2015
GNCC Racing
Big Buck - Round 4
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Union, SC (4/14/2015) - Yamaha
YFZ450Rs made an impressive sweep of the XC1
Pro, XC2 Pro Am and WXC classes at the fourth
round of the 2015 GNCC season in Union, South
Carolina on Saturday, April 11. N-Fab/AmPro/Yamaha’s
Walker Fowler took his second win of the year
in the premier XC1 Pro class and AmPro’s Cole
Richardson grabbed his fourth consecutive win
of the year in XC2 Pro Am over Cody Collier
on another YFZ450R. He now leads the XC2 title
chase by 19 points – an impressive advantage
so early in the season. As well, Kylie Ahart
added to Yamaha’s win streak in the morning
Women’s race, leading every lap to take her
first victory of the year, with Tori Fryer putting
another YFZ on the podium in third.
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Walker Fowler earned his second win of the year at the Big Buck GNCC |
At the start of the four-lap, two-hour long XC1 Pro race, Fowler kept rival and series points leader Adam McGill squarely in his sights. After making a good start, the Yamaha rider trailed McGill until the halfway point, then turned the tables and took over the lead for the last two laps. The contest was a battle for the entire marathon distance, with the two riders rarely more than a few seconds
apart at any point. But the end result is exactly what Fowler wanted, as he started the event seven seconds behind and then rallied to win by a narrow 3.5-second victory. Fowler’s second win of the year moves him to within 19 points of McGill in the standings.
Winning an amazing fourth straight XC2 Pro Am race looked anything but assured for Richardson at the halfway point as the Yamaha rider encountered difficulties that dropped him from a comfortable early lead to well down the order. But with an hour of racing still to go, Richardson gathered himself up, turned up the speed and made up well over a minute on the field to take the lead on the third of four laps. From there on, he packed on another minute’s advantage to claim the win over Collier, while Blake Tornes’ fifth-place finish on another YFZ made three Yamahas inside the top five.
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Cole Richardson took his fourth consecutive win at the Big Buck GNCC aboard his AmPro Yamaha YFZ450R in the Pro-Am Class |
2015
GNCC Racing Pro Points |
Position |
Name |
Points |
1 |
Adam McGill |
110 |
2 |
Walker Fowler – Yamaha |
96 |
3 |
Brycen Neal – Yamaha |
77 |
4 |
Chris Borich – Yamaha |
70 |
5 |
Jarrod
McClure |
68 |
2015
GNCC Racing Pro-Am Points |
Position |
Name |
Points |
1 |
Cole Richardson – Yamaha |
120 |
2 |
Martin Christofferson |
89 |
3 |
Cody Collier – Yamaha |
83 |
4 |
Randy Hamilton |
71 |
5 |
Blake Tornes – Yamaha |
56 |