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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #5 - Sunset Ridge MX
Walnut,
Illinois
May 2-3, 2009
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Kawasaki's Chad Wienen
Wins Wild Weekend at Sunset Ridge
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| Can-Am's
Cody Miller grabbed a career 1st Pro ATV
Holeshot ahead of Kawasaki's Josh Creamer
& Chad Wienen in Moto 2 |
After the first four riders left the inside gate
pick option open, Warnert Racing Can-Am's Cody Miller
snagged it to secure a great starting position.
Miller not only earned his team their first moto
lead of the year, but also grabbed his first Pro
holeshot ever by taking the second holeshot award.
"On the hot lap it really hooked up for
a good line and when I came around in the start,
I was like, 'holy [cow], I've never been up here
before, this is wild,'" Miller said of his
first Pro holeshot ever. "Then I got passed
four times and I started to settle down and concentrate
and when the race was over, I thought there might
have been a chance I was on the podium so to get
second overall I couldn't believe it."
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| Motoworks
/ Can-Am's Jeremy Lawson was in the hunt
for a Podium finish in Moto 2 till his axle
snapped, which left him spectating |
Warnert
Racing's John Natalie made his charge past
Cody Miller in Moto 2 to grab the 3rd spot
behind Josh Upperman |
Wienen stayed close behind Miller in second place,
with Lawson, Baldwin Honda's Josh Upperman and
Creamer following in lap one. Having a less than
perfect weekend, Honda's Joe Byrd finished sixth
in moto one and stalled in the first lap of the
second and did not re-enter the race.
Creamer spun out in lap two and dropped to 16th
place, leaving space for Lawson to move in second
place until the eighth lap when his axle broke.
Creamer recovered enough to salvage eighth and
securing just one spot shy of the podium in fourth
overall. Upperman was able to move into second
place all the way to the finish collecting fifth
overall. Motoworks Can-Am's Frenchman, Jeremie
Warnia from Paris, France had a stellar weekend
by moving up the pack from seventh to fourth by
the motos end taking home sixth overall.
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| Suzuki's
Doug Gust was flying high at Sunset Ridge
as he claimed his 1st Podium finish of the
season |
Baldwin
/ Honda's Josh Upperman let it all hang
out in Moto 2 as he charged his way into
the 2nd spot to finish in the Top 5 |
Yamaha's Patrick Brown found his way back into
the Top 10 after a rough start to the season by
finishing seventh and tenth for a 7th overall
to the day.
Rounding out the Top 10 Overall were the rest
of the Can-Am field including Brandon Smith earning
his highest overall of the season in 8th, followed
by John Natalie in 9th after a stellar second
moto finishing 3rd. Jeremy Lawson's tough break
relegated him to 18th for the second moto but
still managing a Top 10 with 10th overall.
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| Motowork's
Jeremie Warnia breaks into the Top 10 with
a 6th Overall |
Yamaha's
Pat Brown also has a season best finish
with a 7th Overall |
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