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2007 AMA Pro ATV Open Invitational
Steel City Raceway
Delmont, PA
August 25, 2007


Yamaha's Pat Brown Wins Inaugural AMA Pro ATV Open


AMA Pro ATV Open Links
Delmont, PA (8/25/2007) – There's a first time for everything and Yamaha's Pat Brown took his first-ever win at the first-ever AMA Pro ATV Open at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Pa. Twenty hand-picked invitations went out for this one-off event, adding fuel to fire for Round 10 of the AMA/Toyota Motocross Championships. The leel of commitment for the Pro ATV racers astounded even the Pro dirt bike racers, and once the four-wheelers started flooring the uphill triples, the stage was set for this jaw-dropping event.

After heavy rain saturated the track & parking areas the week leading up the event, it became a challenge to get all the rigs parked on Friday, which took nearly all day, but as usual the Racer Production crew overcame the challenge

Practice
The track at Steel City offered a little something for everyone. "[The triples are] a little separator for everybody to do," Patrick Brown said. "It's not just the same old everybody jumps everything."

Kawasaki's Josh Creamer turned the fastest qualifying lap time with around 2.29, with riders like Gust, Wimmer, Pelchat and Ellis inside the top 5. Wienen held sixth fastest lap time, though some riders relaxed the pace in practice. Not trying for fast laps, "I had to make sure I got the track in my head ready to go," one rider said.

Josh Creamer turned the quickest laptime of 2:29 on his Kawasaki KFX450
Privateers Michael Brown & Justin Bres were sponsored by Cernics Racing for the weekend

Factory Cernic's Honda Pro ATV Team Michael James Brown pulled the first gate pick. "That's the first time I've ever done that," he said.

Alternate Rider, Sage Baker, dialed in the track during practice, but unfortunately wasn't able to race in the Main
Second pick went to Patrick Brown. “The gate pick was good," Brown said after winning the race. "The gate was pretty equal, so it wasn't a huge, huge advantage, but it definitely worked out in my favor," Brown said.

Last-minute entry Cale Downen caught 10th gate pick, along with his first glimpse of the track behind the rider's seat. "I've never ridden here before," Downen said. "I wrenched here last year for Sage Baker."

The holeshotting Honda of Keith Little drew gate pick number 18, and figured the familiar holeshot to come from his days of flat track racing. "The track was kind of mushy [in practice,]" Little said. "[We are] so excited, and willing to go out there and push the limit to get our name out there as much as we can."

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