2004 Extreme Dirt Track ATV Racing - RD#6 - Twin Creeks - ATV Race Coverage

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The 6th round of the GNC TT was held in Greenbrier, AR just on the outskirts of the beautiful Ozark mountains.

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The weather was pretty good for Arkansas this time of year. For Saturday we had cloudy skies with just a little humidity and the high temp was probably in the low 80's.

When I first got to the track I took a stroll around to check out what pro riders were attending, as well as, what aftermarket companys were on hand.

The first Rig that I came to was Legacy ATV.

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The "Quadfather" Kenny Marcou again showed the young bucks the fast way around the track. The Wisconsin rider led 8 laps of the 25+ class final, but got out motored as he left his banshee at home:confused: He still ended up 2nd in the class...way to go Ken!!:cool:

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Brian McGhee, Johnathon McGhee, of Legacy ATV were on hand to sell some of their products. Here to represent them we have Leah Lorberg from Gordonville, MO.

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The next rig I saw was the Lonestar Racing of Keith Little's.

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I caught Keith doing some early prep to his bike and he was glad to pause to take a mug shot!:blah:

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Next, I came across Doug Nicholas, mechanic for Daryl Rath. I have a friend that had a problem with his predator from the Northwest Arkansas area Tyler Drake that have spoke with them on the phone several occasions. He brought his quad to Twin Creeks and Dan gladly helped him figure out the problem.:D

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I caught Daryl working on rebuilding a shock and got him to give me a quick look.

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Here we have Brian Foltz and Robin Seitz with Extreme Tec-ATV. They had their dyno trailer on hand and ready to see if your quad could really walk the walk of the talk that some people thought their quad was pushing.:eek2:

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Kevin Helt also had his dyno-works trailer in the pit area. Kevin was running in the +30 class for the weekend.

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Here I got to meet and visit with the man behind PEP Shocks Wayne Moorridan.

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Shane Hitt was looking like he has had a great recovery and was ready to give it his all again here at Twin Creeks!!

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Dave Kister from Conneaut, OH was ready to go. Dave was currently in 4th going into round six.

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From Romulus, MI we have #708 Harold Goodman looking cool!

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Here we have Jathen Seale from Sparkman, AR. When Jathen is not running the TT series you can find him on the GNCC track! I got to meet him for the first time along with his dad. I would like to thank Jathen and his dad for taking time out to show and tell me a few things they have done to their 450r. It was very interesting seeing some of the things that they have made, machined, and modified. I look forward talking to you guys in the future. By the way, I will hold you to that ride some weekend in the near future!!:cool:

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Now its track time.....Here we have the straight stretch going into the fast first curve left.

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Then, the track splits. Each lane took a few more curves and you could either take the outside which you went over a roller, a small table, and then a quick hard right, or you could take the inside that swept around and you took a right off camber turn.

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Here is the roller....

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small table, hard right and go into the next to last curve to the left around on the berm over a single to the finish line.

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The berm over a single and back onto the straight stretch for the finish.

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This is the view behind the starting line looking down the stretch.

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Starting around 6pm it was time for the pros to take a few fast laps. Tim Farr was looking like he was on a mission during practice flying around the track.

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Brandon Watts #318 from Gore, OK.

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Harold Goodman #708 staying hard on the gas in a off camber turn.

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#316 Jathen Seale. Jathen you need to slow down, you're looking way to fast!!

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Devid Kister showing some power coming of a 180 turn.

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#67 Daryl Rath on his predator.

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#22 Brad Covington.

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#5 Shane Hitt.

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Here during the practice, Shane Hitt came around this corner a little to hot. Shane spun out and got hit from behind to send him off his quad. Luckily everyone reacted quick and nobody was harmed.

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Tim Farr gives Hitt a good look to make sure he is ok.

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Shane hops back on his quad to get back in the practice action.

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#12 Ketih Little....Keith was looking flawless in practice and I knew he would be fighting for that 1st spot in the main.

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Darin Ogden #2 from Dillonvale, OH.

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Zac Willett #47 from Henderson, Ky.

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# 81 Chris Gary.

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During practice about 5 to 6 riders practiced the hole shot at a time which was pretty exciting espically for the fans.

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practice holeshot.

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another practice holeshot.

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This was the Divisions splits.

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Tim Farr won in his division and when the checkered droped he was way out front.

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Shane Hitt won division two but had Jathen Seale right on his grab bar.!!

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The lane split was going to be very important when it came down to tight racing. Usually if the person on the outside was ahead of the person on the inside when they were going over the roller the outside person usually got on the inside and made the move to the front.

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Now it was time for the main!! Here is the starting line lineup.

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When the green light droped it was Keith Little pulling the holeshot.

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Shane Hitt was running second behind Little with Tim and Harold quick to follow.

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Farr was right on Hitt for a numerous laps earily in the 20 lap event.

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Keith was in his zone out front and not checking up!

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Tim finally decided to take the lane option on Hitt and made up enough ground to make it on the inside Shane. Here's Farr after the pass...looks like he is on a mission is search of Little, which he was!

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Harold Running in 4th.

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#47 Zac Willett finished 9th the the main.

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# 2 Darin Ogden Spun out and finished 13th in the main event.

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As Farr was closing the gap between him and Little his 450r came to a stop. The coil had broken off the frame. Farr got it fired back up to try to save points.

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Keith went on to take the checkered flag, Hitt second, Goodman third, Covington forth, and Watts fifth.

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Harold Goodman with his third place trophy and interview.

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Shane Hitt accepting second with his son attending.

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Here is Keith's interview with his first place trophy. Keith talked about how exciting it is going to be going into the last round.

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Keith came to Arkansas and raised the roof with the Arkansas fans as they shouted "Way to Go Keith"!!

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Here is a few post celebration.

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post celebration cont...

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Here is your overall winner of the Twin Creeks Round #6 of the GNC TT. Way to Go Keith!!! I hope everyone enjoyed the race report. This was my first report and 3rd event to take pictures. See everyone in Texas!!:D

[Craig02]

Congradulations Keith, great race, and I cannot wait to see the final round. Great coverage macsolocam!

[p@iNn3ck]

Awesome pics! Great coverage!

[LilMissHoleshot]

It was a very very technical track, but a lot of fun. I think it did a great job of separating the riders from the guys with hp. Did you get any pics of the women's race? Gurls can ride too! It was a close one! I was #63 on the KTM.

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by macsolocam
Next, I came across Dan Nickols, mechanic for Daryl Rath. I have a friend that had a problem with his predator from the Northwest Arkansas area Tyler Drake that have spoke with them on the phone several occasions. He brought his quad to Twin Creeks and Dan gladly helped him figure out the problem.:D Thats Doug Nicholas!!!:D He is my ole mans sponsor ion his Predator,he is one of the finest mechanics when it comes to the Predator, I got an email from him today and he told me how well Daryl done.. Way to go Daryl!!!

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Also,didnt Rath win Open class Pro??? You done AWESOME race Coverage!! thanks for helping making this site what it is today. ;)

[racinggrl5]

Originally posted by LilMissHoleshot
It was a very very technical track, but a lot of fun. I think it did a great job of separating the riders from the guys with hp. Did you get any pics of the women's race? Gurls can ride too! It was a close one! I was #63 on the KTM.

Yea girls race too!!!!!!.......don't forget about us cuz we always put on a good show!

#5 Here!!!!!!

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[racinggrl5]

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[QuadJunkies]

Ladies Coverage????

[dirtmomma]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
Ladies Coverage????

YEA we always get put on the back burner don't we :(

Man those pics make me wanna GO RACING!!!!!!!!!!!! I just love it..................I think I'm having an adrenaline rush just sitting here ROFLMAO ;) j/k welllllllllllllll maybe not hehehee

Would LOVE to take my kid to a nice TT track like that & let him GIT R DONE!!!

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ok here is the race coverage, i believe.....

In the main, Mandy B. got the hole shot. I got around her on the third corner and started to pull away. Mandy stayed in 2nd until about the 5th lap, she spun out and unfortunately and killed it :( Amanda worked her way into second. I ran off the track on the last 3 laps. :eek: Amanda got pretty close to me, but i was able to still take the win. Amanda took second while pressuring me on the last lap. Jamie Luburgh took third!

Thats about it.... now the Paducah National, was an awsome race in the womens class with me and mandy!

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Would that be the Miss Ice racing Mandy?? I watched her race out here @ the ice races & she is AWESOME I LOVE LOVE LOVE her quad too, is she still running her 250?? Man wish we could see some pics of you GIRLS out there ;) Sounds like alot of funn Congrats to you on 1st place!! So what do you ride?? I think we've chatted before but maybe not :p

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No, mandy is on a sparks 450R... you know the way guys are all over anything about girls in here, you would think that they would love to hear about the womens class TT...they are way "faster"than mx. I absolutly love watching the womens class and find it very competitive!! Way to go girls!!!

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Originally posted by iceracer65
No, mandy is on a sparks 450R... you know the way guys are all over anything about girls in here, you would think that they would love to hear about the womens class TT...they are way "faster"than mx. I absolutly love watching the womens class and find it very competitive!! Way to go girls!!!

Yep I agree totally :) So is the 450 pink/white??? Does she still have her R??? I just found out yesterday that she's running a 450 I bet it's a see of blue & red @ ALL the races now!!

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OK OK OK I guess yall want some pics to go with the article too huh. well here ya go

Here is the start

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this is another view of the start

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Ms. Clayton leading the pack

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I think this is the last lap coming to the flag

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Mandy's 450r

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Amanda Slaton on her KTM

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Ms. Clayton (is it Beth?) This way I won't have to be so formal in the future... lol

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Ok I don't know her name but she did pretty good to be under powered.

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Ok I seen her practice and I thought that the womens class may be pretty good since there was another fast woman out there but I was disapointed not to see her run the women's class....

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Ok now there are some pics of the womens class hopefully this helps.
Now if anyone wants to post a race report from another class I will see what I can do. I like taking the pics but I can't stand the writing part....

If any of you are wondering I am having website problems right now and as soon as I get everything smothed over it will be back up and running don't give up on me just yet. Give me a couple of weeks.

For those of you that Don't know me I shoot a lot of races I have shot:
GNC TT
Orrville
Birch Creek
Ashtabula
Elizabeth city
Arkansas
(plan on going to TX)
GNC MX
Birch Creek
Muddy Creek
GNCC
Steele Creek
as well as Southern ATVA and local races around the house
My email is Bluegroove@northstate.net
and My web site will be Bluegroovephotos.com
If you would like to email me and I can send you what I have or reply here and I will do what I can to post so you can view your pics. I try to shoot every class and everyone...

[p@iNn3ck]

Good deal, thanks for adding those pics!

Always good to keep the women folk happy (hows that statement go.... h3ll hath no fury like a pi$$d off woman???):devil:

[dirtmomma]

Originally posted by p@iNn3ck
Good deal, thanks for adding those pics!

Always good to keep the women folk happy (hows that statement go.... h3ll hath no fury like a pi$$d off woman???):devil:

Thats right & DON'T forget it ;) :blah: hehehe


Bluegroove those are GREAT pics THANKS for including the ladies ;) Man oh man that looks fun, I would of been behind on the underpowered 400 on my underpowered 300 :blah: LMAO naw j/k I think if I raced those BIG tracks I'd have to ride my brother in laws crazy *** 330R :devil:

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by p@iNn3ck
Good deal, thanks for adding those pics!

Always good to keep the women folk happy (hows that statement go.... h3ll hath no fury like a pi$$d off woman???):devil: True Dat.......:D


Thanks for posting the ladies pics!!!;)

[Tyler25]

Great coverage Aaron!!... Looks like you are getting a little more used to that pricey camera you've got! LOL.... Anyway! It was some great racing and I can't thank Doug and Daryl enough for helping me get my quad dialed in just right!! Aaron.... All I'm gonna say is that you better watch out for me when you are on that 450r of yours! Those boys did a great job getting my bike running!!! I'll see you at the track!

[Admin]

Thanks Blue Groove Photos for the Women's Coverage:D I was starting to get nervous about the missing coverage. I will make sure that their are photos from the Texas race of the women racers because you deserve it:macho

[dirtmomma]

Originally posted by EXriders Admin
Thanks Blue Groove Photos for the Women's Coverage:D I was starting to get nervous about the missing coverage. I will make sure that their are photos from the Texas race of the women racers because you deserve it:macho

;) Thank You Sir :) We girls gotta get in there too :)

[racinggrl5]

Originally posted by EXriders Admin
Thanks Blue Groove Photos for the Women's Coverage:D I was starting to get nervous about the missing coverage. I will make sure that their are photos from the Texas race of the women racers because you deserve it:macho

I believe its going to be one hell of a race too.....and yes i'm Beth

[LilMissHoleshot]

Originally posted by EXriders Admin
Thanks Blue Groove Photos for the Women's Coverage:D I was starting to get nervous about the missing coverage. I will make sure that their are photos from the Texas race of the women racers because you deserve it:macho

Is that cause you like us or cause you're scared of us? I'm kiddin ;) great coverage, I just wish the magazines would do more for TT racing. Hopefully with Suzuki jumping in it next year things will get better.

[FourFiftyFour]

Originally posted by racinggrl5
I believe its going to be one hell of a race too.....and yes i'm Beth

If I had the money to set my Dale up for TT...id come run with yall in Texas but I definitely dont have any extra dollar bills laying around right now! Ya'll might meet a friend of mine there tho, her name is Chasity Neece, I race with her sometimes (we both are MX racers).... maybe next year I can make it and give TT a try... You look like youre pretty fast Beth, do you do any MX ever? :)