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Drivers from the K&N Pro East Series gather at St. Jude Children's Hospital

Before the race at Memphis International Raceway, the K&N Pro Series East drivers who participated had a chance to visit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program.

Rev Racing owner Max Siegel promotes the Drive for Diversity program helping ethnic minorities and women drivers and pit crew members start their careers in NASCAR.

Before the race on Saturday, the drivers and Rev Racing personnel visited the hospital campus to boost the spirits of the children and families who are sick and battling health problems, and to learn more about how they can make an impact and to educate themselves on what St. Jude does.

Drive for Diversity drivers at St. Jude Children's Hospital

K&N also distributed tickets to over 50 St. Jude and family members. The race on Saturday was the Memphis 125 at Memphis International Raceway, won by K&N Pro Series East driver Harrison Burton. K&N also gave one family the chance to be in the infield and spend time with the drivers and specific NASCAR personnel.

“It’s a privilege to engage St. Jude in this way and to provide this opportunity to families and staff through our organization,” said Hodges.

Chad Wienen roosted his way back onto the podium at Muddy Creek Raceway

In moto 1, Wienen got a good jump off the gate but as the lead pack came around the first turn, he was pushed to the outside. He dropped back into fourth place where he was planted for the remainder of the first lap.

Wienen maneuvered his way into third before the end of the second lap. From there, he continued to pressure the rider in second until he was able to make a pass with 5 laps to go. Wienen went on to take second place in moto 1.

More excitement and drama were in store in the second moto. As the gate dropped for the second race, Wienen once again got a good start off the gate. However, halfway up the Muddy Creek holeshot he was hit from the side and almost came off of the machine. When Wienen was able to recover and regroup, he was well back in the field.

Wienen is in hot pursuit of the AMA ATV MX Pro National Championship

Just before the halfway point in the moto, Wienen worked his way into fourth where he remained for three laps. He was able to make a pass into third where he found himself four seconds behind the rider in second.

Wienen started clicking off the distance on his Yamaha YFZ450, and with one lap to go he was less than a second behind the second position racer. Unfortunately, he was unable to make a pass before the checker came out. He finished with a well-earned third in the second moto.

"I was fortunate to get on the box this weekend after a near get off in the moto 2 start,” Wienen said. “I felt good on my Yamaha this weekend.”

Wienen is excited to get his ATV onto very familiar ground for the next round of the AMA ATV MX Pro National Championship. The series reconvenes at Sunset Ridge MX in Walnut, Illinois.

Chad Wienen is flying high on his K&N-equipped Yamaha YFZ450

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ATV MX Pro National Championship Leaders:

1st - Chad Wienen – 208 points

2nd - Joel Hetrick - 201 points

3rd - Jeffrey Rastrelli – 164 points

4th - Thomas Brown – 162 points

5th - Nicholas Gennusa – 153 points

Erica Enders beat Jason line, Bo Butner, and Tanner Gray on the way to her 22nd Pro Stock victory

Matt Hagan won the Funny Car title at New England. Erica Enders won the Pro Stock title. Enders and Brittany Force put two women on the winner's stage at New England.

Enders won her first race of the season and won for the first time in nearly two years. The last Pro Stock title she won was the fall Las Vegas event in 2015.

“Today is a culmination of everything that happened over the past year and a half, since 2016 was tough for us,” said Enders after the races in New England. “It’s so awesome to have a team that has my back, and it is absolutely the reason why I am able to drive the way I drive.”

Tanner Gray would line up opposite Erica Enders in the final race at the New England Nationals

Enders moved up to sixth place in the Pro Stock standings. She is the seventh different winner in Pro Stock this season.

Erica Enders won the Pro Stock race at the 5th Annual New England Nationals in Epping, New Hampshire

Force, the daughter of 18-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, reached the second round at the races at Heartland Park Topeka in Kansas. She lost to Steve Torrence, but said she felt her team made great strides at Topeka.

Erica Enders and Brittany Force both took home a Wally at the 5th Annual New England Nationals

Leah Pritchett leads the Top Fuel standings and has a 34-point lead over Brown after nine races.

It was a sold out crowd on Sunday at the New England Nationals in Epping, New Hampshire

Hagan chipped away at the lead Ron Capps has in the Funny Car standings. Hagan is in second place, 79 points behind Capps after nine races.

The 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season continues at the NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey.