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Yamaha's
Traci Cecco took her fifth win of the
2012 GNCC ATV Racing season at the Snowshoe
GNCC
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Cypress, CA (6/25/2012) - Yamaha
YFZ450R ATVs scored three impressive wins in off-road
and motocross competition from West Virginia to
Arizona on Saturday, June 23. In the eighth round
of the 2012 GNCC series in Snowshoe, WV, Traci
Cecco took her fifth win of the year in the Women’s
category while Gabe Phillips and Matt Hanna went
1-2 in the hard-fought XC2 Pro Am class, and Ballance
Racing’s Walker Fowler added his fourth
podium of the year in XC1 Pro.
Then in Saturday night racing at Speedworld
MX in Surprise, Ariz., teammates Dustin Nelson
and Josh Row went 1-2 in the premier Pro 450
Production class. After the great weekend results,
Cecco leads the GNCC Women’s class points,
Patrick McGuire and Phillips are tied in GNCC
XC2 Pro Am, and Nelson tops the Yamaha Quad
X Pro 450 Production points as the long season
passes the halfway point.
At the GNCC event in West Virginia, in the
morning Women’s race, Cecco led five out
of the six laps to thoroughly dominate the field
on a rocky and muddy course. After trailing
rival Angel Atwell by 2.3 sec. on the opening
lap, and then squeaking out only a 3.9-sec.
advantage on lap two, it appeared as though
it would be a closely contested two-hour race.
But Atwell dropped back on lap three, giving
Cecco a nearly seven-minute advantage over her
nearest pursuer at the halfway point. From there
Cecco and her YFZ450R opened up an even bigger
advantage, ultimately winning by over eight
minutes.
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Yamaha
/ Ballance Racing's Walker Fowler placed
third in the GNCC XC1 Pro ATV Class at
Snowshoe GNCC |
Yamah's
Gabe Phillips won the GNCC XC2 Pro-Am
Class by more than two minutes aboard
His Yamaha YFZ450X ATV |
Then in the afternoon XC2 Pro Am race, the
Yamaha trio of McGuire, Phillips and Hanna jumped
to the early lead, occupying the 1-2-3 spots
for the first two laps. But McGuire faltered
on lap three, handing the lead to Hanna, with
Phillips close behind. With two laps remaining
Phillips poured on the speed, passing for the
lead and then opening up an advantage of more
than two minutes at the flag.
In Arizona on Saturday night, officials started
practice at 8 PM to let the desert heat –
approaching 100 degrees during the afternoon
– mercifully subside. The first of two
Pro 450 Production motos saw Nelson only sixth
to the first turn, but he used his championship
form to move into third by the end of lap one.
He next passed teammate Josh Row for second,
and then inherited the lead at the halfway point
when rival David Haagsma’s machine broke,
with Row following up in second. The second
moto under the lights went even more Nelson’s
way, despite suffering a shoulder injury at
a WORCS race the previous weekend. This time
he flew to a second-place start behind rival
Jesse Gross, with Haagsma back in action and
challenging Nelson for position before again
breaking down. Both Nelson and Row eventually
passed Gross to score their second consecutive
1-2 finish. “I am stoked things went as
well as they did,” Nelson said.
“The bike worked great and my shoulder
held up, although it is sore and weak. But once
the gate drops you forget all about it!”
2012
GNCC ATV XC1 Pro Points
|
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Chris Borich |
231 |
| 2 |
Taylor
Kiser - Yamaha |
153 |
| 3 |
Walker
Fowler - Yamaha |
145 |
| 4 |
Chris Bithell
|
141 |
| 5 |
Adam McGill |
128 |
2012
GNCC ATV XC2 Pro Am Points
|
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Patrick
McGuire – Yamaha |
156 |
| 2 |
Gabe Phillips – Yamaha |
156 |
| 3 |
Braden Henthorn |
155 |
| 4 |
Matt
Hanna – Yamaha |
145 |
| 5 |
Eric Hoyland |
135 |
2012
GNCC ATV Womens Points
|
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Traci
Cecco - Yamaha |
156 |
| 2 |
Angel Atwell |
151 |
| 3 |
Kylie Ahart |
139 |
| 4 |
Kara
Merritt – Yamaha |
131 |
| 5 |
Lexie Coulter |
89 |
2012
Quad X Pro 450 Production Points
|
| Position |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Dustin
Nelson – Yamaha |
116 |
| 2 |
Josh
Row – Yamaha |
97 |
| 3 |
David Haagsma |
97 |
| 4 |
Jason
Fife – Yamaha |
87 |
| 5 |
Beau Baron |
87 |
About Yamaha Motor
Corp., U.S.A.
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., (YMUS), a
leader in the motorsports market, makes the
toughest, most capable and versatile ATV and
Side-by-Side vehicles. The company’s ever-expanding
product offerings also include motorcycles,
outboard motors, personal watercraft, snowmobiles,
boats, outdoor power equipment, race kart engines,
accessories, apparel and much more. YMUS products
are sold through a nationwide network of dealers
in the United States.
Headquartered in Cypress,
Calif., since its incorporation in 1976, Yamaha
also has facilities in Wisconsin and Georgia,
as well as factory operations in Tennessee and
Georgia. For more information on Yamaha, visit
www.yamaha-motor.com.
