2004 GNCC Round #11 "The Penton" PM Race

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GNCC Racing returned to Millfield, OH in July this year to try to avoid the horrible conditions of the past with mud in the May and dust in the September.

In last years mud fest, Joey Kish was able to work himself up to third overall, but was denied the Podium because he wasn't a Pro Racer. His dream of returning this season as a Pro was ended when he was electrocuted on the Job this past November. Joey was only 23 years old and lived for ATV racing. He will be missed, but never forgotten.

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Friday Afternoon, the Pros begain claiming their spots on Pro Row as amateurs arrived early to find level parking at the event along the track.

The course also incorporated and extensive motocross track which worked its way up and down between the hillsides with actually only a few difficult jumps.

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The water truck was busy all day Friday watering the track because the ground was fairly dry, but in the woods the conditions were perfect with the soil being slightly moist.

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By Evening, the majority of the Pros had arrived.

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After registering for the race, I quickly noticed that the Tech Inspection line was extremely long and it didn't seem to be moving quickly. After further inspection, I realized the delay was due to sound testing.

This was the first time sound testing was done since Big Buck which was six rounds ago, but this time they were semi enforcing the 104 decibal Limit.

Chris Bithell has his 450R tested

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This testing wasn't just limited to the amateurs because even Pro riders like Chris Borich had to have their machines test.

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Tim explained to Chris that his exhaust system was at 105 decibals, which exceeded the 104 decibale limit, and he will either have to have it repacked by silent sport or replaced with another exhaust inorder to race on Saturday!

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Traci Cecco, the event T-shirt Star, was also told that her exhaust exceeded the limit, so she waited in line with many other racers waiting for her silencer to be repacked, so she could get back in line again to be retested.

I think her smile this time took alot of effort, and I couldn't blame her one bit.

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I was curious to see if any one exhaust proved to be louder or failed more than others, and it didn't seem to matter. All different brand exhaust systems were stacked up on the counter waiting for their repacking. FMF, Yoshimura, GYTR, Big Gun, Duncan Racing, and many more all failed.

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Dennis Robertson was rather busy repacking exhaust systems for the racers for $25.00 each, but once he repacked your exhaust system you were given a receipt which guaranteed you would be able to race on Saturday regardless of your second sound test results.

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Traci's Chief Mechanic and Husband, Rick Cecco, reinstalled her exhaust and sent her back to Tech Inspection. Unfortunately, Traci reading didn't even change after repacking her exhaust, but she was allowed to race anyway because she had a receipt.

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Chris Borich opted not to get his other silencer repacked, but instead he installed another Curtis Sparks exhaust and it passed at 104db

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Friday Evening, Laz Sommers and Mike Chirdon fixed burgers and chicken for dinner, and had some friends over to share it with them.

Thanks for the awesome food :D

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#1 Bill Ballance & Women's Champion Traci Cecco

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Saturday Morning, Conditions remained dry at the track and boy was it humid. With the Morning racing action about to start, Marty Eckert prepared to go out and capture some of the racing action.

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#16 Jeremy Rice took the time to replace his chain and sprockets before the race. Jeremy has had an awesome race year with five Pro Am wins and is currently leading the points.

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The morning race conditions were dry and the track was extremely fast with most racers completing an unusual five laps on the 10 mile course, but as the afternoon riders made their way to the starting line, dark clouds started to move in quickly from the west.

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Carrie Joe began informing the racers that heavy rain was moving in quickly and would last about twenty minutes and they will be getting started shortly.

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#4 Chad Duvall known as an excellent mud racer grinned ear to ear as I took his photo. Chad made his return to racing two weeks ago at the Wisp after breaking his Collar bone at Rausch Creek. He finished the race in 5th place, but was only ten seconds out of 2nd, which was an awesome way to return.

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Last year, I lined up beside Bryan Cook in 4 Stroke A as Bonnie held the Umbrella for both of us, and this year Bryan is on Pro Row and having another incredible year and is currently ranked #6.

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#5 Matt Smiley

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#3 William Yokley is currently in 2nd place in points behind Bill Ballance. William lost his spot on the podium at the last race when Chris Borich passed him with only a few turns to go, and I could tell he was hungry for a podium finish.

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It was interesting to watch several Japanese gentleman closely inspect and photograph Jeff Stoess’s ATK quad on the starting line.

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#22 Kim Kuhnle got off to a good start this season with several top 20 Overall finishes, but has since to break into the top 20. He has been extremely consistent though with only one finish lower than the top 35 Overall.

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#334 Thomas Barrett is the only Pro Rider left that remains on a 400EX. His best finish this year was 10th Overall at Rausch Creek, which surprisingly he finished his best last year with a 4th overall and only a few seconds behind Santo Derisi. I would definitely say that Thomas must not be afraid of the rocks.

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#15 Andy Lagzdins has been extremely consistent since switching to his 450R, except for the Wisp when his aftermarket linkage broke. He is currently 12th in the Pro Class and is only a few points out of the top 10.

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#18 Jared Gruca is currently 16th in the Pro Class

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#10 Brandon Ballance

Look at that pose, do I need to say anymore:D

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By the time National Anthem was played, the rain began to pour down. Many spectators began running for shelter out of the rain, while Junior Class rider, Gregory Foggin, proudly held his hand to his heart with stars and strips helmet on. It was truly patriotic moment!

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Racer Productions wasted no time in starting the race, which caught me totally off quard as I ran through the rows of quads and across the start straight away to grab a shot of the Pros before they headed into the woods.

Bill Ballance and William Yokley were out front!

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William Yokley was the 1st one to emerge from the woods and hit the Motocross track. Even in the sloppy conditions, William Yokley stayed on the gas over some of the double jumps.

Once he hit Pit Row, He quickly stopped to get new goggles before heading out for another lap.

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Yokley charged out of the pits to stay in front of Bill Ballance who came into the pits a few seconds behind him.

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Bill Ballance also quickly changed his goggles and was off after William before he even got them securely around his helmet.

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Chad Duvall was the next one to head into the pits with Matt Smiley and Chris Borich only seconds behind him.

Chad's Team quickly prepared him for his next lap with goggles and gloves.

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Chris Borich was able to get the jump on Matt Smiley heading out of the Pits and took over the 4th spot behind Chad Duvall.

Meanwhile, Bonnie Hamrick looks on as Bryan Cook comes flying down pit row!

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Bryan Cook already had his goggles in hand, and was eager to get his face cleaned and a new set of goggles to head back out in 6th Place and try to make up some time of the leaders.

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Greg Trew came into the pits in 8th with Jeff Stoess only four seconds ahead of him as Greg stopped for Goggles.

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Brandon Ballance rounded out the top 10 behind Thomas Barrett after the 1st lap.

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By the 2nd lap, the heavy rain gave way to on and off showers with the sun poking through the clouds from time to time, but the damage had already been done. The Majority of the original race course was being rerouted out of the woods and into the fields because the off chamber woods trails had riders sliding off the course and through the woods. Also, numerous riders weren't able to climb many of the hills which create huge bottlenecks in several locations with 30+ riders stuck and waiting to get going again.

Bill Ballance managed to pass William Yokley in the 2nd lap and take over the lead by a few seconds as they headed into the pits, but William was able to pass him back by making a short pit stop, which had Bill once again chasing after Yokley as they headed back out onto the MX track.

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With William Yokley and Bill Ballance long gone, Chad Duvall came flying in several minutes behind the leaders in third place.

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Chris Borich remained in 4th place and was only a few seconds behind Chad Duvall as he pointed at me along the track.

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Matt Smiley had lost over a minute on Chris in the 2nd lap, and was on the gas as he headed out for his third lap in 5th place.

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Half way through the third lap, Bill Ballance one again had regained the lead!

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William Yokley was only a few seconds behind Bill and was hot of the gas as he roosted across the wide open grass field with Bill in his sights.

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Chris Borich battled with lapped traffic as he chased after Chad Duvall in 3rd place.

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Meanwhile, Santo Derisi had worked his way up from 14th to 7th place to complete the 2nd lap, and he ran the entire 2nd lap with out goggles. Unfortunately, he claimed by the mud in the third lap which took him almost 1.5 hours to complete which sent back to 18th place to finish the race with only three laps:( .

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Kim Kuhnle worked his way from 17th up to 8th by the end of the second lap and continued to gain ground on the leaders in the third lap.

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Jeff Stoess who was one of the favorites to win in such sloppy conditions was running strong in 7th place after the 1st lap, but unfortunately he too got caught up in a bottleneck and track was rerouted around him, which dropped him back to 12th place early in the third lap.

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Greg Trew who also was running well in the 1st lap end up taking over an hour to complete the 2nd lap after his YFZ would restart. He dropped back to 18th place, but didn't give up once it finally refired and quickly began to work his way back through the pack in the third lap.

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Brandon Ballance also dropped back to 15th heading into the third lap after finding himself stuck in a ditch after trying to work his way around a bottleneck.

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Johnny Gallagher who wanted it to rain was back to 12th after the 1st lap and had dropped all the way back to 16th by the beginning on the 3rd lap, but he never gave up and quickly found himself picking off rider after rider as he charged into the top 10 halfway through the third lap.

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By the Beginning of the 4th lap, the on and off rain continued and William Yokley was once again out front, but this time, Bill Ballance was no where to be seen.

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The next rider to emerge from the woods to hit the MX track wasn't Bill Ballance at all, but it was Matt Smiley who was over 3.5 minutes behind William Yokley in 2nd Place.

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Chad Duvall remained in third place, and was only one minute behind Matt.

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Surprisingly, almost three minutes behind Chad Duvall, Bill Ballance came flying around the MX track. In only half lap, Bill Ballance went from being in 1st Overall to 7 minutes out of the lead and back to 4th place.

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Bill Ballance is not one to give up and was pushing his YFZ to its limits trying to gain ground on Chad Duvall as he power slides around the slick track.

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Kim Kuhnle passed Chris Borich as he pitted for gloves and goggles and moved into 5th Place!

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Chris Borich was able to pass Kuhnle back before the end of the lap and finish out the race in 5th place with Kuhnle finishing only 11 seconds back in 6th Place.

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Todd Knippenberg dropped back to 14th after the 2nd lap because he lost alot of time caught up in the bottlenecks, but he charged his all the way up to 7th to finish the race.

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Johnny Gallagher and Todd Knippenberg swapped positions several times during the race with Johnny finishing the race in 8th only 21 seconds behind Todd.

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Andy Lagzdins passed Bryan Cook in pits on the last lap and was able to finish the race in 9th place.

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Bryan Cook made it very clear what he thought of the muddy conditions.

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shortly afterwards he was forced to stop and find an alternative line to avoid several riders stuck on the side of a slick. The crowd directed him to turn right and try the further down which he ended up doing after waiting several seconds.

Bryan ended up getting stuck on the last lap and dropped back to 10th place to finish the race.

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Jeff Stoess wasted no time going up the slick hill on his ATK, and he made it with ease. One thing for sure wass that his quad was extremely loud with the cracked headpipe and easily surpassed any sound guidelines.

The purpose of the sound testing was to keep down the noise level yet Jeff was allowed to continue racing with a quad that was producing sound levels well above the 104db limit. Also, I saw several other quads on the course without silencers at all which were extremely loud.

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Frank Grimplin rode his way to a 11th place finish.

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With the Checkered flag flying, William Yokley headed across the last portion of the MX track to earn himself the overall win with no other racer in sight.

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William Yokley was extremely happy to be back on the Podium again especially with the Overall Win. His last Overall win was at the 1st round of the season.

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Over five minutes later, Matt Smiley made his way to the Podium to claim the 2nd Overall award, which was his 5th this year.

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The mud machine himself, Chad Duvall, once again found himself on the podium after and extremely muddy race. Chad is undoubtly one of the most successful mud racers in the GNCC series. At last years Millfield mud fest, he finished 2nd overall behind Bill Ballance and also finished 3rd overall at the Sparta this year.

Bryan prepares some paper towels for Chad to clean the mud out of his eyes and off his face before accepting his third overall award!

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These three guys had alot to celebrate about after finishing such a nasty race.

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William downed the fruits of his victory:macho

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This was all that was left of Bill Ballance after the race

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Actually, before he was even 100% cleaned up, he took the time to sign autographs for his fans.

Bill put in the 2nd fastest last lap, but wasn't able to overcome his third lap troubles and finished the race in 4th overall two minutes behind Chad Duvall.

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Chris Borich finished seven minutes behind Bill in 5th in the Pro Class and 8th Overall.

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Stephanie Parton helped Brandon Ballance cleanup after the race

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Jeff Stoess found that the pond was the easiest way to get the mud off, and I must say it seemed to work wonders.

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Even after taking over one hour to complete his 2nd lap, Greg Trew manged to come back and finish 33rd overall and 14th in the Pro Class.

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Chad Duvall's crew began removing the layers of mud off of his YFZ before they loaded it into the trailer to take home.

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By the end of the race, the Pro Pits didn't look anything like they did before the race.

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William and Bill talk about the race in the pits before heading home.

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Pro Am

Raymond Jenks hold the umbrella for his son Chris and his girlfriend before the start.

Chris Jenks is currently in 2nd Place in the Pro Am Class behind Jeremy Rice who has the championship about wrapped up with five wins. Chris's main competition now for the 2nd spot is James Wahl who also has two wins and sits securely in third place, but with a couple of good finishes could allow him to take over the 2nd Spot.

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The start of the Pro Am class was chaos with several riders spinning around backwards heading into the 1st turn.

Jason Lewis and Jason Gudde made it around the first turn smoothly, but Mike Lucas slide sideways in front of Todd Demaree as he rounded the first turn.

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Chris Jenks also got spun around and watched the rest of the class spin around in the 2nd turn of the race as he prepared to join in once again. Todd Demaree was already in hot pursuit in the distance.

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by the end of the 1st lap, James Wahl was in 2nd place behind Brian Brinkley, but James would latter get hung up in a bottle neck and ended up only finishing two laps and finished back in 14th place which was a relief to Chris Jenks.

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Jeremy Rice came through the pits on the 1st lap in 4th place behind Adam McGill who Chad Duvall told us was one to watch after battling with him the previous week at a local event.

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Over two minutes later, Chris Jenks came into the pits back to 13th place and his Hill Billy Racing team quickly prepared him for the next lap.

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By the 2nd lap, Timothy Gale took over the 1st place spot moving up from 8th place. Jeremy Rice ended up loosing ground and dropped back to 9th place after the 2nd lap.

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By the third lap, Timothy Gale had dropped out of the lead back to 10th place, and Rick Cecco took over the #1 spot moving up from 12th after the 1st lap.

Chris Jenks continued his slow but steady charge through the pack and had moved up to 6th place.

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By the end of the race, Jason Lewis held the 1st Place position after moving up from 6th place after the 1st lap. He also finished 6th Overall which was the race results he has been very capable of the entire season, but just hasn't been able to get things to fall into place. Congratulations Jason Lewis and hopefully this is a sign for after the break:macho

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Brian D Brinkley rode smooth and steady the entire race and never dropped below third place and finished out the day in 2nd place and 7th Overall, which was his best finish ever.

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Chris Jenks was able to work his way up to finish in 4th place behind Adam McGill.

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Rick Cecco wasn't able to maintain the lead in the last lap:( , but he still was able to finish 5th and 17th Overall which was his best finish this year.

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Jeremy Rice pushed hard in the last two laps, and was able to somewhat recover from the 2nd lap bottleneck which dropped him back to 9th place. The was able to work his way back up to 6th place and finished only five seconds behind Rick Cecco.

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Brian Schmid was able to work his way up to finish 9th after being back to 15th at the start of the race.

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Jason Lewis all cleaned up after the race! Can you tell he is happy about his finish.

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Due to the heavy amount of mud on the majority of the quads I wasn't able to recognize as many people as I would have liked, but I do have some awesome photos of the starts and some actions shot of those that I could pick out.

Open A

Wesley Fruits started the season out on a Polaris and has since switched to the Honda 450R. He had his best race of the season at the Wisp with a 37th overall finish. He is currently in 10th Place in the Open A Class.

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can you count how many people are under this one umbrella? I counted six, but maybe you can find more.

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The start had Jesse Burton, Josh Whitehead, and Mike Benson Charge ahead of the pack toward the first turn!

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Jesse Brunton on his 400EX was too hard on the gas heading into the turn and began a 360 spin as Daman Causey locked it up to try to avoid the side collision:eek:

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Wesley Fruits and Tom Hertz over his shoulder chase after the leaders toward the 2nd turn.

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Mike Benson went on to ride one of his best races by not only winning the Open A Class for the 2nd race in a row, but he also finished an impressive 5th Overall.

Congratulations on an incredible finish:macho

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4 Stroke A

John Rowling has finally found a machine that can replace his cannondale. John attempted to switch to a 250R last year, but it only lasted for one race and he went back to his Cannondale. This year with the Honda money on the line, he decided to give the 450R a try. It was a bit rocky at first because he quickly found out how easily the tie-rods bend on these machines, but once he got all the bugs worked out, he has been on a "Rowl":D

John has finished the last three races in the top 40 Overall and top 4 in his class, and he has quickly moved up to 5th in the 4stk A Class.

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The start had Gregg Stewart leading Doug Flinner and Derek Litterini down the straight away.

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Gregg Stewart and Scott Barron Battles for lead in the right hand corner. While, John Rowlings "Ragweed" takes the inside line. Doug Flinner spins his Cannondale around backwards in the background.

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Some more of the 1st turn Carnage:eek2:

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Doug Flinner ended up working his way up to 1st place heading into the 4th lap with a two minute lead, but never finished the last lap and dropped back to 4th place.

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John Rowlrag lead for the first two laps and had over a four minute leading heading into the third lap, but he ended up stuck in a bottleneck that was later rerouted which allowed others to easily pass him and he ended up taking almost an hour to finish the third lap which sent him back to 7th place:(

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Justin Trevis ended up finishing out his day in 6th Place and is currently 10th in the class.

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Junior Class

The Start!

Jared Huffman grabbed the Holeshot and went on to win the race with a 12th overall finish. Bryan Davis finished behind him in 2nd Place.

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Pete Stadtmueller had a race that he would rather forget after taking almost 1.5 hours to finish his first lap. He didn't quite though and put in another lap with allowed him to finish 15th, but dropped him back to 4th Place in class after Tadd Wooldrige finished third and jumped past him in points.

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Vet Class

Wayne Edwards on his Blue YFZ, Blaine Shick, and Dave Simmons battle for the 1st turn! Yes, I mean Dave Simmons. With the championship wrapped up in the Senior Class, Dave decided to race Vet.

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Wayned Edwards, Dave Simmons, and Scott Smalley all make it cleanly through the 1st turn.

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I think I am going the wrong way:eek2: "Hey guys, wait for MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

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Dave Simmons went on to finish his first race all season out of 1st place with a 2nd place finish 29 seconds behind Steve Zapfe, but ironically he had his best overall finish of the year with a 23 Overall.

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Bryan Hulsey rode his way to a 8th Place finish on his Vforce

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Gary Belbeck found out how to turn his tires into slicks:eek2:

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Senior Class

John Kenney & his Daughter Women's class rider Stefanie Verkade

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John Cunningham and his youngest son Colten Cunningham

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on the start, Jim Vanloocke found himself getting slammed after he spun out going into the 1st turn.

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The track was a complete mudhole by the time the Senior hit the 2nd turn.

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John Kenney went on to finish the race in 2nd place behind Jim Vanloocke who obviously wasn't slowed down much after his 1st turn collision.

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John Cunningham was throwing the roost trying to catch John, but he ended up falling short by over a minute and finished in 3rd place.

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265B Class

Justin Wright is currently in third place in the class, but he has the most wins with four, so he may still end up winning the class once through aways are factored into the scoring.

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Nathan Gogno and his father Charlie wait in the rain for the start of the race. Nathan is currently 2nd in points.

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Eric Thiem on his 250R

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Paul J Kowcheck grabbed the holeshot, but ended up finishing 2nd behind Brian Edwards.

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Both Justin Quick & Justin Wright spun around backwards in the 1st turn.

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Nathan Gogno had a rough day in the mud and only managed to complete one lap in almost 2 hours, but he never gave up and went out for a 2nd lap, but quickly found himself stuck on the side of a slick hill.

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Open B

Josh Cristofori is currently 7th in points, but he has only competed in seven races so far, but he has also won two races and is moving up in the class quickly.

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Anthony Hill is currently 3rd in Points behind ehind Ryan Leckrone Mark Notman.

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Matthew Clapp has finished extremely well in the last two muddy races this season with a 4th at the Hurricane and a 2nd at Sparta. All the other races, he nevered finished in the top 10, but unfortunately, the Ohio mud didn't work in his favor, and he finished the day in 11th.

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With the rain really coming down, the Benson brothers shared and umbrella before the race. Jeremy Benson(Left) is currently leading the Sport Class while Shane Benson(Right) is 4th in the Open B Class. They ended up finishing the Sparta race only 3 place apart overall, which was pretty cool.

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Open B Start!

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Josh Cristofori went on to finish in 2nd place behind Charlie R Dodson of Ohio who hasn't raced since Steele Creek.

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Todd McCord worked his way up from 16th to 4th to finish the race and had the fastest last lap time in the class by almost three minutes. This was his 1st GNCC race of the season.

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Mark Notman finished out the day in 5th place which helped him gain some ground on Ryan Leckrone the class leader who finished 8th.

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It was great to see Shane Nash back in action after he wrecked at Loretta's on the MX Track, which put a nice slice in his leg. He gave it time to heal and quickly returned to racing, but unfortunately the mud didn't do him well, and he only finished two laps.

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Ty Rogers has only been able to attend two GNCC races this year and both of them were the muddiest races ever (Sparta & Penton). Ty would have run in the Morning, but he needed to borrow parts from my Z to race, so he was forced to race in the afternoon.

Hopefully, he won't have to run in the mud at the next race he attends.

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4 Stroke B

Brian Silvester jumped up to 2nd Class in the class in front of Mark Fulton and Travis Nichols after having two good finishes in a row, and he is currrently only one point behind the class leader Bub Yoho.

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Mark Fulton has dropped back to a tie for third in the class after having two DNFs in a row counting the Penton:(

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Ohio Resident, Justin Hess waits on the line with his Girlfriend before the start of the mud fest. He went on to have his best finish of the season over the Hurricane, so it looks like he likes the mud.

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AXE Racing's Richard Lubinski lines up with his new YFZ450 with HMF Graphics. He decided to retire his Z400.

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Late Start

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Mark Marshall went on to win the race by over 10 minutes or 2nd place:eek2:

Chris Conklin hang in there to finish 6th and is currently 7th in the class.

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Sam Williams worked his way through the mud to a 9th place finish.

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Several riders found themselves stuck on the side of a slick uphill.

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Brian Keane wasn't able to make the hill climb and attempted to come back down the hill, but found himself heading for a vertical drop off:eek:

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Brian used his head and did the right thing. He got off the quad and let is roll off the side. Fortunately, it didn't flip over and he remounted it and took off.

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Sport Class

Dustin Pigott decided he rather keep his quad dry and not himself.

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Joseph Margarva is currently 4th in the class on his Blaster, and he is usually the one to grab the Holeshot on his Blaster.

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Jeremy Benson grabbed the Holeshot with Nathan Hornacek spinning around backwards around the 1st turn and starting last on his yellow 300EX.

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Joseph Margarva used his Blaster to pass Jeremy down the stretch to the third turn.

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Joseph went on to win his first race of the season and was the only Sport rider to complete three laps:macho

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After all the rain, the parking area became extremely slick as well, and once again, people had to be towed out.

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Josh Whitehead came within a few inches of jack kniving his trailer as he was being pulled out.

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I decided that I just needed to put the pedal down to get out and that is exactly what I did, and I quickly realized my trailer was sliding on a flat tire. Luckily I made it to the level road without any major incident.

John Ayers and the GNCC staff quickly came to my aid and helped me change the tire, which I truly appericiated since I forgot my trailer jack.

Thanks Again, John for all your help:)

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Originally posted by EXriders Admin
Joseph went on to win his first race of the season and was the only Sport rider to complete three laps:macho

that boy is a machine, he's a threat now, wait until he does some suspension work! if you could look thru the history of the sport class, i believe that makes joseph the first non honda framed rider to win a sport class race ( a guy did win on a blaster once, but it was in a 250r frame and is now illegal as the class has adaopted the stock fame/engine case rule from the pro class) way to go joseph

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How did you do Brad?:confused:

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Originally posted by blaster12408
How did you do Brad?:confused:

i wasnt there:( it was muddy too, so i would have done good too:(

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You probably would have been set up for dry conditions like most there.

It didn't rain until we all got to the line, in fact it was hot and dry up till then.

It was sloppy.

I think I was in second place until about 10 minutes from the finish.
When most of the guys passed me on a slick hill that I didn't make on my first attempt I figured that I was being lapped but I ended up finishing right behind them all.

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Originally posted by countypark
You probably would have been set up for dry conditions like most there.



i'm a mud bug, muddy conditions are what i like best, and i'm always ready to get sloppy:devil:

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When I grow up I wanta to race reports like Harlen
good job:)