Women's
Class racer Angel Atwell persevered against
track conditions to come from a 20-minute
defecit to come back & take 3rd place
on the day
Snowshoe, WV (6/29/2010) - The
ninth round of the ATV GNCC Series saw two of
the three FRE/KTM riders land on the podium. Reigning
Women’s Champion Angel Atwell pulled a 3rd
place result in the Women’s class while
XC2 rider Josh Kirkland followed suit with a 3rd
place finish in his class.
In the morning Women’s race Atwell was
able to get off to a decent start rounding the
first turn in 3rd place. On the third lap, Atwell
found herself stuck at the bottom of a rocky
downhill behind a huge bottleneck.
This section cost her twenty minutes before
she was able to finally get to the top of the
hill. Atwell worked her way back through the
pack to land on the podium before the race end.
Josh
Kirkland rocketed off the paved-finish
start & got a good start which allowed
him to stay up front with the leaders
& eventually finish in 3rd overall
in the XC2 Class
In the afternoon race, XC2 rider Josh Kirkland
rounded the first turn of the asphalt start section
in 2nd place behind Brian Wolf. Kirkland and Walker
Fowler followed close behind Wolf for the majority
of the race. Kirkland allowed Fowler to get by
near the end of the race. He remained close to
his competitor to finish 3rd overall in his class
and 6th overall for the day.
The unique starting procedure for the Snowshoe
event had four riders launch off the line every
five seconds. The XC1 class saw FRE/KTM rider
Bryan Cook take off to a 3rd place start from
the second row which physically put him in 7th
position since one row of riders had already
taken off ahead of him. Cook moved up to 5th
position at the end of the first lap. One quick
mistake landed him back in 6th place where he
battled for the remainder of the day through
the checkered flag.
Next Event: Round 10 –
New Berlin, NY – September 11, 2010
Overall Results Women’s
1. Traci Cecco
2. Cheyanne Shadron
3. Angel
Atwell – KTM
4. Kristen Atwell
5. Jennifer Albright
6. Lexie Coulter
7. Kyrie Brafferd
8. Shanna Bradshaw
9. Kara Merritt
10. Jennifer
Britts – KTM
Overall Results XC2
Class
1. Brian Wolf
2. Walker Fowler
3. Josh
Kirkland – KTM
4. Kevin Yoho
5. Gabe Phillips
6. Blake Kramer
7. Mark Notman
8. Eric Hoyland
9. Nathan Thomas
10. Joey Margueria
Overall Results XC1
Class
1. Chris Borich
2. Donald Ockerman
3. Adam McGill
4. Taylor Kiser
5. Chris Bithell
6. Bryan
Cook – KTM
7. Jarrod McClure
8. Brandon Sommers
9. Jeffrey Pickens
10. Johnny Gallagher
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.