Wimmer wonder
By TMX Archives on 2nd Jul 09
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing's Dustin Wimmer and Doug Gust celebrated their first double podium of the season at the weekend's Muddy Creek AMA ATV Motocross National in Blountville in Tennessee. Wimmer piloted his Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer LT-R450 to victory while team mate Gust followed him home in second place. This victory is Wimmer's fourth of the 2009 season and he is currently in second place in the overall championship points standings behind Monster Energy Kawaski's Chad Weinen.
For Gust, this result marks his third podium finish of the season and he is in fourth place in the overall championship points standings behind Honda mounted Joe Byrd.
"It feels great to be back on top. In the first moto, once I got the track down, I just put my head down and started passing people. I had to work hard for the win in the first moto but in moto two, I got a much better start and I was able to take over the lead quickly and just be in cruise control.
This win was a real confidence-booster for me. I put in a lot of hard work and it paid off for me this weekend. I'm still only at about 95 per cent but I'll be at 100 per cent for round nine and I'm looking for another win. I'm only about seven points off the lead and I hope to take over that soon and give Suzuki another championship, said Wimmer.
AMA Pro ATV Motocross Top 10 Finishers: 1 Dustin Wimmer (Suzuki), 2 Doug Gust (Suzuki), 3 Chad Wienen (Kawasaki), 4 Jeremy Lawson (Can-Am), 5 Josh Upperman (Honda), 6 Harold Goodman (Honda), 7 Jeremie Warnia (Can-Am), 8 Cody Miller (Can-Am), 9 Joe Byrd (Honda), 10 Thomas Brown (Yamaha).