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AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
Round # 7 - Unadilla Valley Sports
New
Berlin, New York
June 13-14, 2009
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Kawasaki's Chad Wienen
Takes Unadilla Victory & Points Lead
AMA ATV Motocross Championship
Series - Round 7- Unadilla
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ATV Motocross Nationals
Round #7 - Unadilla |
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New
Berlin, NY – Monster
Energy Kawasaki's Chad Wienen grabbed both moto
wins to take the overall victory at the Can-Am Northeastern
ATV National at the historic Unadilla Valley Sports
Center in New Berlin, New York, capping off an amazing
come-from-behind charge that has brought the Illinois
native from virtually worst to first in the 2009
AMA Pro ATV Motocross Series point standings. The
Unadilla event also marked round six of the 2009
ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship
presented by Parts Unlimited.
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| Kawasaki's
Chad Wienen Wins for the 2nd Time this season
& 3rd straight win for Kawasaki with
Wienen now leading the Pro points (254 Pts)
with a 9 point advanatage over Honda's Joe
byrd (245 Pts) |
"Everything is coming together this year
and I'm so excited right now with this finish
at Unadilla," said Wienen, who topped Rockstar/Makita
Suzuki's Doug Gust and Warnert Can-Am's John Natalie
for the win. "I haven't been here in four
years and I didn't know how many fans I have out
here. I'm happy to be up here on this box and
I'm just taking it race by race."
Wienen, new to the Kawasaki squad this year,
suffered through mechanical troubles in three
of the first four motos of the season, and found
himself over 50 points behind the series leader
after round two. But he's been on the podium ever
since, logging three seconds and two victories
while early-season leaders Joe Byrd and Dustin
Wimmer have struggled.
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Joe Byrd tipped over in Moto One, but to
makes things worse, he wasn't able to get
his quad started right away, which cost
him over 30 seconds and 8 positions, which
dropped him back to 12th before returning
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Byrd and Wimmer's troubles continued at Unadilla.
Honda veteran Byrd made a mistake in moto one
and dropped from fourth to eventually finish 11th,
and he was credited with 17th in moto two after
mechanical troubles set in. Amazingly, Wimmer,
the defending AMA Pro ATV MX Champion, made up
points on Byrd despite riding with a lingering
shoulder injury suffered before round four of
the tour. Wimmer soldiered on with 10-4 scores
for sixth overall at Unadilla. Wienen now leads
both, with a nine point lead on Byrd and 19 points
on Wimmer.
Wimmer's teammate Doug Gust made a serious challenge
at Wienen. He landed the ATVSource.com Top Qualifier
Award and battled at the front of the pack in
both motos, ultimately taking 3-3 scores for second
overall. Warnert Can-Am's John Natalie went 5-2
for third, pleasing the event's title sponsor.
Honda rider Josh Upperman took fourth with 2-6
scores, and another Can-Am rider, Jeremy Lawson,
went 4-5 for fifth.
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Suzuki's
Doug Gust went 3-3 to claim a season best
2nd Overall at Unadilla
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Can-Am's
John Natalie Jr was able to put together
2 solid Motos for a 3rd Overall |
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