Chad Wienen Wins the Daytona ATV SX for Second Year in a Row at Daytona Bike Week

23 Mar 2017

Chad Wienen winning the Pro ATV Supercorss in Daytona, Flordia

Chad Wienen flying to another season-opening Pro ATV win (Photo: Ken Hill)

No one can accuse Chad Wienen of being a slow starter. The K&N-sponsored racer claimed the top podium spot in the season opener of ATV Supercross (ATV SX) for the second consecutive year. The 2017 edition of the AMA ATV Pro National series kicked off at Daytona Bike Week.

Wienen, the star of the Wienen Motorsports team, started his season by grabbing the ATVRiders.com Fastest Qualifier Award at the famed Daytona International Speedway.

"The day started off a little wet from the rains we received on Monday," said Wienan. “We didn't participate in the first time qualifying session, and the second one had much better conditions to go grab the top qualifying spot later on in the session on my Wienen Motorsports Yamaha."

Wienen roosting in the dirt on his K&N-equipped Yamaha

The K&N-sponsored ATV star had to do some serious work to fight back from a mediocre start in his first heat race when he came out of the first turn in the sixth position. With only six laps in the heat race, a hard-charging Wienen was able to move up into the third place position before the checkered flag.

Wienen got off to a much better start when the gate dropped for the main event in the ATV MX Pro season opener. Coming out of the first turn in fourth, Wienen fought to second place before the end of the second lap.

"In the first heat I didn't nail the start and came out outside of the top five and ended up third,” Wienan said. “In the main, I made some adjustments and was able to come out in fourth. Then I made some quick passes for third and then into second. I was dialing in some of my lines and applying pressure to the leader.”

Here is the view Wienen's competitors have to get used to

With eight laps to go, the lead rider parted ways with his ATV and Wienen moved into first place. That was a position Wienen refused to relinquish on his way to the first win of the ATV Pro MX Season.

“About half way [through the race] I was able to take over the lead when the leader made a mistake,” said Wienen. “I was able to ride on to the victory on a rutted, rough track that you had to be on your toes all day long. I was able to ride 18 laps mistake free, and that made the difference at the end of the day.”

K&N gives Chad Wienen a big shout-out on another great start in the Pro ATV class. The season will continue at Underground MX in Kemp, Texas for the second round of racing in the 2017 season.

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