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Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:29 PM
Union SC is where everyone was last weekend attending the Big Buck round of the Gncc series. Weather was almost perfect and track conditions were described as fast.

Matt Smiley gets ready to do battle aboard his Team Safari YFZ

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:31 PM
Santo Derisi tears it up before the race for the camera of Harlen Foley

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:33 PM
Bill Ballance waiting on the line for the start. Bill has a commanding lead in the points!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:35 PM
Quadshop's Jeff Stoess talks with Frank and Jim White of Kenda Tires about their new prototype 21" rear tire for XC racing.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:37 PM
Stephanie Parton stands beside the 4stkA sign waiting to help her team out in the PM race

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:39 PM
The Pro start had Santo Derisi and Kim Kuhnle battling for the holeshot

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:41 PM
Ballance had starting line issues and started second to last

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:42 PM
Smiley , Derisi and Duvall work for position

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:44 PM
Jeff Stoess had issues early on and was last in starting

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:45 PM
Matt Smiley won the battle with Derisi and Duvall and was in the lead

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:46 PM
Chad Duvall had the hammer down and looks to claim the most consistant rider award this year! He has been doing great after his early season troubles.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:48 PM
Chris Borich was running in 3rd early in the race.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:50 PM
A picture at the second mile marker had the riders flying!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:52 PM
Greg Trew had moved up to 3rd

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:54 PM
Ballance had worked his way to 5th and he was ready to work on Duvall

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:55 PM
#12 Bryan Cook running 9th on his Four Stroke Tech YFZ

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:57 PM
HMF backed Johnny G sets sail on his Z and rounded out the top 10 on the beginning of the 2nd lap

Pappy
04-11-2004, 02:58 PM
Running 11th Brandon Ballance airs it out in this field section! Brandon had just made some passes and looked to move up even more!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:01 PM
Kuhnle holding the 12th spot with Stoess closing the gap

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:02 PM
Rob Zimmerman sets sail on his 400ex! He was running 13th

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:04 PM
Andy Lagzdins in 15th moving up!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:05 PM
By the six mile marker on the 2nd lap, Matt Smiley hits the creek jump with Chris Borich close behind in 2nd.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:07 PM
Greg Trew still holding 3rd takes off the jump and continues to close ground on the leaders

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:09 PM
Willam Yokely running 6th behind Duvall and Ballance showing he isn't afraid of the creek jump:macho

Yokley had made changes to his suspension and tires before the race, and unfortunately for him, they weren't working like he had hoped.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:11 PM
Johnny G still holding 10th position, gets his Z over the jump with no problems

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:12 PM
Andy L. had moved up to 12th on his Dirt First Racing 450R

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:15 PM
Jeff Stoess pulls a no footer on his ATK! His fun quickly ended when his ATK encountered fuel problems, which ended his race early.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:16 PM
This rider said "forget that" and took the jump bypass! Better to finsih the race then become the landing!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:18 PM
A bit too much speed and you became a water fountain!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:19 PM
By the end of lap 3 Ballance had taken 2nd and was setting his sights on Smiley

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:20 PM
Borich held dropped back to 5th and clears the jump with style! Chris has been struggling getting the right setup on his YFZ, and it has been showing at the track. The YFZ suspension seems to favor riders that weigh about 50lbs more than Chris, but his father Joe and Custom Axis & Laeger have been working with him to get the right combination, and I don't expect to wait too much longer to see Chris back in late last year form.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:22 PM
Santo Derisi putting his Derisi Racing prepped shocks to the test! Here he is running in 8th behind Mike Houston and William Yokley.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:23 PM
By the end of lap 4 Bill Ballance who started almost dead last had worked his way thru the field and was back where he wanted to be...running 1st!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:25 PM
Chad Duvall running in the 3rd position behind Matt Smiley.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:26 PM
Derisi picked up 2 spots and was holding steady in 6th behind Trew & Borich

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:27 PM
Houston had worked himself to 7th on his TRX450R

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:28 PM
By the beginning of the 5th lap, Brandon Ballance had the 10th spot.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:29 PM
Andy L. was up to 11th

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:31 PM
Johnny G held 15th

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:32 PM
Matt Smiley riding hard in 2nd trying to catch Ballance, but after loosing his breaks in the third lap, he did all he could just to keep Ballance in his sight. Matt mentioned "It is hard enough to keep with Bill with Brakes than without."

Matt had another impressive showing and showed that he has the speed again to keep Ballance on the gas, but when will Matt be able to be out front at the end? I am sure Matt would like to make Loretta's the race.

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:34 PM
Right to the checkered flag Santo did his best to catch Trew. They finished 6th and 5th respectivley

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:35 PM
Bill Ballance win's his 4th in a Row!!:macho If anyone doubted Bill's ability on a four stroke, they now know the answer.

Great Racing Mr. Ballance, and Congratulations on another WIN for Yamaha, HMF, Maxxis, GT Thunder, Custom Axis, Moose, and many other great companies supporting the sport!!!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:37 PM
Matt Smiley shows us his second place plate. Matt is an incredible rider and we just know you will get where you want to be!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:38 PM
Chad Duvall holding 3rd. Great race Chad:cool:

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:40 PM
Bill signs autographs from the podium. I dont know how these guys can even hold a pen after the amount of energy they pump out during the race!

Pappy
04-11-2004, 03:41 PM
Bill, Matt and Chad hose down the fans in a Gncc style victory celebration!!

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:32 AM
Pro AM

The Pro AM Class has been a very competitive class in its introductory year at the GNCC Series, and is stacked with some very talented riders that having made the jump yet to Pro.

#500 Jason Lewis is no exception, but he has been plaqued with numerous problems and has only completed two races without issues. Once he gets his grimlins worked out, he will be one to watch.

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:38 AM
Jeremy Rice is on the fast track to becoming one of the fastest GNCC racers. He has won the last two GNCC races while switching from a 250R to a 450R, and he was a front runner at the first two until running into problems.

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:45 AM
James Wahl is another very talented rider that has been also having an up and down year with several good races and a few I am sure he would rather forget.

The season is still young and any of the top 15 Pro AM riders still has a chance of earning the Pro AM title because no one has been able to walk away from everyone else in points like Bill Ballance has been doing in the Pro Class, so this will be an exciting class to watch.

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:47 AM
The Start!!!

Both Kick Starters James Wahl and Jeremy Rice grabbed the early lead heading toward turn one

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:48 AM
Jeremy Rice rounded the corner out front with Jason Lewis charging to try to pass him on the inside of the 2nd turn.

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:50 AM
By the beginning of lap two, Jeremy Rice was still out front with James Wahl in hot pursuit. They were running 9th and 10th overall:macho

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:52 AM
#500 Jason Lewis was around 10 seconds back in 3rd

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:55 AM
Chris Jenks had moved up to 6th behind Rick Cecco and Jathan Seale. Chris had to make some last minute adjustments to his quad on the line because his YFZ was running too rich, but it looks like everything worked out from his performance.

Admin
04-12-2004, 05:57 AM
Adam Ferrell was also running strong in 9th place behind Mike Lucas

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:00 AM
Rob Hertz had worked his way up to 12th on his 450R. Rob has kept me on my toes trying to figure out what he will be on each week because it constantly changes. He raced his 450R in Georgia and was back on his 250R for Steele Creek, and now he is back on the 450R.

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:03 AM
By the third lap, Jeremy Rice was still out front with over a minute lead over James Wahl.

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:03 AM
Jeremy Rice landing the Creek Jump

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:04 AM
James Wahl hammering throug the woods in 2nd!

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:10 AM
Jathan Seale was running strong in third, but had Chris Jenks closing the gap.

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:14 AM
Rick Cecco was running 6th:macho

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:21 AM
By the end of the 4th lap, Jeremy Rice had developed a two minute lead, but early in the 5th lap Jeremy lost a Tie Rod nut and was unable to finish the 5th lap:(

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:23 AM
Hill Billy Racing's Chris Jenk put an incredible charge at the end and was able to move up to first place and take the Win!

Here Chris set his sights on Jathan Seale who was running 3rd at the time with Jeremy still in the lead.

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:25 AM
James Wahl finished 2nd only a few seconds behind Jenks!

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:29 AM
Jathan Seale put in an great run and has had an incredible year for a quy that never raced a GNCC race until this year:eek:

He finished 3rd in the Pro AM class and 13th Overall.

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:32 AM
Scott Dailey finished and impressive 4th in his first Pro Am Race. He jumped to Pro AM after finishing 18th overall at Steele Creek in his 1st GNCC race this year, and this week, he moved up to 14th overall.

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:33 AM
Brent Sturdivant rode hard and worked his way up to 9th, but ended up taking over an hour to complete the 4th lap and dropped to 18th

Admin
04-12-2004, 06:35 AM
Todd Rothermel sailing his Predator over the Creek Jump!

Admin
04-13-2004, 05:58 AM
Open A / 265A

The riders were lined and waiting for the start of the race

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:02 AM
#78 Tom Hertz worked his way to the lead at Steele Creek only to run out of gas on the last lap :(. Tom continues to stick with his old faithful 250R

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:04 AM
265A Rider #56 Sean Neidlinger

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:06 AM
The Start!

Open A rider Jeffrey Pickens grabbed the holeshot with 265A rider Sean Neidlinger leading his class

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:07 AM
#414 Daman Causey and #41 Mike Benson charging to the 2nd turn

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:09 AM
Josh Beavers launching his YFZ early in the race finished 9th

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:11 AM
Josh Whitehead lead the first two laps in the Open A Class, but Scott Fleischauer quickly moved up from 5th to take the lead in the third lap and held on to win the race.

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:14 AM
Tim Lenig Jr finished 5th after an impressive charge from 17th place in the 1st lap. Great Race Tim:macho

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:16 AM
Mike Benson found himself on a rollcoaster ride after starting back in 14th place and passed his way up to 6th place only for his ride to end before the race was over. Mike ended up finishing 19th after only completing 4 laps.

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:17 AM
Wes Stone was having a great race running in the top 5 until his legs gave out on him and he dropped back to 12th.

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:19 AM
Tom Hertz did the opposite of Wes and worked his way up from 13th to finish 6th

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:22 AM
265A Rider Sean Neidlinger battled with Andy Klingworth for the lead until the the fourth lap when Sean's Race Day quickly ended with mechanical problems. Andy went on win by over 15 minutes over 2nd place.

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:24 AM
4 Stk A

Starting Line with Allen Howell on his Predator

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:26 AM
The Start

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:28 AM
#706 Duanne Johnson grabbed the holeshot on his YFZ and never looked back! He went on to win the race by a minute over Chris Bithwell

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:29 AM
Ryan T Reed rode his LTZ to a 14th Place Finish

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:32 AM
Junior Class

Jim Pinkston (ITP Tires) is one of the few still racing the Yamaha Raptor

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:33 AM
Chad Wallance grabbed the early lead down the stretch on his fourstroke tech 500cc Z400

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:35 AM
coming out of the first turn Kevan Logston challenged Chad Wallance for the lead!

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:37 AM
Chad Wallance was able to get out front to an early lead, but Jared Huffman worked his way up from 6th to catch Wallance in the 4th lap and take the lead! Chad finished the race in 2nd place.

Admin
04-13-2004, 06:41 AM
Ryan Wuebbeling used the "Force" to work his way from 18th to 3rd to finish the race!

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:35 AM
Gregory Foggin put on an impressive run himself charging from 20th place to 5th to finish the race, but he was still three minutes behind Brian Foltz in 4th.

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:42 AM
#66 Peter Stadtmueller was stuck on the Six this weekend. Pete finished 6th in his class and 66th Overall.

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:43 AM
Vet Class

Kenneth Tincher & Gary Belbeck on the line

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:44 AM
The Start!

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:44 AM
#371 Chris Earlywine and #91 David Sigmon battle for the lead!

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:45 AM
In the End, Eric Lemley would be out front when it counted with the Win!!

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:47 AM
Bryan Hulsey continues to get it done with his Vforce and finished 2nd! Obviously, He isn't afraid of launching 500+lb machine in the woods:eek:

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:49 AM
Blaine Shick finished in the top 3 for the third time and is quickly moving up in the points with Eric Lemley who both didn't start racing till the third round, but both of them have been up front since, so these will be the guys to watch as the series continues.

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:50 AM
Scott Smalley finished 7th

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:51 AM
Kenneth Tincher took his 250R to a 9th place finish

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:52 AM
Darrin Jumper finished 11th

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:53 AM
Chris Earlywine was running 2nd until he ran into problems and dropped back to 17th and manged to work his way up to 13th to finish the race on his Z

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:56 AM
Senior

John Cunningham Jr. sits in third in points with Dave Simmons running away from everyone with a Win at every Race

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:57 AM
#85 Jim Vanloocke grabbed the Holeshot

Admin
04-13-2004, 07:59 AM
Jim Vanloocke wasn't able to hold the lead and finished up in 5th place

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:00 AM
Daniel Koenig getting a bath bypassing the creek jump.

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:06 AM
4 Stk B

This was one of the largest classes of the the day with over 35 entries.

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:07 AM
The 1st Turn:macho

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:08 AM
Jeremy Rummer was close to looking more like a Plumber:eek:

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:09 AM
Kevin Chaffin chose not to take the Jump!

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:10 AM
Tony Isbell didn't let the water slow him down, but I don't know how well it did for keeping his clothes and gloves dry. I personally hate racing after being soaked.

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:11 AM
265B

Nathan Gogno & Jake Kretzschmar on the Line ready to Start

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:12 AM
The Start!

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:14 AM
Nathan Gogno rode smart and worked his way to the front for the Win, which was his 2nd this year. Nathan is currently 2nd in points behind Curtis Walraven

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:15 AM
Open B

The Start

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:16 AM
Several riders got tackled up in the first turn which actually happend on several starts this week.

Nathan Hankins Tugs on his Z

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:18 AM
Sport Class

Jeremy Benson and Dave McCarroll battle for the lead!

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:19 AM
Jeremy Benson again put his 300EX out front and took home his 4th win in a row :macho Great Racing Jeremey!!!

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:20 AM
Mike Nash worked his way up to a 4th place finish

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:22 AM
Dustin Pigott showed off his new Black Fenders, but he finished better with Orange. Dustin was off the pace this week and finished 6th :(

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:25 AM
Brad C Morrison rode consistently all day in 8th Place. His consistency kept in 3rd in Points, but several riders up are only a few points behind, and Brad could quickly drop back if he doesn't pick up it up at Loretta's

Admin
04-13-2004, 08:27 AM
Well that is it Folks for the 5th Round of the GNCC Series!!! Loretta's is less than a week away, and I hope to see some new faces this weekend.

The Photo Gallery will be uploaded tonight with well over 500 pictures for everyone to enjoy.

cdalejef
04-13-2004, 08:28 AM
Thanks Harlen, another great race report!

bradley300
04-13-2004, 09:21 AM
Originally posted by EXriders Admin
Brad C Morrison rode consistently all day in 8th Place. His consistency kept in 3rd in Points, but several riders up are only a few points behind, and Brad could quickly drop back if he doesn't pick up it up at Loretta's

your right harlen, geuss its time to see what the 350ex can do! 5th place at the end of the year is my goal, but that was on my 350, not a stock blaster, so i dont think i'm doing too bad.

once again, great pics!

cdalejef
04-13-2004, 09:27 AM
Originally posted by bradley300
your right harlen, geuss its time to see what the 350ex can do! 5th place at the end of the year is my goal, but that was on my 350, not a stock blaster, so i dont think i'm doing too bad.

once again, great pics! If you'd take an hour and put the shocks and pipe off your old Blaster onto your new one you'd do much better!

bradley300
04-13-2004, 09:30 AM
jeff, you should know me by now, nothing only takes an hour:rolleyes: but the a-arms, shocks and prolly a new swingy and rear shock will happen soon:macho

Admin
04-13-2004, 10:09 AM
Originally posted by bradley300
jeff, you should know me by now, nothing only takes an hour:rolleyes: but the a-arms, shocks and prolly a new swingy and rear shock will happen soon:macho

Hopefully, I just lite a fire under your arse

bradley300
04-13-2004, 10:25 AM
thanks for the motivation harlen!

Ryan
04-13-2004, 10:29 AM
Awesome coverage as always! :macho

Admin
04-13-2004, 10:48 AM
Originally posted by Ryan
Awesome coverage as always! :macho

Thanks:D

twisted threads
04-13-2004, 01:33 PM
Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Thanks Harlen, another great race report!

You guys do a awsome job at covering the races! I don't even race but I still Love reading your race coverage's:macho The only thing bad about the coverage is that it makes me wish I lived over on the East coast so I could tear up some dirt with you guys:cool:

Admin
04-13-2004, 02:01 PM
Originally posted by twisted threads
You guys do a awsome job at covering the races! I don't even race but I still Love reading your race coverage's:macho The only thing bad about the coverage is that it makes me wish I lived over on the East coast so I could tear up some dirt with you guys:cool:

I think it is time for you to give Uhaul a Call:devil:

seatec
04-13-2004, 02:03 PM
isnt it funny how we sometimes wish we lived on the west coast so we could rip around those big dunes you have.

Kilabanshee
04-13-2004, 02:37 PM
awesome coverage thanks alot harlen and pappy!

johnson357
04-14-2004, 08:31 AM
Great job! Best coverage we get way better than the magazines or even GNCC own web site. You give air time to everyone no matter what class. Look foward to being back racing now that I am semi-healed up. Jeff I am bringing the Bad Monkey Racing stickers for you to run. I'll even have an extra one for Rico:D

04-14-2004, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by johnson357
I'll even have an extra one for Rico:D


:muscle: :muscle:

ZSK
04-15-2004, 11:57 AM
Great pictures as usual. I love to see the sport class photos in the mix too. More sport class pictures PLEASE:D

Cody_300ex
04-15-2004, 02:41 PM
No pictures of Bill Balance doing the burnout?

CatMostFeared
04-15-2004, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by Lil_300Ex_Kid
No pictures of Bill Balance doing the burnout?


I would like to see that:macho :macho :macho

WhiteBros400ex
04-18-2004, 07:15 PM
Originally posted by CatMostFeared
I would like to see that:macho :macho :macho


I agree:D

popo
04-19-2004, 06:04 AM
Originally posted by CatMostFeared
I would like to see that:macho :macho :macho