The top names in ATV racing will all converge on South Georgia this weekend as the WPSA PowerSports ATV Tour hits Silver Dollar Motocross Raceway for the ITP Tires Southern Open National.

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The event, which runs from Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29, will be telecast on ESPN2.

The racing weekend will feature the nation's top Pro riders, competing in three Classes: SuperQuad Pro 450, QuadTerrain Challenge Pro Stock, and SuperSports Side by Side. The SuperQuad Pro 450 Class features big air, motocross style racing. QuadTerrain Challenge features the larger, utility-type ATVs, competing on an obstacle course, that includes log jams, mud bogs, rock crawls, as well as high-speed sections.

The SuperSport Class comprises four-wheel utility vehicles piloted by a driver and co-driver, sitting side by side. The purpose-built racing machines compete on a modified course that includes both big air sections, as well as obstacles.

The race weekend will also feature nearly 20 other classes for Pro Am, Amateur, Junior and Women's classes.

SuperQuad Pro 450
Leading the charge into the Peach State is a triple threat from Team Suzuki Yoshimura. Led by defending SuperQuad Pro 450 Riders' Champion Doug Gust, the team will also be bolstered by young gun Dustin Wimmer and the newly signed Chad Wienen.

Wimmer and Gust came into the final race of the season just one point apart. Experience won out over rookie exuberance, as Gust took the final prize by just two points. Gust also helped hand Suzuki the Manufacturers' Championship.

John Natalie, Jr. will also return to action, riding his familiar red-and-white Honda. Natalie dominated much of the early part of last season before being sidelined with a severely broken thumb. Healthy again, Natalie is certain to be a force in SuperQuad Pro 450.

With a full season under his belt, 2006 Rookie of the Year Rocco Arno, Jr. is ready to put his experience to the test this year.

Other top riders expected to be in contention include: Jeremy Lawson, Jason Dunkelberger, Jason Luburgh, Josh Creamer, Kory Ellis, Dana Creech, Tavis Cain, and many others.