Millican Starts Strong in Round One of ATVMX

Washington, Ga. (March 1, 2011) -- Dalton Millican had a great start to the American Motorcycle Association's (AMA) ATV Motocross Championship 2011 series. At the opening event of the season at the new track, in Washington GA, Millican riding his Parts Plus Lucas Oil machine competed in two different classes finding success in both.

Millican competed in four motos had four race start hole-shots and two moto race wins and an overall victory.

Millican began Saturday with a hole-shot in the first moto of the 450A class and finished the moto in the third position.

Moto one of the Production A class started again with Millican pulling the holeshot and then falling back to fourth place when the checker flag fell.

"I was so upset at myself with how I finished in both of these motos. I just did not push myself as hard as I needed to and that will not happen in the second motos," Millican said.

True to his word, Dalton came out with the holeshot in the second moto of Production A and lead wire-to-wire for the win. This victory gave Millican a second place overall in the Production A class.

Millican began moto two of 450A with the holeshot, eventually winning with a nine second lead over the second place finisher. With this win, Millican was crowned the overall champion of the 450A class.

"After the first motos I knew what I needed to do and I just put my head down and went out there and raced as hard as I could. This is a great way to start the season. I am very proud of how Mike and Nate Walsh and Micah MacDonough set up my bike and it worked flawlessly.  I really want to thank all the great people at Parts Plus and Lucas Oil for all their support," Millican said.

Dalton would like to thank the following sponsors:

Mark Pickens of MPE Motorsports, Parts Plus, Lucas Oil, Jeff Maxey of Maximum Cycle, Mike and Nate Walsh of Walsh Race Craft  Joe Byrd Quad Riding School, Micah MacDonough and Adam Lambert of Custom Axis, Tom Bogner of Lucas Oil, Neil Cowman of Hoosier Racing Tire, Jen Rath of Rath Racing, Jason of VP Racing Fuels, Bob Harris of K&N Filters, PJ Harvey of PJ1, Keith Parker of KPM, Dan Fisher of Lonestar Racing, Chris Harris of Fly Racing, Rob Mills of Dark Synergy, Todd Hayes of Oakley, Gary Meier of JE Pistons