2005 GNCC Round #4 "Steele Creek" Youth ATV

[Pappy]

Round #4 of the GNCC Series was the start of the Youth ATV series. This race was held at the scenic Steele Creek Campground in Morganton NC.

Young racers from all over the country made the trip in hopes of taking home a win and starting thier own march towards a championship!


Cody Hill made the trip from Hedgesville West Virginia. Waiting in the early morning sunshine to be called to the line, Cody was but one of 65 young riders to enter competition!

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Racer Productions had a course set up for this race that was fantastic. At nearly 2 1/2 miles, it would have provided an ideal platform for these young riders to prove what they could do! Unfortunatley, severe rains settled in friday evening and the course was shortened.

Track officials scrambled to alter the course, and are shown here giving riders and parents an update prior to the start.

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Kyle Hellver gets some pre race attention from his father.

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GNCC Pro Rider Santo Derisi was on the line early, lending some words of encouragement and offering advice. Here Santo chats with Micheal Ferraro

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Brycen and Chris Neal await the start.

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90cc Limited riders, Micheal Keleman and Brandon Boso sit patiently aboard thier quads. Brandon Boso was the winner of the Kasea at last years "Ironman" GNCC.

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Ken Robey gives last minute instructions to his son Douglas.

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The anticipation level was at an all time high as GNCC officials began setting up for the start.

Parents and crew members made final checks to rider and machine.

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Tristian Newcomb had his game face on!

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In keeping with the schedule of events, the young riders rose for the playing of our National anthem

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90cc Production was first on the line.

Walker Fowler was out front grabbing the holeshot on his Hetricks powered Kasea!

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Cody Hill was 5th out of turn 1.

The 2 stroke quads speed allowed them to get a jump and head for the woods. Battling for position the 1st Youth GNCC was underway!

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Clearing the 1st turn, the entire class made it into the woods clean....but they wouldnt stay that way!

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Fowler was looking like a Pro when he re-entered the field section.

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The 2 stroke quads took thier toll on Cody Hill. The field sections were the perfect place for them to get an edge and they did! Cody had dropped back to 12th after the first field section, but with the majority of the course in woods, i dont think it concerned him much.

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The biggest question was how muddy would it get!

After one small blast thru a small section of woods, Hill's white quad was turning nasty and fast!

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As the classes mixed it up in the woods, the young riders started to all look the same!

Here Brycen Neal pilots his quad thru the sticky mud. Brycen battled to the end and took home 4th in 90 Production!

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The North Carolina mud claimed Micheal Spalding and here he recieves some assistance getting his quad unstuck. He finshed 5th in 90 Production

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Delanie McKinney splashes water everywhere after clearing the scoring tent! A 8th place finish would be taken home by this rider in 90 Production!

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With the Production class in the woods, everyone turned thier attention to the battles taking place in the field sections!

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This rider sends a wall of roost as he clears a corner.

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The grass and mud combined into a slick mess that would prove to be a major obstacle for these young riders. Learning to steer with no traction was the first lesson learned today!

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Walker Fowlers quad quit on him after another rider rear ended his quad causing the swing arm and chain to be damaged. Here Walker is shown removing his quad from the course. It is a bad break when these things happen, but I believe this young man has been racing enough to take it in stride.

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90 Limited start (11-15)

Joshuah Dains and Micheal Keleman battle for position heading into the 1st turn

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Brandon Boso leads the remainder of 90 Limited onto the course.

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By the start of the second lap, Micheal Keleman was in the lead of 90cc Limited (11-15) and was quickly working his way to the front!

A bottleneck in 90cc Production brought what little lead they had to the full advantage of Keleman and he wasted no time working to the front.

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70cc Production


70cc's of 2 stroke power was turned loose in this class! The run to the first turn was as good of racing as you will ever see:macho

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Bobby Bessire was hard on the gas as he piloted his Arctic Cat to the front!

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Jake Stephens showing he knows all about the first turn!

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Micheal Mussi was up in the thick of things from the start. A clean ride kept him there! He finished 3rd in his class....AWESOME!

Micheal had a really scary crash at a local race last weekend and appearently fear isnt part of his training program:eek: Go get'm Mike!

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The mud began to take its revenge on these riders and machines.

CJ Snyder's day ended when his Suzuki quit.

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the Officials had thier hands full when these riders came in as a group for scoring! The mud was so thick scanning was becoming difficult.

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90cc Limited (8-10)

Ace Photographer Harlen Foley caught the start and got a little more then he bargained for:p

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Tristain Newcomb got caught up in the wreck but was fine and completed 5 laps!

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Caleb Edwards heads thru the waterhole and heads out into the woods

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Dusty Wright leads another rider on the slick course, and just happened to lead enough to take 3rd:D

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8th place is where Cole Shifflet was when the checkered flag came out, but seen here he is a might bit cleaner at the start then when he finished:p

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Chase Alkire and Trent Mcguire battle on lap 1. Chase went on to finish 9th in class and Trent wrapped up the day in 11th

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Logan Tecsateskie works thru the muck on his way to a 13th place finish

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Markham Donovan finished 17th in class, but I bet you he had fun!

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After 2 laps, the section prior to the scoring tent became so slick that the riders were fighting just to stay on course and off of each other

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These young riders fight the conditions just like the adults. I feel like reaching in and pulling the string on them roll offs:D

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BOTTLENECKS!

Reports back in claimed they were everywhere on the first few laps. A few riders used thier heads and capitalized on this just like the adults.

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When I tell you that it was slick , I mean it was slick! This rider just couldnt steer as his front tires became mud skates and he climbed the pole:eek:

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I think this rider has it all under control!:cool:

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Cody Hill works his way thru the scoring area. He had been scored 8th, then 7th and when he came in for this lap he was shown running in 3rd! All I could do was point at my head and told him to ride smart. Then we just sat back and prayed he could hold onto 3rd, we figured that was a great finish for this race!

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When Cody approached the scoring tent, the official was holding up the "2" to go sign. Once scored he was shown in 1st:eek: After that I literally couldnt hold the camera steady for pictures:p

For the next 2 laps he did what he had to do to maintain his position. He finished the race capturing his first GNCC class win! This was way more then we expected, especially knowing the class was chocked full of talented riders, coupled with the fact he was sick before,during and after the race.

The smile under that helmet cant be bought and I hope that every parent involved with this or any racing series gets to feel the feeling I had even for just once.

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Micheal Keleman earned his overall and then some. This rider is well mannered and has some serious skills. Thats two very important things to have in your bag of tricks to make it in life and he is well on his way!

Congratulations from everyone at ATVriders.com!

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Brandon Boso steps up on the podium for the second time in a GNCC event. This is another rider that is not only a great rider but a fantastic person to be around at the races!

Congatulations to you and your family Brandon!

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Joshua Dains keeps the 2 stroke boys in check and raced hard enough to get 3rd overall! He never quit and his Honda kept pulling and that was what it took in these conditions.

Congratulations Joshua!

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Micheal Mussi sets beside the podium and you know what, it wouldnt surprise me to see him up there :eek:

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Thats all I have for coverage on this great race. I hope you enjoy it:)

[Admin]

Excellent Coverage:macho

[MA-KAN-IK]

Congratulations "Brent Henice" ----Brent Henke----
his first ever race and ends up 5th in the 90 limited and 5th overall!!!

Brent, Its time to modify that stock eton, get a pipe and clutch mods so your eton can keep up in the fields!!

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[fastmini]

pappy, excellent coverage! it was great to see everyone at steele creek! we didnt have the weekend we hoped for but walker did manage a third place on his motorcycle and we had a blast doing it! congradulations to all who won and raced. we are looking forward to SC.

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Thats great that he did well on the bike. I cant see how anyone could ride a bike in that mess:p

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I will continue to update this thread with pictures. I do apologize if I cant identify the rider but feel free to jump in and tell me who they are!

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Devon Langford

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Just plain ol' good racin':D

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Mussi

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Mussi heading for the showers

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Cody's quad pre-mud bath:p

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"Hey MA...C'MON":p

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I'd have to say this is a family sport because there is my family:)

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65 quads is an excellent turn out!

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1st turn....:D

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[Arctic Cat Dad]

Pappy, Once again great pictures and great coverage. It's good to see some1 cares about the kids. They really do a great job and they are the future of this sport.

To all the kids who raced in this mess they are all winners!:D

[p@iNn3ck]

Excellent job!

[AtvMxRider]

Crongatulations Cody. When are you guys going to come down and do some MX racing:devil: ?

[Pappy]

Originally posted by AtvMxRider
Crongatulations Cody. When are you guys going to come down and do some MX racing:devil: ?

we can do mx:cool:

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by Pappy
we can do mx:cool:


Come to the national at Birchcreek in 2 weeks. Justin is going to give it a try on the Kasea.

[suzuki335]

hi blue

[Ken Robey]

Awesome coverage of the race. Although my son broke down with his Hetrick 90 halfway up the hill on the last lap, he still had the time of his life. This is the best idea GNCC has had in a while. This is our future in the making with these kids. After we pushed my sons quad down the hill through the mud, both of us exhausted, he looked up at me and said, "I'm sorry , Dad, I did the best that I could" I think my eyes teared up a little when he said that. I don't think he will ever know how proud of him I was at that moment for just giving the effort that he gave. Isn't that what future champions are made of, just doing their best. All of those kids were champions on Saturday in my eyes, that course would have made some of the adults I ride with nervous. Way to go Kids!!!!! You were all awesome!!!! See you all in SC. A special thanks to Rich Lubinski of Axe Racing for sponsoring my son. Douglas>>

[Codeman]

I got a decent start, the 2 strokes were passing me before I got into the woods. In the field it wasnt as bad but once we got in the woods I started trying to make up positions. On the second lap it got really slick and a bottleneck let most of the second row by us. From then on, some laps were fast and some were just bottleneck after bottleneck. There were a few bad ones, but I got around them by picking different lines. From then on I just started passing riders where I could. I saw a polaris with a green sticker so I knew he was in my class, I didnt know if he was the leader or what but I wanted to keep passing and keep going. I passed him before we made it to the top of the big hill and from then on it wasnt bad at all.

When I came into the score area, my dad told me I was in 3rd place. I just got excited and went faster but not too fast. When I came in the woods I saw numerous lines and used them all. When I came around again my dad showed me that I was in 1st. Luckily with 2 to go, I had enough endurance to keep the pace up and use my head.

I feel bad for Walker that his bike broke down. I hope to see him at the Big Buck and maybe I can learn from him also.

Thank You
Cody Hill

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#37 is production rider devon delucca. You did a great job cody. we will be at the big buck and i hope i can be of help. maybe you can teach me something. i need it!

[Pappy]

I believe I used the wrong picture for the 90 Production start:p

Here is the shot showing walker getting the holeshot:D

[QuadJunkies]

OMG I cant believe all the mud those kids endured!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek:

[TheJaspMan]

Nice coverage!!

[660bigdaddy]

i must agree. it was awesome to see all those youth quads on the line. the national anthem, the prayer. the only thing that surprised me was the live engine start, i was disappointed it wasn't dead engine. i think that is a part of xc racing.
caleb's kasea is mostly stock and i was wondering if he had a chance.
but the kid rode his butt off. including flipping it in front of his mom.:eek2: he got back on and finished the race winning the limited 90cc 8-10 yr old class. the top 5 were only seperated by 58 seconds. this class is very competitive.
i was a little teary eye afterwards. he did something i haven't done. yet.
i came close, finishing 2nd in vet. see ya all in s.c:D

[thunderisland]

Hello this is Cain #123 I was riding a Dinli this past race.Congratulations to all my fellow competitors at Steele Creek.I had some bad racing luck but there's is always a next race.Really looking forward to Big Buck in South Carolina hopefully I'll do better.Thanks Dad for letting me post..

[Arctic Cat Dad]

Hey Cain you were running great. Sorry you had trouble. Good luck at the next one! See ya there.

[charles welch]

Originally posted by Pappy
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[charles welch]

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[quad mom 1]

Originally posted by Pappy
Cody Hill was 5th out of turn 1.

The 2 stroke quads speed allowed them to get a jump and head for the woods. Battling for position the 1st Youth GNCC was underway! :) great pics Pappy!!! Just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work & support to our youth. That's my kid in the green #106 his name is Cheyne. Maybe we will get to meet in SC. Tell Cody congrats for us, he did great!!!

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your welcome quad mom 1,

my mom lives in palm bay also:eek:

[derrec21]

Originally posted by Pappy
This rider sends a wall of roost as he clears a corner. The rider is derrec robinson in the 70cc production class.Derrec went on to win the 70cc production.:D