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Englishtown, NJ (8/19/2006) - The battle
between rookie greatness and veteran experience continued
Saturday at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park as rookie
Dustin Wimmer won Saturday's WPSA PowerSports ATV Tour
SuperQuad Pro 450 race, ahead of longtime motocross
legend Doug Gust. Meanwhile, Rory Beckman dominated
the QuadTerrain Challenge Pro Stock race, earning his
first victory.
The race will be telecast on ESPN2 on Sunday, Aug.
27 at 1 a.m. EDT.
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Travis
Spader edges out Josh Creamer for the Quad Magazine
$1,000 Holeshot Award |
Josh Creamer (No. 270 K & K ATV, Robbs Racing
Engines, Ohlins/Honda) took the lead in SuperQuad
Pro 450 event after Travis Spader (No. 30 Progressive
Suspension/Yamaha) won the $1,000 Quad Magazine Holeshot
Award. Riding from third, Wimmer grabbed second on
lap seven, and took the lead with an outside move
on lap eight. Gust dogged Wimmer during the final
two laps, but settled for second, ahead of Pittstown,
N.J. native Pat Brown (No. 199 Factory Yamaha, Golden
West Cycles/Yamaha).
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ATV's Josh Creamer lead over half the race,
and it will be only a matter of time till this
Pro Rookie earns a spot in the Pro Podium |
East
Coast ATV's Dustin Wimmer was able to charge
his way to the front and hold off Doug Gust
for the Win, which allowed him to take over
the points lead by two points. |
With the victory, Wimmer took the lead in the Riders'
Championship from Gust. Wimmer now holds a two-point
margin going into tomorrow's season finale, part of
this weekend's double championship.
"It was pretty tight the last few laps,"
said Wimmer. "Doug is an awesome rider. I tried
to run a smart line, and protect my lead. The conservative
approach worked out today. This is a tight championship,
so every session tomorrow is going to be important,
but I'm glad to be back in the points lead."
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Rory
Beckman claimed the ATVriders.com Rock'n'Roll
Award |
Under threatening skies, Beckman (No. 292 Jack Link's,
Spy Optics, Fly Racing/Arctic Cat) won the $500 ATVriders.com
Rock'n'Roll Award for leaving the rock crawl first,
and led every lap of the QuadTerrain Challenge Pro
Stock race. Beckman fought off a late charge from
Jesse West (No. 888 Oil Boyz, Stud Boy/Arctic Cat)
to nab the victory, his first on the Tour. The win
also marked the first for rookie PowerSports ATV Tour
team Olah Racing. West was second, ahead of Daryl
Rath (No. 67 Rath Racing, Maxxis/Arctic Cat).
Rath now leads William Yokley (No. 23 Suzuki) by
14 in the riders' standings.
"I got a great start and just stayed smooth
through the rocks," said Beckman. "I wasn't
the fastest rider out there, but consistency really
paid off. Late in the race, I got hung up in the rocks
and Jesse scared me there. I was lucky to make it
through."
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Energy Drink's William Yokley wasn't able to
glide through the rocks as usual and lost some
valuable points |
Arctic
Cat's Daryl Rath was able to work his way through
the pack once again and finish third to extend
his points lead. |
Suzuki continues its hold on the Manufacturers' Championship
in SuperQuad Pro 450 with an six-point margin ahead
of Honda. Can-Am leads the manufacturers' points in
QuadTerrain Pro Stock, just one point ahead of Arctic
Cat.
Current point standings and results will be available
at www.PowerSportsTour.com.
The Englishtown race weekend continues tomorrow with
the 2006 season finale. Tomorrow's events, which get
underway at 9 a.m. EDT, include a full schedule of
racing for the Pros, as well as finals for the Amateur,
Pro Am and Youth classes.
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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