FRE / KTM's
John Penton GNCC ATV Race Report John
Penton GNCC - Round 8 - Millfield, OH - June
5, 2010
Millfield, OH (6/7/2010) - The
FRE/KTM ATV GNCC Team had a great weekend at
the John Penton GNCC finishing with two podiums
and a top five.
Angel Atwell was up first in the Women’s
class. Atwell got a great jump off the line
sitting in 3rd as they headed to the motocross
section behind Kristen Atwell and Traci Cecco.
Atwell passed Cecco for 2nd position at the
end of the first lap. Kristen Atwell hung on
to take the win while Angel Atwell finished
2nd.
Angel
Atwell finished in 2nd position on the
day at The John Penton GNCC after passing
Traci Cecco but not being able to close
the door on Kristen Atwell
Bryan
Cook was running in 2nd position but with
the track conditions worsening he was
forced to renavigate the trails &
was bumped back to 5th place
As the quads made their way to the starting
area for the afternoon race heavy rain began
to fall. The rain, thunder and lightning were
so strong that the race was postponed for one
hour. It was obvious it was going to be an extremely
challenging course.
When the green flag dropped FRE/KTM rider Bryan
Cook rounded the first turn in 7th at the start
of the XC1 class. Around the third lap Cook
put on an impressive charge. He passed three
riders to move into 4th and at the end of the
lap was sitting in 2nd. With only a few miles
left, Cook took an alternative line which turned
out to be impassable. He had to turn around
and head back as Adam McGill, Donald Ockerman
and Taylor Kiser got around. Cook eventually
finished the race in 5th.
Josh
Kirkland got up front off the holeshot
& was actually leading the overall
until a officials cut the course short
which put him back in 3rd place with no
time to catch the front runners
In the XC2 class Josh Kirkland grabbed the holeshot and checked out. He soon found
himself running amongst the top ten XC1 riders
and after the time adjustment was leading the
overall heading into the third lap. The course
officials decided to cut the track short on lap
three due to the poor track conditions and bottlenecks.
Kirkland did not get to take advantage of the
shortened lap and lost his overall lead as well
as the XC2 lead to Corbin Knox and Brian Wolf.
Kirkland gained some ground back on the leaders
but time ran out. Kirkland was disappointed at
the turn of events but certainly turned a lot
of heads and showed why he is the reigning XC2
champion.
2010 FRE KTM ATV
Team sponsors:
KTM, FRE, DWT Tire, FMF, Douglas Wheel, DID,
Houser Racing, Baldwin Motorsports, Custom Axis
Shocks, PowerMadd, FASST, Rath Racing, Wiseco,
Precision Racing Products, IMS, Sidi, Scott
Goggles, Quad Tech, JB Racing, PG Graphics,
Motorex, Rekluse, KTM Hard Equipment, and Twin
Air.
