AMA ATV Motocross Nationals Round #10 - Red Bud MX Buchanan, Michigan July 26-27, 2008

Conditions were near perfect with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 80’s when the Pro’s took the line for the first moto and just as in round nine, Kawasaki’s Josh Creamer grabbed the holeshot.

Kawasaki / Monstery Energy's Josh Creamer grabbed yet another first Moto Holeshot and within a few laps, Creamer extended his lead to 8 seconds over Chad Wienen

Into the first turn, Josh Upperman, Harold Goodman, Doug Gust, Pat Brown, and Chad Wienen followed Creamer closely, before Creamer began to put space between him and the rest of the pack. While Creamer continued to lay down the fastest lap times of the race, Wienen began his charge to the front, picking off Goodman and Upperman by the third lap.

Meanwhile, Joe Byrd was making up time from his 8th place start and soon began to chase down Suzuki racer Doug Gust for third place. Meanwhile, Dustin Wimmer got off to a slow start and seemed to be having some trouble. “I was dealing with a bent tie rod in the first moto,” said Dustin. “I knew where I had to finish in order to secure the championship, so I road smart and didn’t push it too hard.”

Baldwin's Josh Upperman held the 2nd spot for several laps before dropping back to 6th place in the 4th lap, which is where he stayed till the checkered flag	Suzuki's Chad Wienen charged his way up to the 2nd spot by the 4th lap, but the following lap, Creamer was sidelined, which gave Wienen the lead

Josh Creamer continued to increase his lead until the 5th lap when he ran into problems. Josh had just landed the 75 foot step-up jump when his motor seized. “I’m just glad it happened on the landing and not the take off!” said Josh. With Creamer out of the running for moto one, Chad Wienen took over the lead and started to put some distance between him and Doug Gust, who was now in 2nd and being pressured by Joe Byrd. The battle between Gust and Byrd lasted for about five laps before Byrd was able to get around Gust and take over 2nd place. “Joe and I have been racing together for so long, we both knew what we needed to do, so it was a tough battle,” said Gust.

Pat Brown had a pretty good start in moto one and ran strong, holding off Josh Upperman and Can-Am’s John Natalie for most of the race, but Kawasaki’s Russell Shumaker didn’t fair quite as well Brown did, as Shumaker crashed early in the first moto. Luckily, the #68 Kawasaki racer was uninjured and continued to race and amazingly finished in the top 10.

Yamaha's Pat Brown was running strong in Moto One as he held off Josh Upperman for a top 5 Overall finish	Can-Am's John Natalie Jr charged his way from a 15th place start to claim a 7th place finish on his DS450