WIENEN FASTEST AS STARTING LINE-UP SET FOR BLUEGRASS ATV NATIONAL

 

 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (April 12, 2008) -- Chad Wienen put his name on top of the order, recording the fastest time in qualifying Saturday for tomorrow's Bluegrass ATV National at Ballance Moto X. The event is Round 3 of the 2008 ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA/ATVA Motocross Championship Series presented by Parts Unlimited.

 

Wienen (No. 44 Team Rockstar/MSR/Suzuki/Yoshimura/Pro Taper) in fact turned the fastest lap of the day, recording a time of one minute and 47.055 seconds. Josh Creamer (No. 9 Monster Energy Drink/Kawasaki) was second quickest, just three tenths off of Wienen's time. Points leader Dustin Wimmer (No. 191 Team MSR/Suzuki/Yoshimura/Pro Taper) completed the top three.

 

"This team is just so dedicated to excellence," said Wienen of his Team Suzuki factory squad. "They choose the best components and, by far, we have the fastest bikes out there.

 

"It's just a total package," Wienen continued. "I do my training to keep my end of the bargain up, but it makes it much easier to have the bike to back that up. I just went out there and did whatever I could to make the team look good."

 

Josh Upperman, John Ragon, Rocco Arno, Jr., and Richard Pelchat all qualified for the final through the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ). Thomas Hager, Nate Morello, Greg Meeks, Hunter Miller, Trent Kandel, Justin Bush and Christopher Tait didn't qualify.

 

Racing continues tomorrow with final Pro qualifying scheduled for 10 a.m., followed by final motos at noon and at 3 p.m. Tomorrow will also feature a full card of Amateur, Youth and Women racing.

 

Qualifying Grid Bluegrass ATV National
Pos	#	Rider	Lap Time
1	44	Chad Wienen	01:47.055
2	9	Josh Creamer	01:47.853
3	191	Dustin Wimmer	01:47.961
4	13	John Natalie	01:49.116
5	22	Cody Miller	01:49.593
6	199	Pat Brown	01:50.044
7	10	Greg Gee	01:50.425
8	16	Jeremy Lawson	01:50.658
9	55	Doug Gust	01:50.948
10	7	Joe Byrd	01:51.009
11	12	Keith Little	01:51.177
12	91	Jasmine Plante	01:51.412
13	708	Harold Goodman	01:51.732
14	68	Russell Shumaker	01:51.743
15	49	Sage Baker	01:51.912
16	19	Jason Dunkelberger	01:52.051
*17	20	Josh Upperman	01:52.285
*18	98	John Ragon	01:53.258
*19	101	Rocco Arno, Jr.	01:53.709
*20	46	Richard Pelchat	NT
*Qualified through the LCQ