GBC Heartland Challenge 10 Endurance ATV Race Report
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After having some trouble in the tire section, Sweet Home Alabama Team of Traci Cecco, Jeff Pickens, & Johnny Gallagher placed third overall in the Pro class

In the number three spot on the Pro ATV podium was team Sweet Home Alabama featuring Jeff Pickens and Johnny Gallagher. The team also had a good race, but Johnny Gallagher did have a close call that almost sent him over the bars. Gallagher came into the tire pit area a little too fast and stuck his front wheel right into the center of one of the buried tires. The hit was just right to stop Gallagher dead in his tracks and causing the back of his quad to come up in the air and put him into a hand stand position on his quad. Somehow Gallagher managed to save himself from going over and continued on like nothing ever happened. The team went on to complete 33 laps with a time of 10:13:11, taking the number three spot in their class and third on the overall podium.

Fox Racing Shox' Team Upah Racing placed first in the Pro-Am Class with a time of 09:57:18 aboard their Honda TRX450R ATV

In the Pro-am class, the Upah Racing team took the win, and fourth overall, with 31 laps in a time of 09:57:18, edging out the second place, and fifth overall, Epic Racing team by almost ten minutes, while Team Profill’s 30 laps in a time of 10:06:37 was enough to give them the third spot on the Pro-am podium and allowed them to finish inside the top ten in the number nine spot.

Can-AmTalk.com / Team UXC Racing not only claimed first place in the Pro Utility Class but also grabbed $6,000 for their performance at GBC's Heartland Challenge

Can-Am's ATV Team of GNCC Utility Champions Cliff Beasley, Michael Swift, & GNCC XC1 Pro Adam McGill took the win in the Pro Utility ATV Class

Last year in the Pro Utility class, the Zakowski Motorsports team dethroned 3-time champions Cliff Beasley and Michael Swift of the Can-Amtalk.com/ UXC Racing team. This year, Beasley and Swift were set on taking back there title and recruited Pro GNCC racer Adam McGill to fill the third spot on the team for the event. Despite it being McGill’s first time racing a utility quad, he did remarkably well. “Adam was out there doing about the same lap times as Cliff and I, so it was definitely a good call for us to bring him on board for this race,” stated Michael Swift. The Can-Amtalk.com / UXC Racing team had an amazing run, putting in 31 laps in a time of 10:16:10, which had the team lapping all of their competitors at least twice, and giving them the Pro Utility win. To top it off, the team was also the only Pro Utility team to finish in the top ten overall, in seventh place. “We’re really happy to take back the title and we plan to be back next year to defend it,” said Swift.