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AMA ATV Motocross
Nationals
Round # 11 - Loretta Lynn's
Hurricane
Mills, Tennessee
August 9-10, 2008
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Pro AMA ATV Motocross
Loretta Lynn's Race Report
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ATV Motocross Nationals
Loretta Lynn's Links |
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Hurricane Mills, TN (8/10/2008)
– As the 2008 AMA ATV Motocross Nationals
came to a close, it was Suzuki’s Chad Wienen
who took the first moto win and took the overall
win even after a heated battle with Honda’s
Joe Byrd in the second moto.
The final round of the 2008 season was held,
as usual, at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. Besides
all of the racing, there was plenty of entertainment
at the season finale thanks to Racer Productions,
and this year they hosted the first annual Kid’s
Karnival on Friday with many of the pro racers
participating in the activities. Also, ATVriders.com
is proud to announce that we were voted as favorite
website by the racers, which was a huge compliment
from our future stars.
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| Monster
Energy / Kawasaki’s Keith Little manned
the Monster Putt-Putt |
Jason
Dunkleberger took a splash in the "Dunk
Tank"
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On Saturday night, ATV racer/country artist Krista
Marie took the stage to put on a performance for
spectators and several major record labels that
were in attendance to check out her act. Krista
has actually been sidelined from racing the last
few rounds of the series after a nasty crash at
Muddy Creek that left here with plenty of hardware
as a souvenir. “All of my friends are giving
me a bad time now. They say I’m no longer
“stock”. Now they call me “after
market” because of all the titanium in me,”
Krista said jokingly.
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Krista Marie first started racing at the
ATV Motocross Nationals in 2005 when she
made her National debut at Loretta Lynn's
and she continued to race a couple of event
each year ever since. In 2008, Krista Marie
took her ATV racing to the next level by
committing herself to the entire race season
in the hopes for a championship. Krista
was well on her way to a top three finish
till her serious wreck at Muddy Creek, which
sidelined her for the rest of the season,
but she was determined it wasn't going to
stop her from singing at the Loretta Lynn's
season finale. Not only did she sing, she
captured the hearts of everyone in the crowd
with an outstanding performance for many
that never realized they had not only a
top notch racer among them, but also an
upcoming country music singer with plenty
of potential to sing for an international
audience in the near future. (Krista
Marie's Concert Photo Gallery Link)
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| Krista
Marie was joined on stage by Women ATV Racer's
Jamie Jones & Michelle Natalie along
with Jessica Montogomery with the t-shirt
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Even though she was unable to race, Krista still
has the racing community’s interests at heart.
“I’m hoping that I can bring the music
industry and the ATV industry together, which I
think would really help bring a lot of recognition
to the sport,” she said. “A lot of the
record execs that were out here this weekend never
even knew that this track existed or even knew that
ATV’s are capable of racing at the level they
are at. I think they were all pretty impressed with
everything that went on this weekend,” concluded
Krista, who also made a pretty big impression on
the record labels this weekend, which captured the
attention of several record labels.
Although there were plenty of activities over
the weekend, the main attraction was still the
races, and Chad Wienen wasted no time showing
off that he was finally back to 100% as he dominated
the timed qualifying, but for those out side of
the top 16, it came down to the LCQ to fill the
final four spots on the gate.
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