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Yamaha's Bill Ballance Wins GNCC ATV XC1 Pro Championship
The Powerline Park GNCC - St. Clairsville, OH - Round 12

Bill Ballance - Yamaha YFZ450 ATV

#1 Bill Ballance Wins 9th Straight GNCC Pro ATV Championship

Cypress, CA (10/13/2008) - Yamaha’s Bill Ballance won a record ninth consecutive GNCC ATV XC1 Pro championship aboard his Yamaha YFZ450 in St. Clairsville, Ohio on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 11. He also earned the title in the best manner possible – by scoring his fourth win of the season along the way. Better still for Yamaha, Donnie Ockerman, the recently crowned 2008 GNCC XC2 Pro Am champion, advanced to the XC1 Pro class and finished second behind Ballance – an impressive feat in his first pro race. In the morning Women’s race, Traci Cecco likewise took her sixth race win of the season ahead of archrival Angel Atwell, whom she now leads by a single point going into the series’ final event. Walker Fowler also added another win in the Schoolboy class aboard his Raptor 250.

The long cross-country course at Ohio’s Powerline Park was wide open and fast, with plenty of dusty fields and hill-climbs, and the occasional mud-hole to stymie the riders. With the XC1 Pro championship his for the claiming, Ballance was on a mission, firing his YFZ450 quickly to the front, swapping the lead with Ockerman early in the almost two-hour race, and then checking out from the pack to win by 50 seconds over Ockerman, who strongly maintained second on another YFZ450. “Bill and his YFZ have truly added another new chapter in the GNCC history books,” said Yamaha Off Road Coordinator Donnie Luce.

Traci Cecco - Yamaha YFZ450 ATV

#201 Traci Cecco

The morning Women’s race proved even more suspenseful as Cecco and Atwell fought not only for the race win, but also for the championship. Aboard her own YFZ450, Cecco took the lead early and held it for all four laps, while also scoring the overall win ahead of all other ATV classes in the event. But it was not without difficulty as Traci suffered both a crash and the loss of rear-brake function, and yet still managed to pull out a minute and a half lead over Atwell to protect a slender advantage in the title chase. Cecco is now on track to win her seventh championship at the series’ final round at Crawfordsville, Ind. on October 25. If she can pull it off, Yamaha will have scored the GNCC XC1 Pro, XC2 Pro Am and Women’s championships in the same year. Go Traci!

2008 GNCC ATV XC1 Pro Points

10/11/08

Pos.

Rider

Points

1

Bill Ballance – Yamaha

262

2

Adam McGill

218

3

Chris Borich

212

4

Bryan Cook

209

5

Brandon Sommers – Yamaha

200

2008 GNCC ATV XC2 Pro Am Points

10/11/08

Pos.

Rider

Points

1

Donnie Ockerman – Yamaha

278

2

Mark Notman

199

3

Joshua Kirkland

189

4

Brian Wolf

180

5

Tyler Lenig

159

2008 GNCC ATV Women Points

10/11/08

Pos.

Rider

Points

1

Traci Cecco – Yamaha

177

2

Angel Atwell

176

3

Kristen Atwell – Yamaha

159

4

Jennifer Albright – Yamaha

153

5

Lexie Coulter

152

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