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Honda's Joe Byrd Won the ITP Tires
Grand Slam Championship presented
by QUAD Pro ATV Championship |
Hurricane Mills, TN (8/10/2008) -
Joe Byrd clinched the $5,000 ITP Tires Grand
Slam Championship presented by QUAD Magazine
Sunday at Loretta Lynn Ranch. The championship
within a championship is part of the ITP Tires/Moose
Racing AMA/ATVA National Championship Presented
by Parts Unlimited.
Byrd (No. 7 American Honda/Joe Byrd Riding
School Honda) won two out of the four races
in the special championship. He earned $1,000
for each victory, as well an extra $1,000
and a special gold medal for the overall
title. Dustin Wimmer finished second in
the chase, earning a bronze medal, while
the silver medal went to Jeremy Lawson (No.
16 Team Epic Can-Am).
"That was a really cool thing for
the series to do," said Byrd of the
special program, which was unveiled earlier
this year and featured special awards in
every racing class. "Having a series
within a series gave us all something extra
to try to win and it feels good to be the
first person to win it. It's awesome."
Wimmer (No. 191 Team MSR/Suzuki/Yoshimura/Pro
Taper Suzuki) and Chad Wienen (No. 44 Team
Rockstar/ MSR/Suzuki/Yoshimura/Pro Taper
Suzuki) each won a single race, earning
$1,000 each.
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.
