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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #5 - Sunset Ridge MX
Walnut, Illinois
May 2-3, 2009

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Kawasaki's Chad Wienen Wins Wild Weekend at Sunset Ridge
Can-Am's Cody Miller & Suzuki's Doug Gust Podium

AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #5 - Sunset Ridge
Kawasaki's Chad Wienen - Pro ATV motocross
Monster Energy / Kawasaki's Chad Wienen Claims his 1st Win on the Kawasaki KFX450R
Walnut, IL (5/4/2009) – Monster Energy Kawasaki's Chad Wienen brought home his first win of the season in front of throngs of excited fans at his home track during round five of the AMA Pro ATV MX championship at the Sunset Ridge National in Walnut, Illinois. Wienen went 1-1 in perfect weather conditions to close down the point's margin and moves into third place for the Championship.

This is the first round since series leader Dustin Wimmer has been out with an injury and he drops to second in the points behind new series leader Joe Byrd, who struggled during the day with 6-19 moto scores. Warnert Racing Can-Am's Cody Miller nabbed second followed by Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Doug Gust in third.

The Sunset Ridge National event also marked round four of the amateur portion of the ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship presented by Parts Unlimited.

"I just felt really comfortable and got great starts which helped me along the entire weekend," Wienen said. "It was just a weekend where everything came together and I don't think anything could have gone better for me. Having my fans cheering me on made my job a lot easier."

Josh Creamer & Chad Wienen
#9 Josh Creamer lead for Several laps in Moto One with teammate, #44 Chad Wienen, eventually making the pass to take over the lead

Wienen started the weekend off right, taking the Top Qualifier Award, but it was his teammate Josh Creamer that grabbed the holeshot award in moto one. Creamer held the lead until the third lap, until Wienen rocketed past him to take over the top spot all the way to the checkers. With more than half the race over Motoworks Can-Am's Jeremy Lawson, who started in the middle of the pack, also passed Creamer to move into second place. The lone Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider for the weekend, Doug Gust, turned the pressure on Creamer in the last lap, but Creamer outlasted him to come in third.

Kawasaki's Chad Wienen & Josh Creamer
Kawasaki's Chad Wienen & Josh Creamer
Illinois' own Chad Wienen had plenty of motivation to grab the win with his crew cheering him on track side & hundreds of spectators along the fences cheering for him with eash passing lap to the checkered flag
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