AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #9 - Red Bud MX
Buchanan, MI
July 27, 2013
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Chad Wienen Clinches
2013 AMA ATV Motocross Championship
Chad Wienen goes 1-1 at Red
Bud for Win
2013
AMA ATV Motocross
Round 9 - Red Bud
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Buchanan,
MI (7/27/2013)
– The 2013 Mtn. Dew ATV Motocross National
Championship Series, sanctioned by AMA, has been
filled with action packed racing and full of excitement.
This weekend RedBud MX in Buchanan, Mich. hosted
Round 9 of the 10-race series and it proved to
be no different as the series crowned Chad Wienen
the 2013 Pro National Champion after going 1-1
for the overall win of the weekend.
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Chad Wienen clinches the 2013 AMA ATV Motocross
National Championship at Red Bud after a
perfect 1-1 day for the win. |
After going 1-1 for the day, Wienen not only
took his eighth overall win of the season but
secured his second consecutive National Championship
a round early aboard his Wienen Motorsports SSi
Walsh Yamaha presented by Maxxis Tires & Team
Vollmer machine.
"It hasn't really hit me yet. This season
has been so surreal and now that I've clinched
my second consecutive National Championship it's
more than a dream come true. I'm still looking
forward to one more round of racing but I've been
working my entire life to win a Championship and
now that I've done it two years in a row I can't
believe it, makes me even hungrier for more,"
said Wienen.
As the pros hit the RedBud track for the first
time in 2013, it was Joel Hetrick who came out
of the morning practices with the ATVRiders.com
Fastest Qualifier Award. Practice portrayed a
day full of tight racing as the top four riders
were all within one second of each other.
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Joel Hetrick once again scored
the ATVriders.com Fastest Qualifier Award |
"The track was really fun out there and
I knew going out for practice I need to put good
times down to get a good gate pick to start the
day out right. I knew the day was going to have
some great racing after the front of the field
was all within a second for their fastest lap
but I'm happy I was able to grab the ATVRiders.com
Fastest Qualifier award and get myself a head
start for a day full of racing," saidHetrick.
As the full pro gate dropped for moto 1, it was
Wienen who crossed the SSi Decals Holeshot Award
line first. Wienen spaced a four second lead on
the field by the end of the first lap and was
able to maintain a similar distance until he crossed
the checkers first in moto 1.
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Chad Wienen grabbed the moto 1 holeshot
on his Yamaha YFZ 450R |
Thomas Brown didn't come out of the first turn
with as good of a start and fell into the field
just inside of the top ten. Brown had to make
up a lot of ground and set out to do so quickly
moving up to fifth by the end of the first lap.
Brown's determination kept him pushing the entire
moto and he was able to go from fourth to second
with less than three laps to go. Brown finished
out moto 1 three seconds behind the leader in
second. Corrosion Hetrick Racing's Joel Hetrick
came off of the gate inside of the top ten and
sat in the third place position from the end of
the first lap up until Brown made the pass and
he moved into fourth. Hetrick's endurance kept
him pushing and he made a pass back into the third
place position with two laps to go and rounded
out the podium finishers in moto 1.
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Thomas
Brown claimed the third spot in Moto 1 |
"I always really look forward to coming
to RedBud their facility and track is always top
notch and really suits my style of riding. I've
been looking forward to getting closer to the
top of the box all season and I really had to
work for it but it left me really pumped to continue
to work to lead the field," said Brown.
BCS Can-Am rider Josh Creamer came out of the
holeshot right behind the leader and maintained
his second place position despite pressure from
behind until Brown and Hetrick came racing through
the field with a few laps to go. Creamer finished
out moto 1 in fourth with a fifteen second advantage
on the rest of the field. John Natalie had a top
five start in moto 1 aboard his MotoSport.com
Motoworks DWT machine. Natalie showed true to
his nickname "Ironman" by holding onto
the fifth place position despite pressure from
behind numerous times throughout the moto.
"The track was really technical and I made
a few mistakes that cost me some positions but
the front of the field had a great battle going
on the entire moto and I was having fun out there,
I know I need to go out there and work on a few
things before the final round in a few weeks,"
said Creamer.
Rookie of the Year contender Tyler Hamrick had
a standout race aboard his Vechery Racing finishing
well inside the top ten in the eighth place position
after battling with several other riders for his
position.
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