“It hasn’t really hit me yet. This season has been so surreal and now that I’ve clinched my second consecutive National Championship it’s more than a dream come true. I’m still looking forward to one more round of racing but I’ve been working my entire life to win a Championship and now that I’ve done it two years in a row I can’t believe it, makes me even hungrier for more,” said Wienen.

As the pros hit the RedBud track for the first time in 2013, it was Joel Hetrick who came out of the morning practices with the ATVRiders.com Fastest Qualifier Award.  Practice portrayed a day full of tight racing as the top four riders were all within one second of each other.

“The track was really fun out there and I knew going out for practice I need to put good times down to get a good gate pick to start the day out right. I knew the day was going to have some great racing after the front of the field was all within a second for their fastest lap but I’m happy I was able to grab the ATVRiders.com Fastest Qualifier award and get myself a head start for a day full of racing,” said Hetrick.

As the full pro gate dropped for moto 1, it was Wienen who crossed the SSi Decals Holeshot Award line first.  Wienen spaced a four second lead on the field by the end of the first lap and was able to maintain a similar distance until he crossed the checkers first in moto 1.

Thomas Brown didn’t come out of the first turn with as good of a start and fell into the field just inside of the top ten. Brown had to make up a lot of ground and set out to do so quickly moving up to fifth by the end of the first lap. Brown’s determination kept him pushing the entire moto and he was able to go from fourth to second with less than three laps to go. Brown finished out moto 1 three seconds behind the leader in second. Corrosion Hetrick Racing’s Joel Hetrick came off of the gate inside of the top ten and sat in the third place position from the end of the first lap up until Brown made the pass and he moved into fourth. Hetrick’s endurance kept him pushing and he made a pass back into the third place position with two laps to go and rounded out the podium finishers in moto 1.

“I always really look forward to coming to RedBud their facility and track is always top notch and really suits my style of riding. I’ve been looking forward to getting closer to the top of the box all season and I really had to work for it but it left me really pumped to continue to work to lead the field,” said Brown.

BCS Can-Am rider Josh Creamer came out of the holeshot right behind the leader and maintained his second place position despite pressure from behind until Brown and Hetrick came racing through the field with a few laps to go. Creamer finished out moto 1 in fourth with a fifteen second advantage on the rest of the field. John Natalie had a top five start in moto 1 aboard his MotoSport.com Motoworks DWT machine. Natalie showed true to his nickname “Ironman” by holding onto the fifth place position despite pressure from behind numerous times throughout the moto.

“The track was really technical and I made a few mistakes that cost me some positions but the front of the field had a great battle going on the entire moto and I was having fun out there, I know I need to go out there and work on a few things before the final round in a few weeks,” said Creamer

Rookie of the Year contender Tyler Hamrick had a standout race aboard his Baldwin Motorsports PEP backed machine finishing well inside the top ten in the eighth place position after battling with several other riders for his position.

As the gate dropped for moto 2 it was veteran Joe Byrd aboard his Dasa Joe Byrd Quad Riding School machine who snagged the SSi Decals Holeshot award. But with a raging field behind him, it was Wienen who found himself at the front of the field within a few turns.  Once out front, Wienen put his head down and increased his lead on the field with each lap he put down going 1-1 for the weekend and securing the 2013 National Championship.

“I’ve been waiting to snag the holeshot award all season and I’m glad I was finally able to find the front of the field off the gate,” said Byrd.

Brown came out of the first turn in second and was in third by the end of the first lap. Within four laps Brown was able to make clean pass into second and continued on to finish a step higher on the podium in 2013, grabbing the second place overall for the weekend. Brown increased his points lead on the third place championship points rider to twenty-two points heading into the final round of racing. Hetrick had a lot of work ahead of him after coming out of the first turn just inside the top ten. Determined to find the front of the field, Hetrick starting picking off the field one by one advancing into the third place position by the halfway point. Hetrick went 3-3 for the weekend taking third overall for the weekend and his best finish at RedBud MX so far in his pro career.