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ATV Super Tour
Round #6 - Links |
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Taylorville, IL (7/9/2006) - Dustin
Wimmer showed the poise of a veteran by winning his
first professional ATV race, and Scott Kilby netted
his debut WPSA PowerSports ATV Championship Tour victory
during Sunday's Jack Link's Feed Your Wild Side ATV
Championship at South Fork Dirt Riders. The event, Round
6 of the 2006 title chase, was the second round of the
Illinois double championship weekend here.
Wimmer (No. 191 East Coast ATV, Axis, Sparks, Maxxis/Honda)
was first out of the gate in the SuperQuad Pro 450
event and earned the $1,000 Quad Magazine Holeshot
Award. From there, he was in his own zip code, leading
every lap virtually unchallenged. With the victory,
the Center Valley, Pa. rider took the lead in the
Riders' Championship. Jeremiah Jones (No. 2 Team Suzuki,
Yoshimura/Suzuki) came out atop a three-quad battle
for second, ahead of Patrick Brown (No. 199 Factory
Yamaha, Golden West Cycles, Ohlins/Yamaha). Doug Gust,
who led the points coming into the race, suffered
a rare mechanical failure while running third in his
No. 55 Team Suzuki, Yoshimura/Suzuki and finished
19th.
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Dustin
Wimmer's Curtis Sparks Honda once again catapulted
him to the front of the pack to claim the Quad
Magazine $1,000 Holeshot Award while chaos broke
out behind him with Matt White, Jeff Robins,
Chad Wienen, and Thomas Hager piling up in turn
one followed by Tavis Cain and Joe Haavisto
tangling in turn three. |
"It really hasn't sunk in," said Wimmer.
"We unveiled a brand-new quad this weekend and
the setup was perfect for this track. I like high-speed
tracks like this. You definitely have to hang on,
and set up for the speed. We just need to stay consistent
and do my best going into the last four races."
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| Yamaha's
Pat Brown finally earns a spot on the Pro Podium
after coming so close several times since turning
Pro at the end of the 2004 race season. |
K&K
ATV's Pro Rookie Josh Creamer finished a career
best 4th place ahead of Yamaha's Kory Ellis
continuing to pick up some steam as the season
progresses. |
Kilby (No. 227 Maxxis, OMF/Can-Am) survived a tough
QuadTerrain Challenge Pro Stock race. He took the
point for good when three quads tangled in the log
jam on the third lap. He wasn't challenged from there
and beat William Yokley (No. 23 Suzuki) and Brock
Parker (No. 493 LTE Exhaust, Super Grips/Can-Am) to
the finish. Daryl Rath (No. 67 Rath Racing, Maxxis,
Douglas Wheels), who finished fifth, holds the points
lead ahead of Yokley and Kilby, but only nine points
separate the top three in the standings. Clifton Beasley
(No. 226 Warnert Racing, Chapman Performance/Can-Am)
was the first out of the rock crawl and won the ATVRiders.com
"Rock'n'Roll" Award, worth $500.
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| Can-Am's
Clifton Beasley was able to out run teammates
Brock Parker, Scott Kilby, and Michael Swift
through the rocks to claim the $500 ATVriders.com
Rock'n'Roll Award |
Can-Am's
Scott Kilby continues to shine in the Quadterrian
challenge earning the win and his fourth podium
appearance after an intense battle with ITP's
William Yokley |
"It's about time I won one," joked Kilby.
"I've been on the podium all but once this season.
We had good luck today. It requires a lot of skill
and tact to get through the logs and pick the right
lines on the track. If you don't pick a good line,
it doesn't matter how fast you are, you're going to
get stuck. I took a risk, went to the inside over
a big knot. I wasn't sure I was going to make it,
but I really didn't have another choice. I jumped,
throttled it, and it just went."
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| Jack
Link's Carey Daku just missed the Podium in
only his second Pro Event of the year on his
Can-Am Outlander 650 |
Kevin
Johnston has joined forces with Arctic Cat for
the remainder of the 2006 WPSA Season |
Suzuki continues to hold its points lead in the SuperQuad
Pro 450 Manufacturers' Championship by two points
ahead of Honda. Can-Am and Suzuki are in a dead heat,
with 67 points apiece in the QuadTerrain Challenge
Pro Stock manufacturers' points, and sit 10 points
ahead of Arctic Cat.
Sunday's race will be telecast on ESPN2 on Saturday,
July 22 at noon EDT. The PowerSports ATV Championship
Tour's next race, the AMSOIL ATV Championship, is
scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 22-23 at Wild
Cat Creek MX in Rossville, Ind.
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| QuadMX
SuperQuad Pro 450 Podium (left
to Right) Pat Brown, Dustin Wimmer, Jermiah
Jones |
QuadTerrain
Challenge Pro Podium (left to
Right) William Yokley, Clifton Beasley, Scott
Kilby, Brock Parker |
About the PowerSports
ATV Tour
The PowerSports ATV Tour is North America's
newest ATV racing tour. The Tour is North America's
premier form of ATV racing, with its jumps,
gyrations and dirt-slinging racing action. The
Tour is organized by the World PowerSports Association,
North America's largest and most respected snowmobile
sanctioning body, and promoter of ATV and snowmobile
racing on both the regional and national level.
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