe Byrd grabbed the Holeshot with Chris Tait and Travis Spader colliding, which left Tait bruised and battered. The race was Red flagged and Tait was taken off the track on a back board to have his injuries evaluated. It was fortunately determined that there were no major injuries and he was free to race the second Moto but couldn’t race in the first Moto.

Upon the restart, it was once again Joe Byrd launching out front with the Holeshot. By the half way point of the race, Dustin Wimmer caught and passed Byrd to take over the lead. Byrd was then challenged by Lawson, but Byrd was able to remain in second followed by Lawson. Dustin Wimmer went on to win the race with ease over Byrd dealing with a cracked head on his Honda. Yamaha's Pat Brown finished in 4th followed by Canadian's Jasmin Plante. Richard Pelchat would end up wrecking and dropped back to a 13th place finish.

In the Second Moto, it was Byrd out front again with the Holeshot, but Byrd reportedly began to have mechanical issues early in the race and allowed Wimmer to make the pass for the lead. Wimmer once again pulled away from the pack. Byrd remained in second followed by Lawson. Plante finished out the Moto in 4th place ahead of Pelchat. Josh Creamer picked up a 6th place finish in the 2nd Moto, which secured him a 5th Overall on the weekend ahead of Travis Spader.

Pat Brown went down hard in the 2nd Moto, which sent him to the back of the pack finishing in 13th for the Moto and 8th Overall.

Chris Bithell rode strong both Motos going 10-7 for a 9th Overall finish in his first Pro ATV Motocross Race.

For Dustin Wimmer it was his first ATVA race event since his win at Echeconnee Off-Road Park in April. Despite missing the last six races, Wimmer remained in 9th place in points, and his win at Unadilla catapulted him up to 6th place in points ahead of teammate Doug Gust.

Joe Byrd’s 2nd Place finish over Jeremy Lawson moves him even closer to wrapping up his second consecutive Pro Class Championship and the first ever AMA Pro ATV Championship.