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ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #4 - Sunset Ridge MX
Walnut, Illinois
May 31, 2014
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Thomas Brown Wins Sunset
Ridge ATV Pro Motocross
ATV Pro Motocross Racing
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2014
AMA ATV Motocross
Round 4 - Links
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Walnut,
IL (5/31/2014)
– Chad Wienen's bid for a fourth consecutive
win at his hometown race at Sunset Ridge MX in
Walnut, Illinois, came up just a couple points
short on Saturday as he watched his Wienen Motorsports/SSi
Decals/Walsh Yamaha teammate Thomas Brown capture
his first win of the 2014 Mtn. Dew ATV Motocross
National Championship, sanctioned by AMA (ATVMX),
season. The fourth round of the championship featured
the most parity of the season thus far, with Brown
becoming the fifth different rider to finish on
the overall podium.
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Mtn
Dew ATV Motocross - Round 4 - Pro ATV MX
Podium (left to right)
Josh Upperman
(3rd), Thomas
Brown
(1st), Chad
Wienen(2nd) |
The AMA Pro ATV Class competed in its warmest
conditions thus far in 2014 and near 90-degree
temperatures was accompanied by high humidity.
As a result, the sandy track at Sunset Ridge MX
broke down dramatically and made racing even more
challenging for this highly talented field of
the world's best ATV riders. Despite the heat,
fans still came out in force to cheer on the competitors
for a great day of action, which began with hometown
boy Chad Wienen, from nearby Galena, grabbing
the ATVRiders.com Top Qualifier Award.
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Chad Wienen
claimed the ATVriders.com Fastest Qualifier
Award
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At the start of the first moto, it wasn't Wienen
but Baldwin Motorsports / PEP / Upperman Racing
Honda's Josh Upperman who raced to the SSi Decals
Holeshot. However, his lead was short lived as
Motosport.com / RRR / Ford / DWT / Walsh / Fox
Honda's John Natalie took over the top spot in
the second corner.
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Josh Upperman
grabbed the SSi Decals Moto One Holeshot
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Shortly thereafter, JB Racing/Cheerwine Can-Am's
Jeffrey Rastrelli moved to the front of the field
to lead the first lap with his JB Racing / DWT
/ Mtn. Dew Live Wire Can-Am teammate Joel Hetrick
in second, searching for back-to-back overall
wins. Upperman settled into third with Natalie
fourth and Wienen crossing the line in fifth,
while Brown slotted into sixth.
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Jeffrey Rastrelli
took over the lead in lap one, but he
blew a corner & dropped back to 9th
in lap two, but rebounded to 7th by the
checkered flag
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