Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Grant, Windham in Top Ten at Southwick

Coming off his first overall AMA Outdoor National win of the 2007 season, Team AMSOIL rider Josh Grant was looking for continued success at the fabled Moto-X 338 venue in Southwick, Mass. last weekend.

Grant battled the talented Lites class in both moto's, finishing fourth on the first circuit and fifth in the second. His two top five finishes gave the young Californian a fifth overall for the day. Teammate Jake Wiemer missed thetop ten for the first time this year, but Team AMSOIL rider Billy Laninovich finished 8th in moto 1 and 10th in the second race for an 8th overall. Grant is foruth overall in the Lites class this year while Wiemer sits in ninth.

Kevin Windham struggled in his first moto in the motocross class, finishing 16th. He rebounded nicely in the second race with a sixth place finish, giving him his fourth top ten of the seasoon with an overall tenth. K-Dub is seventh in the AMA standings with 79 points this season.

The AMSOIL/Factory Connection team will be riding at Budds Creek Motocross Park in Budds Creek, Md. this weekend.

Until then, we'll see you at the races,

Jeremy Meyer

AMSOIL Racing Coordinator