Posted August 22, 2007

Chad Wienen Wins the Race, Joe Byrd Wins the Title

The ITP/Moose AMA Pro ATV National Championship presented by Parts Unlimited continues with the Can-Am Northeastern ATV National presented by Renegade at the Unadilla Valley Sports Center on July 28-29 in New Berlin, NY.

Perhaps one of the strangest turns of events in Loretta Lynn’s history happened at the last round of the 2007 ATVA ITP/Moose Racing Motocross National in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Some 607 riders survived the forecasted heat advisory as temperatures reached triple digits. Out of 32 classes, there was 23 classes with 1-1 win sweeps, including the Pro, Pro-Am and Pro-Am Women’s classes.

In the Pro class in the first moto, Joe Byrd (above) landed the ATVriders.com holeshot award and set the pace until he signaled off the gas—a mechanical problem soon came into play.

Wienen landed an easy win after a battle between Jeremy Lawson and Harold Goodman for second resulted in another spin. Patrick Brown ended up second, with Keith Little in the third spot.

After finishing 15th in Moto 1, Byrd had bagged the championship, becoming the first-ever AMA Pro ATV Racing Champion.

"I wanted to get my speed going and win here again, but the title was the biggest thing," Byrd said. "I saw that Jeremy and Harold got in a pile up or something happened there. Bad luck happens; actually it’s good luck on my part, and my hats off to all those guys, hats off to Chad, he rode a good race—a bittersweet victory for me. I wanted to win, but the title’s more important, that’s what I came here for, and I got it."

With the championship already decided, it was all-out drag race for the holeshot in the second moto. Wienen and Byrd were side-by-side through the first sweeper, with Wienen edging out the professor of the ATVriders.com holeshot award.

While Wienen never looked back from first place, Byrd charged hard through the heat, his speed increasing at the end of the race.

Lawson battled for third, passing fellow Honda riders Goodman and Keith Little after the start. Lawson went 10-3 for fourth overall, with Sage Baker’s 6-7 rounding out the top 5.

Little went 3-5 for second overall, with Yamaha of Canada’s Jasmin Plante on the podium with a 4-6. Pat Brown posted 2-14 for seventh overall, over Byrd in eighth with a 15-2.

ITP/Moose ATVA National MX Championship Presented by Parts Unlimited
AMA Pro ATV
Dirt Days, Loretta Lynn’s Hurricane Mills, TN
August 11-12, 2007

Overall
1. Chad Wienen 1-1
2. Kieth Little  3-5
3. Jasmin Plante 4-6
4.  Jeremy Lawson 10-3
5.  Sage Baker 6-7
6. Travis Spader 5-8
7.  Pat Brown 2-14
8. Joe Byrd 15-2
9.  Harold Goodman 13-4
10. Hunter Miller 8-9

AMA Pro ATV MX Series Standings
Joe Byrd (520/6 wins)
Jeremy Lawson (491/3 wins)
Pat Brown (394)
Michael Brown (277)
Justin Bres (258)
Christopher Tait (191)
Dustin Wimmer (191/2 wins)
Doug Gust (168)
Chad Wienen (167/1 win)
Kieth Little (147)

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