2005 GNCC "Big Buck" - Youth ATV Race Coverage

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Round 2 of the Youth division hit the track at the "Big Buck" in Union South Carolina. The weather and track conditions were greatly improved over the Steele Creek race, and a full 2 miles+ of course awaited these young rides.


Cain McQuinley was on the line awaiting the race to get kicked off! Cain finished 11th in his 90cc Production class at Steele Creek and he was looking to get up front and improve this round.

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Youth racer attendance was down slightly with 55 riders registered for this event. Even so, this is quite a full field of talented riders in every class!

Cody Hill won the 90cc Production class at Steele Creek and looked eager to get back to the front for a repeat!

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Tyler Pinkston and his number 1 fan, his dad Jim, get prepped at the line. This was the first round of racing for Tyler but I would bet to say his dad was more nervous:D

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Picking your kid out of the pack leads to some wild gear additions:D

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Micheal Spaulding grabbed himself a 5th place class finish in the opening round. His father looks over the field of racers as Micheal shows me his game face:macho

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The rider to watch in this series is none other then Walker Fowler. Steele creek wasn't kind to him and he was eager to get his Hetrick's Kasea back on top at the Big Buck.

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Kyle Riley is a holy terror aboard his TRX 90 in his local series. Rumor had it friday night that Riley would be at the Big Buck aboard a new Cobra 70! He didnt dissappoint as he rode the race inspired quad to the line.

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With the rider meeting over, race time was finally uopn the field. Dont think for one minute Racer Productions takes these young racers lightly. The professionalism is unmatch!

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90cc Production was off the line and heading for the first turn! Walker Fowler races to the front as the 2nd round gets underway!

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Fowler was out front and pulling away after turn 2, as Cheyne Gravley was pulling strong in 2nd.

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The remainder of 90cc Production was all bunched up heading into the second turn.

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By the time I made my way over to an area where I could catch up with the leaders, Walker Fowler was just coming in for the end of his first lap. He was clearly not going down easy this race, and if he could keep the quad together 1st place was going to be his!

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Cheyne Gravely was in 2nd chasing down Fowler. I did not have a watch, but only 20 seconds or so seperated the 2 riders early in the race.

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I didn't know who the next rider(s) would be when they reached me. I was not expecting to see Cody Hill come thru in 3rd at the end of the first lap! He had moved to the back of the field in the 2nd turn off the start but was making his way to the front!

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By the 2rd lap, Walker and Gravely were still running 1st and 2nd. Both riders were now mixing it up with lapped riders from the other classes. I figured if Cody could pick up the pace, he had a chance to close the gap the leaders had opened.

Fowler gets by a lapped rider and heads back into the woods.

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Hill gets ready to make a pass on 70cc rider Micheal Mussi as they enter a field section. I knew there was only a few riders between him and the leaders at this point and kept my fingers crossed he could get busy in the woods and make up time.

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Cain McQuinley was in 4th and had seen his share of tree's:eek: He kicked off his broken fender and kept the pace up!

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Devon Delucca was working his way to the front fast! He rode a solid race and never stopped pushing to better his position.

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Kyle Riley was not having a good day:( He had a few issues with his quad and that kept him out of contention:(

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Donnie Howell is another great young rider that at any race can spoil your day! He is fast and usually fighting for the lead.

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Chase Walker screams down a field section!

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Lap 3 had Fowler out front and setting his own pace. Micheal Keleman was on a mission and was absolutley flying thru this course! Keleman switched to 90cc Production after Steele Creek.

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The top 5 or 6 riders came past me and Cody Hill was nowhere to be seen:eek: Finally he came by and shouted that he had wrecked:(

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Walker Fowler held on to take the win over second place Mikey Keleman and 3rd place Joshua Dains!

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Keleman proudly displays his trophy!

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90cc Limited rider Joshua Dains makes his second trip to the podium. Josh is proving he is one rider who can get it done!

Racer Productions at first handed him the second place trophy and he looked nonplused when they revealed thier error. Ever the gentleman, Josh took it in stride.

Ill state it here, Dains will get an overall before this series is complete!

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90cc Limited (8-10) rider Mitchell Long gets a pep talk from dad prior to the start.

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19 riders signed up for this class, one of which is Chase Alkrie. Chase finished well at Steele creek and wanted to better his spot in the class rankings this round:macho

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19 Youth riders gunned thier engines at the drop of the flag!

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Kaleb Edwards was the winner of this class at Steele Creek and right from the start he showed he wanted to be #1 again!

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Rider #714 Chase Alkrie was off to a good start and looked to finish well. After a 9th place finish at Steele Creek, Chase made his way to 6th here at Big Buck and currently sits 5th in class points!

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Tyler Seivard shows he can hang with the big boys!

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Ryan Earley was looking good aboard his Yamaha. Ryan finished 3rd in class!

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Logan Tecsateskie rips up the track on his Polaris. Logan finished 16th this round.

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kaleb Edwards hammers thru a field section on his Kasea. Kaleb finished 9th. I have a feeling he will be chomping at the bit at the Penton!

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Dusty Wright put in another solid race and finished 4th. Dusty currently is the class points leader!

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Allison Warren working her way thru the woods. The boys sure do a double take when the helmets come off:D

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Kyle Hellyer completes another lap, on his way to finishing 10th.

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Dusty Schmitt made a marked improvement over the 1st round and took home 8th for the hard work!

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90cc Limited (11-15)

Nathan Rothermel gets final prep from dad on the line.

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With the young riders race starting at 8 am, and temperatures alot cooler then anyone wanted, the warm sun sure did feel good!

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Far left, Brand on Boso, and rider #820 Jesi Stracham race to the first turn.

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Joshua Dains moved to the front and kept the hammer down!

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Mike Poteete signed up to see what this was all about. He didnt have any trouble walking away with a solid 5th place finish!

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Jack Ramsey grabbed himself a 3rd place finish!

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Jesi Stracham took 8th at the last round, but worked her way to 4th at the Big Buck!

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Hunter Kilby rides his way to a 11th place finish!

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#137 Tyler Mason battles for position in a field section. Tyler finished 9th.

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Brandon Boso cuts to the inside making a clean pass on his way to a 2nd place finish. Brandon and Josh Dains are now tied for the points lead!

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Tyler Pinkston did a great job at this race finishing 8th! Way to go Tyler!

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All these kids do is battle! Get yourself to the track early and watch these kids race thier hearts out!

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Rothermel...not giving an inch!

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Boso will be wanting to get out front come the Penton!

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70cc Production (6-11)


Class entry was down for this round. This race was a bit south to really draw in the smallest racers, but 6 found thier way and were hungry for it:macho

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883 Micheal Mussi, Hayden Wolpert and Eric Robinson battle to teh first turn. Austin Findley was not captured by the shot but he was out front!

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Austin Findley is a little rocketship that wont take not being infront! The mud at Steele Creek may have hurt him, but he bagged him a win at the Buck:macho

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Hayden Wolpert on his way to his second 2nd place finish this season!

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Derrec Robinson was your 3rd place finisher in this class. Derrec and Hayden are currently tied for 1st place!

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That wraps our race summary for this round. I had Harlen burn me a cd at the race and I could not get it to load fully until I was done posting my last picture:p I will post the pictures so the riders and thier families can see them in action!

We had a great time, and Cody is fine. A tweaked wrist and some bruises thats all. He will need 2 new tie rods, a new Helmet and a few other parts before the Penton but we will be there:macho Im just proud he got her rolled back over and fired up and worked his way back to 7th!

Congrats to all the young riders, it was great seeing you all race!

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I apologize for not getting these into the coverage itself. I am not a computer whiz:p

Jesi Stracham

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Brandon Higgins

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Cain McQuinley

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Brandon Boso

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Tristian Newcomb

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Josh Dains

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Micheal Mussi

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Mussi

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1 more time:p

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I believe this is Austin Findley

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Findley

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Matthew Close not only grabbed the holeshot but won 90cc Limited (8-10)!!

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The starts of these races have everyone on pins and needles!

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Keleman:macho

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Rothemel and Keleman

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1st turn action 90cc limited 8-10

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Hill and McQiunley

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What a cool picture!

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When the other kids at school ask him how he spent his weekend, he will say..." i just went racin":macho

[thunderisland]

Thanks for the cool shots at the races.It's guys like you that give the youth the awesome coverage they deserve.Cain was thrilled to have his picture on the site.He said Cody and him had quite a battle the majority of the race.Were looking forward to another battle at Millfield.Congrats to Walker and all the riders great day great race.

[fastmini]

Great coverage again Pappy! It was great talking to you and everyone else at the BigBuck!A big thanks to Racer Productions for giving the kids a chance to race at the national level!There sure is alot of talented young riders out there!Parents and kids- keep up the hard work!

[Arctic Cat Dad]

Great coverage once again Pappy! Glad to hear that Cody if fine. To all the Kids. You Youth riders are awesome. You kids did a great job. Keep it up!

[teppi]

Thanks for the awesome coverage Pappy. Dusty Schmitt #96 90 Limited 8-10 is my little racer. He flipped his quad too. Managed somehow to get 8th. Some work to be done and we will see all of you in Ohio. But first Ive gotta get dads quad ready for Loretta's

[quad mom 1]

:) Once again Pappy, EXCELLENT coverage of our youth. Thanks !! Hope Cody heels fast, glad he's ok. Cheyne was stoked to see himself on the site. I was happy just to see him finish after all the damage in NC to his ride. Coming home with only a few minor repairs to the rear end due to wedging himself in the trees & tider tottering a huge log befoe he got over it. :eek pretty sure- it's the factor that cause his chain to come off in the last lap. There wasn't a bolt that was tight. THAT'S RACING! Congrats to all the pilots! See everyone in Ohio:)

[KWIK CHIX RACIN]

Great pictures pappy!! We are proud of our girl Jesi # 820 and ALL of the kids that battle it out there. Congrats to Walker on his win and his true champion spirit!!

[Pappy]

thanks folks!

believe it or not, we still have more pictures on a misplaced disc:eek: harlen had me playing around with a new wide angle lens and some of the stuff we got looked pretty sweet:devil:

i was able to use 2 cameras and had a blast!

[derrec21]

Hello Pappy, we would like to thank you for the great action photos you have taken of all the youth riders. You have truly captured some precious moments for us. We can't wait to see the photos from the upcoming GNCC in Ohio.

[660bigdaddy]

super coverage once again. thank you atvriders for all you do to promote kids quad racing. i think racers productions layed out a great course for the kids. they were flying through the woods. i was impressed w/ all the riders. :D

[Mrs. Lonewolf86]

Great Pictures. What a nice surprise. When i went to the GNCC page I saw a link and followed it to this site. My son was Mike Poteete, the kid with the purple mohawk on his helmet! LOL...A bunch of fellow racers gave it to him for good luck. This was his first race and he loved it. He got 5th in the 90cc stock 11-15. I think he is hooked. He hit a tree and bent the bumper and did roll it once but he said a bunch of parents were there to help. He got back on and finished. The track was awsome. Thanks to everyone that made this race happen and to all the parents out there helping the children.:)

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Mike Poteete

Thank you and your family for supporting the GNCC Series and ATVriders.com:)

[hetrick425ex]

hey man, i think it is a really cool thing your doing with the Youth coverage. I enjoy this just as much as the adults!
Thanks Alot!