2005 GNCC "The General" Round #3 Afternoon Coverage

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After the windy conditions on Friday forced all the Pro riders to disassemble their pits and pull every back into the trailers, the winds tampered off Saturday Morning, which allowed everyone to safely setup their pit area and prepared for another exciting day of GNCC racing.

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By afternoon, their was only a light breeze coming out the west with temps up in the mid 60’s with beautiful blue skies, which was a welcomed site to Sunshine State (Florida) Native, Greg Trew, as he sat outside in the sun relaxing before the Afternoon race hoping for some better luck in Georgia after too disappointing rounds to kick off the season.

In the Opening Round, Greg snapped his Spindle before even completing one lap, which left him with DNF. His bad luck continued in Florida when he became extremely ill with the stomach flu the day of the race and was able to complete a lap once again, so hopefully things turn around for Greg Trew in Georgia.

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Chad Duvall was yet another rider looking to get back into the groove after skipping Texas to give his body some more time to adjust to his new medicine that he will need to take for the rest of his life to control his white blood cell count.

After looking great and feeling great in Florida during practice, Chad was forced to drop out of the race in Florida after clipping a tree in the 1st lap, which bent his steering stem.

Once again, Chad was feeling great and looking to get back on the podium once again this year after sharing the podium with Yokley and Balance last year in Georgia.

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Bill Ballance was all smiles around the pits as he held his little darling, Lauren. Bill has a true passion for ATV racing and it shows at every race, but Bill is also a devoted Christian and family man and is always quick to thank God and his Family with every visit to the podium.

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Shortly after 12PM the Pro Riders and Afternoon races headed over to the starting area to get lined up for 2 hours of intense racing.

After 4 laps of morning racing, the track deteriorated in several sections with deep ruts and mud holes forming as morning riders churned the standing water into the Georgia clay, which would play a big part in the afternoon race.

If a rider wanted a chance to finish near the top this round, they would need endurance to hang on for 5 laps of some rough riding and be very selective in picking their lines because one misplaced tire could easily cost them several minutes or more freeing their quad from the clay, which was especially true for those daring enough to take the shorter alternative line through the silt drainage area in an attempt to save time, which should make for some exciting racing action.

All eyes would be on #3 Chris Borich aboard his Alba Action Honda 450R, after starting out the season with two Overall wins and proving he has the speed to challenge 5 time Champion, Bill Ballance, for the Championship this season.

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#1 Factory Yamaha rider, Bill Ballance, was geared up and ready to prove that he still has what it takes to win.

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#9 Brandon Ballance also has started to make his presence known this season after an impressive 2nd Overall finish at the “Orange Crush,” and now Brandon feels even more confident heading into Round #3 after extensively training over the winter, which gave him the endurance he needed to overcome the extremely rough conditions in Florida.

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#14 Andy Lagzdins, Duncan Racing/Dirt First, talks with Pro Am rider #25 Brian Schmid before the race, and Andy has plenty to talk about after kicking off the season with an impressive string of Top 10 Overall finishes with and a career best 7th Overall in Texas to be followed up with a 9th Overall in Florida. Last year, Andy never crested the top 10 Overall all season, but was extremely consistent in the top 15 which earned him is #14 National Number, but he is looking to lower it in the single digits this season and at this rate, it seems within his reach.

Congrats Andy on a great start to the season, and now the ball is in your court :D

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#10 Greg Trew lines up beside of #69 Thomas Barrett

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#2 Factory Suzuki Rider, William Yokley, has persevered through two difficult situations in the first two rounds to overcome some obstacles and still finish in the top 4 Overall each round aboard his Suzuki.

The racer Production crew mounted a helmet camera on William capture a view of the race from his perspective for the upcoming television series.

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The GNCC Pro Veteran, #20 Kim Kuhnle, has watched racers come and go in the GNCC Series Pro Class, yet he still hangs with many of the younger Pros and still can be found smiling at the beginning of each race like it was his first.

He gets some words of encouragement before the race

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With the Afternoon Prayer, the riders bow their heads to give thanks for being able to race yet another race and prayer for the safety of those participating in the race and the troops in Iraq.

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The prayer is quickly followed by the National Anthem and thousands of spectators gathering around to catch a glimpse of their favorite rider(s) as they round the 1st turn.

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"10 Seconds":macho

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#7 Chris Jenks launches his Four Stroke Tech, Honda 450R, off the line with one Kick as he get a quad tire lead as other riders are still preparing to start their quads.

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After the 1st Turn, Chris Jenks remained out font with #16 Santo Derisi and #1 Bill Ballance battling for the 2nd spot behind Jenks.

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#8 Jeremy Rice pulls his Baldwin 450R in behind #1 Bill Ballance

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With the rest of the Pro field fighting their way around the 2nd turn through a cloud of dust.

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As the Pros rounded the third turn and headed up an incline with a series of single jumps, Chris Jenks emerged from the dust out front with Jeremy Rice looking to make a pass on Bill to take over the 2nd spot before they head into the woods.

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#18 Johnny Gallagher, GT Thunder, looked to have trouble starting his 450R as he was back to last place.

As the riders entered the woods, #9 Brandon Ballance was bumped and flipped over which sent him almost to the back of the pack and would make it extremely difficult to attempt to make a repeat appearance on the podium.

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Two miles into the 1st lap, Chris Jenks emeraged from the woods an onto the MX track behind the starting line with several classes still waiting on the line for the start of their race.

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Jeremy Rice made the pass on Ballance and moved into 2nd Place a few seconds behind Jenks with Borich quickly moving in behind Rice in third place.

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Chris Jenks leads the way with Rice chasing afte his roost with Borich and Ballance launching over a small double within a few feet of each other.

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Chris Borich was able to hold off the highly skilled MX rider, Bill Ballance, as they headed around one of the last turns of the MX turns before heading back into the woods.

William Yokley pops up over a table top in the background holding down the 5th spot.

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#4 Factory Polaris Rider, Matt Smiley, had his Predator up to 6th Place and looking to put his Predator back on the Podium.

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After a great promising start, #16 Santo Derisi was back to 7th place with #23 Bryan Baker closing in from behind as #14 Andy Lagzdins head appears behind the jump in 9th.

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By the end of the 1st lap, Chris Jenks remained in the lead with 10 seconds seperating him from battling duo of Borich and Ballance, but what happened to Jeremy Rice?

Rice ended up snapping off his right foot peg, which forced him to drop back :(

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A crowd of spectators gathered around the edge of the sediment pond watching to see what line the leaders would take after coming through the finish line. Would they risk heading through the water saturated clay and slit or take the several second detour around the drainage pound.

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Jason Weigandt stood in the thick of the muddy pit describing to the Camera what the riders would face if they attempted the challenging short cut, but the roar of the Jenks machine caught his attention as he decided to cut his report short and head to higher ground and watch for himself how the riders would fair through the mud.

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Jenks stayed on the gas as he blasted his Maxxis tires across the top of the mud and made it look easy.

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Chris Borich was the next rider to conquer the mud as he too glided across the top with much problem, but with each passing rider the hard crust on top was giving way to some soupy mud below.

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With Borich heading to the far left, Bill Ballance makes a run across the mud on a fresh line on the right to try to make the pass as Thad Josey runs for cover from the mud and water spray off of Bill's Tires as John Ayers captures all the action.

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Hot of the heals of the leaders, William Yokley makes quick work of the mud and climbs up the bank in chase in 4th place.

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Almost thirty seconds later, Bryan Baker comes through in 5th place after making the Santo Derisi

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By the time, 10th Place rider, Santo Derisi made his way through the mud, a deep rut began to form and fill with water as Santo creates tidal wave as he stays on the gas to avoid losing momentum through the mud as he chases after Andy Lagzdins, Michael Houston, Matt Smiley, and Bryan Cook all within a few seconds of each other.

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#10 Greg Trew managed to complete his 1st lap of the GNCC Series this year and was running in the 11th spot behind Derisi

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#13 Todd Knippenberg was the next rider to splash through the slop hoping to avoid getting stuck.

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#8 Jeremy Rice with his broken foot peg would finally come through the mud in 13th place right behind Todd in 12th.

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#18 Johnny Gallagher was able to work his way up to 14th place ahead of #24 Pro Rookie, Rhett Butler

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#9 Brandon Ballance was all the way back to 16th after his early dismount and was desperately trying to make up time.

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By the beginning of the 2nd lap, Chad Duvall's race day would be over once again after twisting his steering stem yet again as he pulled into the pits :(

Greg Trew wasn't having any better luck either as he headed to the pits to replace one of his steering components as well, which would set him back one lap, but he wasn't about to quit if he could avoid it.

Hang in their guys, it can only get better :D

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As the riders came back around for the end of the 2nd lap, the battle for the lead remained intense with Chris Jenks still out front with Chris Borich and Bill Ballance within striking distance.

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Close to 30 seconds later, William Yokley came through in 4th hard on the gas as he tried to close the gap on the top three.

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One minute later, #4 Matt Smiley and #11 Michael Houston came through,tire to tire, battling for the 5th spot after Bryan Baker found him stuck in a mud hole around the 6 mile mark that dropped him back several positions.

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A few seconds later, Andy Lagzdins came through in 7th place with the two Bryan's battling for the 8th spot in the background with Todd Knippenberg also hot on their heals.

Cook and Knippenberg would both make the pass on Baker before the end of the lap sending Bryan Baker back to 10th place.

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Brandon Ballance began his charge to the front as he moved up to 12th place after two laps and moved to within 20 seconds on Santo Derisi in 11th.

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Johnny Gallagher remained in 14th after he was passed by Rhett Butler.

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Jeremy Rice race day ended after two laps after making an attempt to reweld his foot peg with no success :(

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As Chris Jenks Entered the MX section of the track for the 3rd lap, he remained in the lead with Bill Ballance and Chris Borich in hot pursuit, but Jenks had lost his front brakes after bending a rotor, so it was going to be a challenge to maintain the lead.

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Only several jumps into the MX track, Chris Jenks opted not to launch a huge unforgiven double, which gave Bill the oppurtunity he was looking for as he launched over top of Jenks and took over the lead.

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Chris Borich was next to make the pass on Jenks on the MX track and within less than 1/2 mile Jenks dropped back to third place out of the lead

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Over 1 minute later, William Yokley entered the MX track and was looking to try to close the gap on Jenks and take over that final podium spot with less than two laps to go.

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Santo Derisi would move up into the 5th spot with Matt Smiley dropping back to 6th after getting stuck in the slit pond at the beginning of the lap, but he was quickly able to move back within in striking distance

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#11 Michael Houston was back to 7th early in the lap, but Houston would go on to pass both Derisi and Smiley moving up to 5th by the end of the lap with Smiley moving in behind Houston.

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By the end of the third lap, Brandon Ballance had worked his way up to 9th behind Andy Lagzdins.

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#23 Bryan Baker remained in 10th place heading into the 4th lap.

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Greg Trew was back in the race a lap down and trying to get in atleast some laps to prepare him for the next round in North Carolina.

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By the 8 mile marker of lap 4, Bill Ballance remained in the lead with Chris Borich chasing after his trail of dust as they pulled away from Chris Jenks in third.

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With each passing lap, the ruts became deeper and deeper and more and more riders found themselves stuck. As Bill and Chris approach one of the many mud holes they were forced to quickly find a line through the mud as some riders became so stuck they needed to be pulled out my course workers with Utility machines.

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By the time Jenks came through the section, the stuck YFZ was pulled off the track to free up another line which Chris Jenks utilized as he continued his charge in 3rd place.

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It was almost like Wiliam Yokley was the predator and Jenks was the prey and he could sense the Jenks was injured(No Front Brakes) as he maintained a steady pace behind Jenks and closed the gap in half to almost 30 seconds with one lap to go, so the question was whether Jenks would be able to hold off the quickly approaching Yokley to the finish line.

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To my astonishment, Brandon Ballance came through in 5th place over two minutes behind Yokley, but what happened to everyone else? Brandon Ballance just put his head down on the 4th lap and recorded the fastest lap time in the Pro Class that lap which was enough to pass his way up to 5th :macho

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Matt Smiley came through 6th and once again in front of Houston, but Houston would manage to pass Smiley before the end of the lap and they would come through the scoring tent back to back heading into the final lap.

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Santo Derisi was back to 8th place as he approached me, but he found himself stuck in one of the deep ruts, so with my two cameras around my neck, I ran out onto the track and grabbed ahold of his front bumper and pulled him out of the mud before anyone was able to pass him

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No sooner did I get out the way, Andy Lagzdins with a train of riders behind him came through in 9th place with Bryan Baker in 10th and Greg Trew back to 17th

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Early in the 5th lap, Bill Ballance continued to lead the race.

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Chris Borich had slipped 6 seconds behind Ballance heading into the 5th lap, so his team directed him to go through the slit pond short cut at a daring attempt to make the pass on Bill as went around the almost impassable mud pit

Team Alba crew assembled atleast five guys in the pit to prepare for Chris to make his attempt through the slop, and if would get stuck they were ready to grab his Honda and lift it out of the mud, but with a carefully picked line and Chris Borich in control, he easily made it through the mud pit and was almost able to make the pass on Bill Ballance as they headed back into the woods bumper to bumper.

Later in the lap, Chris Borich would go on to pass Bill Ballance they would swap the lead position back in forth several times they worked their way through lapped traffic. With only two miles to go, the report came in the Chris Borich was out front and pulling away from Bill Ballance

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Chris Jenks continued to lose time on the leaders and William Yokley continued to close in on Chris Jenks which would kept the fans in suspense waiting to see how would crest the finish line hill out front.

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Reports came in the bridge crossing at the 6 Mile Marker was destroyed and riders were scattering everywhere attempting to cross the creek with its 4 to 8 foot high banks there were practically vertical in sections. Many riders found themselves buried in the mud trying to make their way through the creek, which made things extremely interesting as the Pro riders came through.

Michael Houston and Santo Derisi arrived at the creek in 7th and 8th place and they both attempted to drop down in the creek on each side of the bridge to go across and both of them were sucked up by the creek.

Santo Derisi got off of his machine and went over to assist Michael Houston get his quad out of the mud because Houston was exhausted, so while they worked together to free up Houston’s Honda.

Bryan Baker decided to try to skate his quad across the two remaining poles that the bridge was built on and made it across without slipping one of his tires off the narrow logs as he rode to the otherside. If he would have made one false move, him and his quad would have dropped atleast 4 feet into the creek, so don’t attempt this at home.

Andy Lagzdins approached the creek next and decided he wasn’t going to risk dropping down in the creek or crossing the remaining poles, so he decided to find a spot and try to jump the creek bed. Amazingly, Andy grabbed a handful of throttle and closed his eyes as he launched his Duncan 470R to the other side.

Santo Derisi was able to help Houston get his Honda free and told the exhausted Houston to go on ahead and he would get his Honda out with the help of a friend and some spectators.

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With some help, Santo Derisi was finally able to get his quad free from the muddy creek, but he dropped all the way back to 15th after it took him almost 15 minutes to get free from the creek.

Once he was out of the mud, it was time to carve his way through the dust.

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Within a mile of the finish, Chris Borich remained in the lead, but he went to the right through the same mud hole the photos from lap 4 were taken and found him stuck in the same rut that I pulled Santo out the lap before, and luckily for Chris his biggest fan, Dave Bishop, was there to help pull him out of the rut, but it wasn't before Bill Ballance was able to make the pass to take back over the lead.

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Chris Borich did every he could to try to catch Bill before the end of the lap, but their just wasn't enough time, and Bill Ballance went on to win his 1st race of the season.

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It was obvious that Bill was happy to back on top and give Factory Yamaha its 1st Overall win of the season.

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1.5 minutes later, the final spot for the podium was filled with Chris Jenks taking the checkered flag just 11 seconds ahead of the hard charging William Yokley.

This wasn't Chris Jenks first time on the podium, but it was as a Pro, and he showed everyone that he does have the speed to be a front runner.

Congratulations Chris Jenks on an incredible race:macho

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As the top three riders (Ballance, Borich, and Jenks) were interviewed a crowd of fans and press surrounded the podium to listen to what they had to say about the race.

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Bill Ballance holding up the Overall Trophy as the points race just a little more interesting with 10 races to go.

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Chris Borich obviously was disappointed in his finish, which only shows how determined he is to win.

Congratulations Chris on an awesome race!!!

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The top finish showered each other down with champagne.

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Pro Am

Adam McGill heads into the third round of the Series leading the Pro Am Class in points with two top 15 Overall finishes.

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James Wahl returns to the Pro Am Class once again this season looking for the Championship aboard his 250R:eek:, and even though he hasn't finished out of the top 20 overall yet this season he is currently back to 4th in points behind Scott Barron and Scott Fleischhauer aboard their YFZ Yamahas.

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Kevan Thomas made his Pro Am Debut in Florida, but was only able to complete three laps, so he was hoping to improved upon his finish in Georgia.

Kevan went on to complete the 5 laps in Georgia and finished 17th which was a move in the right direction.

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The start of the Pro Am class had James Wahl getting the jump aboard his 250R. who says you need an electric start :confused:

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Miller, Bithell, and Lucas were throwing up the roost as they headed for the 1st turn

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Wahl grabbed the holeshot and held onto the lead heading into the woods, but Adam McGill would go to pass him before the end of the 1st lap and take over the lead.

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Check out the dust cloud that an impressive sign up of 37 Pro Am riders produced heading into the 2nd turn.

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Adam McGill would go on to win his 2nd race of the season, but he didn't do it without his share of problems. He found himself stuck in the 4th lap, and I pulled him out of the mud because none of the spectators would help him:confused:

I was amazed at the number of people that wouldn't help the riders that got stuck in Georgia.

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James Wahl went on to finish his best race of the season in 2nd Place and 11th Overall, but he remained in 4th place in points.

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Jeffrey Pickens worked his way up to third behind Scott Fleischhauer by the end of the 3rd lap, but for unknown reasons was never completed another lap, but I would suspect he found himself stuck.

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Joshua Ribley had another top 15 overall race and finished 4th behind Scott Barron as he climbed up to 5th in points.

Wyatt Westmoreland almost made the pass on Joshua as he worked his way all the way up from 28th in the 1st lap to finish less than 3 seconds behind Joshua in 5th. Awesome charge to the front Wyatt :macho

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Jason LaRusso finished 6th and 15th Overall

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Scott Fleischhauer started in 7th and worked his way up to 2nd place only to fall back to 7th by the end of the race after mostly becoming stuck in the 4th lap.

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Mike Lucas went on to finish in 11th, and was able to roost Brandon Sturdivandt out of the race

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Brandon Sturdivant and Gregg Stewart both buried there quads in the mud pit, but Gregg was able to get his free and went on to finish three laps.

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Bryan Hulsey made the switch to a Yamaha this season after Team Green dropped its ATV Program at the beginning of the season. Byran Hulsey only completed one lap

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Frank Kendall managed to make his way through the mud and move up from 31st to finish in 20th as Gregg Stewart watches.

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It took 4 guys to finally lift Brent's 450R out of the mud:eek2:

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Through out the race, riders were finding themselves stuck all over the track as they tried obviously were willing to try anything to get unstuck.

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Some just gave up and left there quads in the mud after no one would help and I wasn't about to pull out everyone.

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Open A

The Starting Row

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Anthony Hill grabbed the Holeshot, but wasn't able to hold the lead as he went on to finish in 14th

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Mike Carter would go on to lead the first 3 laps and had a one minute lead over Ryan Lane heading into the 4th lap, but never completed another lap and finished 23rd.

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Mike Benson went on to take over the lead in the by the 4th lap and had almost a two minute gap between him and Craig Reed before he snapped his lower balljoint.

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Mike was like "what have I done wrong to have such bad luck in Georgia."

Last year he snapped a durablue axle which ended his race early, but things turned around for him at Steele Creek when he came into the finish line in a three way tie for 1st and was awarded 3rd, so hopefully he will be able to pull off the win in Steele Creek this year.

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Brandon Helms made the trip from VA worth while after he held off Ryan Lane for a third place finish, and Donald Stasche would go on to win the race over David Bailey by only three seconds.

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Cody Buchanan finshed 18th

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Justin Wright finished 17th

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4 Stroke A

Justin Trevis grabbed the Holeshot and came through in 2nd after the 1st lap, but would ended only completing three laps and finishing 26th.

#81 Todd Rothermel got off to a good start and went on to finish 2nd behind Travis Styles as they put over three minutes between them and Taylor Kiser in 3rd.

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Michael Kyte worked his way up from 29th to finish in 4th less than one minute behind Taylor Kiser who lead the 1st three laps of the race.

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Ryan Morphew a former Stock Class racer start out the race in 18th and worked his way up to 3rd by the 5th lap, but would find himself stuck in the mud and finished out the 5th lap after 48 minutes which sent him back to 9th place.

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Richie Brown started in 30th and worked his way up to 24th

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PA Resident, Tom Tokay made his return to GNCC and has been racing in the series for many years on and off.

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Vet

Sean DeLaney took the early lead and would go on to finish 7th with #124 Steve Zapfe taking his second win of the season with Wayne Edwards finishing in 2nd place five minutes behind Steve.

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Kenneth Tincher finished his 2nd race in a row in third place and is currently third in points

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Wayne Siegers finished in 9th and is currently 6th in Points.

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Jeff Brest is probably a face that many riders have become familiar with if they run Tireballs because he is normally found working at the Tireballs stand mounting tires all weekend before the races.

Jeff worked his way up from 11th place to finish out the race in 6th place and moved up to 2nd place in points after Greg Wampler was a no show at Georgia.

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Jason Meeks finished 10th which was his best finish of the season and has improved his finish with each race, so keep it Meeks:macho

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Ed Boos was on probably the only Banshee at the event and after only finishing two laps, I think it was obvious why we don't see more Banshee's at GNCC races.

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Junior Clas

Brian Foltz and I use to have some good battles in the B Class years ago, and he was always easy to pick out because of his horns.

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Pete Stadtmueller on his new 450R with Fullbore Fenders for this season after finally making the switch from his trusty 250R.

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Kevan Logston was in 2nd place off the start behind anothe YFZ,and he would go on to finish in 7th. Jeffrey Vensel would go on to win the race with Justin Brown and Jon Garrison rounding out the top three.

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The little devil,Brian Foltz, finished 12th

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Ben Wrightsman rode his new Kenda tires to a 20th Place finish.

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Fred Mudd didn't get off to a great start and worked his way from 16th at the end of lap one to 10th by the 2nd lap, but he would run into problems in the the fourth lap and drop all the way back to 22nd after taking over 1 hour to complete the lap.

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Senior & 2 Stroke Class

Dave Simmons(Senior) and Bruce Marshall(2 Stroke) race to the 2nd turn as they each lead their class.

Dave would go on to win for the third time this season after dropping back to 8th in the 1st lap. Dave would over come a five minute lead that John Cunningham developed in the 1st lap over the next 3 laps and take over the lead on the 4th lap with John Cunningham Jr finished in 2nd with John Kenney in 3rd.


Bruce Marshall would go on to finish the race in 6th place.

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Wes Stone would go on to take over the lead in the 2 Stroke Class with Nathan Gogno closing the gap by the 2nd lap to less than three seconds.

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Nathan would go on to pass Wes in the 3rd lap and take the lead, but Wes was able to pass back his race partner in the 4th lap and take the win with Nathan finishing in 2nd over one minute ahead of Curtis Walraven in 3rd.

Nathan remains in the points lead with three 2nd place finishes.

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Senior Rider, Michael J Newsom, would go on to finish 5th behind Jay Poole.

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Another 250R rider out on the track.

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4 Stroke B

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Michael Novak grabbed the Holeshot, but ended up only completing two laps with Brandon Sommers once again taking over the lead by the end of the 1st lap and winning the race by over 5 minute minutes once again.

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Matthew Fulton, David Lawson, and Ralph Johnson fighting through traffic.

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Josh Kirkland didn't make turn, so he decided to climb over the fence. He would only end up completely three laps after working his way up to 12th, and I wonder would he could have done to knock himself out of the race because obviously he doesn't stop for much.

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Tony Isbell race was over almost as soon as it started after he snapped either a balljoint or spindle:(

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Tyler Lenig was the 2nd to last rider to come around the turn alone, but would not give up and worked his way up to 11th by the end of lap one and was over 2 minutes behind Brandon out front. By the 4th lap, Tyler took over 2nd place and finished 3 minutes ahead of Adam Mallett who worked his way up from 9th.

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Michael Howell came around the turn in last place(36th), and amazingly worked his way up to 4th by the end of the 1st lap, but would end up dropping back to 9th after obviously becoming stuck in the 4th lap which set him back 10 minutes.

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Maryland Resident, Michael Shelley finished in 10th in Open B (Whoops wrong section)

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Ralph Johnson had his best race of the season with a 11th place finish after starting out in 23rd.

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Derrick Blair didn't finish near the front, but he was still having fun.

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Matthew Fulton leading the way as Vet Rider Dan Dayak stays on his outside.

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Open B

Jeremy Benson won the Sport Class last season and made the switch to the Open B Class this season.

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Michael Daugherty lead the way around the 2nd turn, but would only go on to finish 2 laps with Jeremy Benson coming through in 10th after the 1st lap. #224 Darrell Bozarth would go on to finish in 4th place and hold onto the points lead with Craig Wilson closing to within one point after finishing in 2nd Place.

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Jeremy Benson would work his way up to 6th place by the end of the race as he gets use to racing the 450R.

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Sport

The Sport class had only two riders:confused:, which was the smallest that I have ever seen the class.

Brad grabbed the holeshot, but Steven Mitchell was able to put his warrior out front by the end of the 1st lap and easily go on to win the race.

Come on all you Sport Class riders

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I hope you all enjoyed the race coverage, and I am proud to announce that ATVriders.com will be providing the Amateur ATVs race coverage for Racer productions, so we will make the GNCC Series one of our top priorities and do our best to get you the coverage as fast as possible.

I look forward to seeing everyone in North Carolina :D

Jeff Brest hammering a turn:macho

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As always top notch coverage

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we should start having a decent showng in north carolina

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Biggest fan :huh ... I deserved it :devil:
great pics, you inspire me Harlen!

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Originally posted by Karizz
Great pics, you inspire me Harlen!

I don't want to inspire you too much since you are working against me and not with me:(

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This is the best race coverage around,does anyone know what kind of nerfbars Rice was using?I don't like the way that peg broke and don't want to make the mistake of buying them.

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Good coverage Harlen!

I noticed that Maryland Resident, Michael Shelley finished in 10th, ( think that may be another class besides 4stB) Cuz i finished in 10th lol!

I dont understand how u can tell who alot of these ppl are anyways! Good job

[jb500ex]

harlen your the man

[Admin]

Originally posted by markk
Good coverage Harlen!

I noticed that Maryland Resident, Michael Shelley finished in 10th, ( think that may be another class besides 4stB) Cuz i finished in 10th lol!

I dont understand how u can tell who alot of these ppl are anyways! Good job

Whoops!!! He was in Open B

[WhiteZee]

what steering stem has chad duvall been using that he keeps breaking/bending?

[spincr4hire]

my guess is Roll Design?? not sure though

[bradley300]

Originally posted by spincr4hire
my guess is Roll Design?? not sure though
i would beleive that, i bent 2 of them:mad: i do beleive his was a roll design

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Admin
I don't want to inspire you too much since you are working against me and not with me:(

lead, follow or get out of the way...no time for what could be only for whats ahead:devil:

roll tape:devil:


excellent coverage:macho

[Jersey450R]

That was probably the best racing coverage i've seen yet on this site. Excellent job dude.