Winner Wimmer
By TMX Archives on 1st Apr 10
Reigning AMA Pro ATV Champion Dustin Wimmer started his defence of the 2010 title with overall victory on his Suzuki LT-R450 at Sunday's opening round at Mill Creek Raceway in Pell City, Alabama.
Wimmer, who has won the last six motos at the hilly facility, said, I definitely felt less pressure than in previous years, but I'm here to win, make no mistake about that.
Threatening storms cleared out just before the start of the Main Event and the gate dropped under blue skies and sunshine. Creamer pulled the holeshot and quickly put a three-second gap on second placed Wimmer. The race for the top-five positions was very close until about midway when Wimmer passed Creamer for first and then slowly started to pull away to a six-second lead. In the meantime, Creamer left a small door open, was bumped, and missed a berm, dropping several positions in the process. By race end, Wimmer won by a comfortable five seconds.
The second moto started just like the first with Creamer grabbing another clean holeshot over Wimmer. As in the first moto, about mid-distance, Wimmer was able to get by Creamer for the lead, but this time Creamer stayed with him and the two ran nose-to-tail. The two riders pulled a large gap on the rest of the pack and were in a league all to themselves, taking 1-2 for a truly dominating finish.
Results
Overall: 1 Dustin Wimmer (Suzuki), 2 Chad Wienen (Can-Am), 3 Josh Creamer (Suzuki), 4 John Natalie (Can-Am), 5 Josh Upperman (Honda), 6 Jeremy Lawson (Honda).