Yokley Racing's
Scott Kiger Takes Second at Indy 100 GNCC
Indy
100 GNCC - Round 5 - Gosport, IN - May 14, 2011
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Yokley Racing / National
Guard Scott Kiger & his mechanic Joe
Waligora finished second overall
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Frankfurt, KY (5/17/2011) - Gosport
Indiana is a new event on the GNCC schedule this
year, and the team was looking for another strong
showing. The course featured tight woods sections,
steep hills and high speed open fields. The weather
forecast called for some showers in the afternoon,
but throughout the morning and early afternoon,
it was sunny and warm. Around 2:30 PM, the skies
turned dark, the temperature dropped and the rain
let loose. It rained so hard that the Racer Production
team had to shorten the afternoon Pro ATV race.
It continued to rain and there was discussion as
to whether they would even run the 4:30 pm Side
by Side race. The problem was high water in the
creeks and low areas, and the open field sections
were a muddy quagmire. It was awful conditions!
It was decided to run the race for 45 minutes.
The teams lined up with both National Guard Polaris
XT-900s on the front row. The flag dropped, and
by the 3rd turn, all the machines were totally
covered with mud. Scott Kiger was 2nd and William
Yokley right behind in 3rd. They ran that way
for the first couple of laps. The deep ruts were
treacherous, and on lap 3, Yokley buried his machine
in a mud hole. It was lying on its side, and it
took several people and quite a bit of time to
get it out. He dropped out of the top 20 teams
and tried to work his way back toward the front.
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William Yokley and
his wife Tina before the rain came in
and soaked the track making it a mud fest
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It finally ended for William when his machine
came to a sudden stop on the last lap. A dozer
had to finally drag him out of the woods back
to the hauler. On the other hand, Scott Kiger
was having a great race running in the top 2,
and actually taking the lead toward the end. The
conditions became so bad that the track was totally
impassable in a ravine section, and no one could
get through. About 20 teams were stacked up, unable
to go forward or backward. The promoter stopped
the race and reverted back to the previous lap
to set the final finishing positions. Congratulations
to Scott for his 2nd place finish!
The team heads home to clean the machines and
prepare for the next GNCC race in Patton, Pennsylvania
in 2 weeks. We’ll see you there!
Yokley Racing Team
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