AMA
ATV Motocross Nationals
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Bull / Suzuki's Dustin Wimmer |
Johnstown, PA (7/12/2008) -
Dustin Wimmer once again took the top spot
in qualifying Saturday for tomorrow's American
Suzuki Summer National Southern at Pleasure
Valley Raceway. The event is Round 9 of the
ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA/ATVA National Motocross
Championship.
Wimmer (No. 191 Team MSR/Suzuki/Yoshimura/Pro
Taper Suzuki) turned in the top time of
one minute, 44.590 seconds during the final
session to beat out Pat Brown (No. 199 Team
Yamaha) and Josh Upperman (No. 20 American
Honda/Baldwin Motorsports).
"The track is pretty fun and I found
some lines I can use to pass tomorrow,"
said Wimmer. "It's going to take a
good start as always, but my Suzuki is running
better than ever and I’m ready for
the race."
Upperman’s third-place run created
a lot of talk in the pits. The Ohio Factory
Honda rider has been riding well for the
past several rounds and could be a dark
horse contender for the win if he starts
well tomorrow.
“I felt really good today,”
said Upperman. “My practice track
is exactly like this place, so I felt comfortable
as soon as I hit the dirt.
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A
nasty uphill section of whoops had
several Pros barely hanging while
others weren't as lucky and went for
a tumble, but amazingly both Doug
Gust (left) and Josh Creamer (right)
both held on to save themselves from
a dismount
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Cale Downen (No. 727 K&K ATV), Harold
Goodman (No. 708 Honda), Russell Shumaker
(No. 68 Monster Energy Kawasaki) and Hunter
Miller (No. 90 Golden West Cycles Honda)
qualified for tomorrow's finals through
the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ).
Trent Kandel, Brandon Smith, Michael Brown,
Brock Lyons, and Brian Ace didn't qualifying
for the 20-quad field.
The American Suzuki Summer National continues
tomorrow with Pro finals scheduled at noon
and at 3 p.m., as well as a full program
of Pro-Am, Amateur, Youth, and Women's racing.
About the ATV Association
(ATVA):
The ATV Association ("ATVA")
is the official sanctioning body of the
amateur division of the ATVA ITP/Moose ATV
National Motocross Championship Series Presented
by Parts Unlimited. The 9,000-member ATVA
is a sister organization of the 260,000
member American Motorcyclist Association
(AMA). ATV racing has experienced phenomenal
growth in recent years, and continues to
gain momentum and support, outselling off-road
motorcycles annually. Each ATVA round attracts
hundreds of racers who compete for bragging
rights to one of 31 amateur national titles.
For more information, please visit www.atvaonline.com.
About the ATV Promoters
Group (ATVPG):
The ATVPG is composed of the individual
promoters that host the AMA ITP/Moose ATV
National Motocross Championships, presented
by Parts Unlimited. The goal of the ATVPG
is to raise awareness of ATV motocross through
the production of professional and amateur
championship racing events. For more information
on the ATVPG and the ATV National events
they produce, please visit www.atvmotocross.com.
About the ITP/Moose
ATV National Motocross
Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited:
The AMA ITP/Moose ATV National Motocross
Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited
is the nation's premier amateur and professional
ATV motocross series, and competes at top
motocross facilities nationwide. The 11-round
series features the Nation's best racers,
teams and sponsors, and is America's largest
and longest-running ATV National Motocross
series with more than 20 years of competition.
The series continues to expand and produce
top talent from the amateur ranks, while
keeping close to the grassroots fun that
makes people love to go to the races.
Series sponsors include
title sponsors ITP Tires and Moose Racing,
and presenting sponsor Parts Unlimited.
Premiere and Feature sponsors include ATV
Sport, Moto Tees, Scott USA, Maxxis Tires,
Elka Suspension and H-Bomb Films/Division
Four. Associate sponsors include Weekend
Warrior Trailers, Denton Racing, and Hinson
Racing. Media partners include ATV Insider,
ATV Rider and ATVRiders.com. For more information,
please visit www.atvmotocross.com.
