2005 6 Hours of ATV America - Rausch Creek MX

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Tremont, PA - 6 Hours of ATV America Series began its 2005 journey around the USA back in February at Caddo Point in Greenville, TX, and after visiting Georgia, Missouri, and Wisconsin, the series headed to the Pennsylvania Mountains. Unlike the prior four races, the race at Rausch Creek MX Park won’t start till 5PM, so it will be well past dark once the race is over, which will make headlights a necessity.

With the 12 Hours of ATV America also scheduled to be held at Rausch Creek in October, the 6 Hour event at night would provide the perfect testing ground to prepare teams the 12 hour event.

The turnout for the event was only slight up from last year with 46 team entries compared to 42 teams last year, but surprisingly the opening round in Texas remained the largest turnout for any 6 Hour Event with 49 entries.

The track layout was also very similar to last year’s event with a mixture of motocross and woods with the track just over 5 miles in length, which is the normal length for a 6 hour event

Dust was not going to be an issue for sure because the area received heavy rain overnight and past couple days from showers spawned from the remnants of Hurricane Dennis which had the ground saturated with water and more rain forecasted throughout the day.

Teams began arriving on Friday to find the best pit spots and get a chance to walk the track before the race on Saturday.

Teams began arriving on Friday to find the best pit spots and get a chance to walk the track before the race on Saturday and make some final preparations to their machines before the muddy race.

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The pits were split into three sections with around 15 teams per section.

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ATVriders.com had two teams representing us at the event this year with Jason Hughes, Mark Carman, and Dan Ketterer competing in the the 30+ Class and Ralph Johnson, Bruce Wyland, and Steven Straka signing up for the A Class.

Over the past two weeks, I have been scrambling to get graphic kits produced for the teams, and www.goforitgraphics.com got the call. The kits arrived just two days before the event, and they went on easy and looked awesome once installed.

Currently, ATVriders.com doesn't have its own custom layout kit available, but it is in development and should be available within a few weeks. The awesome thing is that if you have a different theme in mind than what we come up with as the official layout, you can still get the ATVriders.com logo on any of their already existing kits in any color combination that you like for a special ATVriders.com discounted price below the normal $99.00, which is already a very fair price for a graphics kit.

All the details haven’t been worked out yet, but an announcement will made shortly on the discounted pricing and ordering details.

Here is an example of the YFZ450 Kit that the 30+ team installed for the race

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The YFZ kit also comes with a nose piece and they can include your number plate in any color number and background combination with several different border selections available as well.

Since the kit was installed on Jason’s YFZ450, I also included his company name, Powerline ATV, in the number plate.

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Ralph Johnson's TRX450R Kit worked perfectly to blend his red tank with his black plastic, which is the great thing about being able to select your own color combination.

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30+ Class Teams - 7 Entries
Team Big Daddy
RAB Offroad / C&D Racing
Dirt First
Team Advanced
Quad Zone
ATVriders.com
Cardio Stack Vet

My EXriders.com/C&D Racing teammates (Ron Dernoski & Chad Kirby) from last year formed themselves a new team this year with the addition of Randy Brandt and won 30+ Class at the 6 Hour event in Georgia, and they were back again this year looking for a repeat win under the name RAB Offroad/C&D Racing.

Ron applied the final detail (ATVriders.com stickers) to his Cannondale before the start of the race.

Unfortunately, I wouldn't be racing the event this year even though I was invited by several teams to join them because I am still banged up from my dismount at the Wisp :(, but if everything goes as planned, I will be racing the 12 Hours of ATV America.

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Pro Class Teams - 7 Entries
3 Amigos
Team Honda
Hertz Racing
Dirt First / Duncan Racing
Ram-Rod
Double XL
Polaris

The biggest surprise was that Chris Borich would be competing with John Natalie Jr for Team Honda. After only three weeks of recovery from his wreck at the Wisp, Borich rode several hours the prior week and felt fine, so he wasn't going to give up the opportunity to race with Natalie.

Matt Smiley has teamed up with Borich since the first 6 and 12 Hour events, but with factory involvement, this winning combination was split up with Chris going to Honda and Matt signing with Polaris, which is just awesome when you think about it.

This year Matt teamed up with Chris Jenks for the 6 Hour event and Bryan Baker will be joining the pair for the 12 Hour event this fall aboard the Polaris Predator.

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Team Ram-Rod (Adam McGill, James Wahl, and Jeremy Rice) was a potent combination with three top 20 GNCC riders.

James Wahl supervised :eek: Jeremy Rice installing a fresh skid plate before the start of the race

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Dirt First/Duncan Racing(Andy Lagzdins & Todd Knippenberg) were ready and waiting for the start of the race with Tony along to help in the pits.

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Double XL(Josh Creamer, Justin Hoffler, and Vincent Mofford) had there Walsh/Hiper machine all taped up and ready to go as well.

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A Class Teams - 10 Entries
Team Alba A
BMS
Wilson Racing
Sanderson Powersports/XC Bob.c
HRE ATV.com
Ruff Riders
Team ST Mudd
ATV Riders.com / Hellbound
Team Redd
CardioStack A Team

HRE ATV.com(Warren Draper,Lee Dickerson, Tyson Thomas) stripped out their rear YFZ hubs last year which cut their race short, so they were hoping for some better luck this year.

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#52 ATVriders.com/HB Racing A Class Team(Ralph Johson, Steven Straka, and Bruce Wyland)

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B Class Teams - 13 Entries
The Camo Crew
K & S Racing
Quad Junkies Racing
Big Dog Racing
MBR
Country Boys Racing
High Class
Hazardous Racing
Koontz's Racing
John's Mobile Repair
Team Far Shot
Powerline ATV Z
Wacko *******s Racing

Big Dog Racing(Tom Wright, John Saxon, and Wayne Tharp) came from all different direction to meet up at Rausch Creek. John flew in from Mississippi and Wayne made the trip from Indiana while Tom made the short drive from PA.

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Team MBR(Chad, Jason, and Kyle McCauslin) These three brothers teamed up this year on there 440EX this year and left the 250R at home they raced last year.

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Utility Teams - 3 Entries
Penland Bros.Racing
TPC Power Center
Stack Speed & Custom

PBR(Tom Farr, Mike Penland, and Marty Dixon) decided to have Tom Farr start the race for the team.

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Ironman Teams - 4 Entries
Jeffy's Chicken Shack Racing
Team Lonestar
C & S Racing
World of Cycle

Jeffy's Chicken Shack Racing(Jeffery Piper) was prepared to race the 6 hour event solo, but he had atleast 6 people in his pits to cheer him on and help out.

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Youth 13-15 - 2 Entries
Hellbound Racing
True Youth Riders

There were only two Youth teams signed up for the event, and I hope to see more in the future, so spread the word. True Youth Racing(Eddie Edmondson,Nick Davis, and Richard Lindsey) all traveled from different states (VA,IL, NJ) to compete this weekend at Rausch Creek with ofcourse Rich Hetrick on hand in the pits to keep them running for the duration of the event.

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With everyone signed up and less than two hours till the start of the race, heavy rain moved in over the track and it poured for atleast 1/2 hour.

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With the risk of thunderstorms, John Pellan announced that if it at anytime during the race, it started to lightning, the race would be stopped. If it was stopped before the 3 Hours the racing would begin after the storm moved out, but if it was past the 3 Hour point, the race would be over at that point and the current positions would be considered the final results.

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The Ambulance crew decided they wanted to park closier to the track, but found out quickly that would be next to impossible as they found themselves stuck in the mud.

One thing about Rausch Creek is there is plenty of big equipment onsite, so there were no worries about finding someone to pull you out of the mud.

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Rausch Creek Park Manager, Mike McDonald, was kept busy throughout the day keeping everything running smoothly.

Also, I am excited to announce that ATVriders.com will be having a Group Ride at Rausch Creek MX Park August 19-21st with more details to be released this week.

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The heavy rain quickly formed small ponds throughout the pits.

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While some dreaded all the rain and mud, others were having a blast splashing in the puddles and especially the kids.

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This smile says it all

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With less than a hour to start of the race, the rain had let up some, but it still remained fairly steady as everyone gathered for the riders meeting.

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Riders Meeting (2.94MB) (http://www.atvriders.com/videos/2005/ATVamerica/PA6tomstart.mov)

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The Referee, Tom P., explained how the start of the was going to be conducted and the rules for those new to 6 Hour of ATV America

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A Class Team Ruff Riders(Scott Barron, Angel Atwell, Brian Shaw) was formed only a day before the race with Angel making a last minute decision to use her YFZ for the race.

Jeff Pickens to the far Right joined the Wilson Racing A Class team with GNCC Stock Class riders Mike Sroka and Chris Neal

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Ron Dernoski had almost his whole family at the track as usual, but this year he added a new member to the family:D

Isn't being a parent Great!!!

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With the race about to begin, Mike Penland brought me over my ride for the day. One of the meanest utilities that I have ever rode with some unbelievable power that I could have closed my eyes and believed that I was on a highly modified 450R.

The Brute Force was the same one that Mike used for the Baja and it can reach speeds of 84MPH with no problem:eek2: Nice Speed Odometer Mike:cool:

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The racers lined their machine up against what looked like a 300 foot table top that many joked about attempting before the race.

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Team Honda(John Natalie Jr and Chris Borich) - John headed into the 6 Hours of ATV America just one week after winning the Great Outdoor Games in Florida, and if any of you having been keeping track, Natalie has won every major event that he has entered since the October of last year starting with the 12 hours of America

2005 John Natalie Jr Championship's
ATV Olympics Pro Champion
Pro Quads Stadium Series
ATVA GNC Pro Champion
Great Outdoor Games

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The hottest Amateur rider in the GNCC Series, Adam McGill, and only 17 years old was starting the race for his Ram-Rod Pro Team, so he practiced jumping on the 450R and kicking it over, which is one extra step.

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With all 46 Quads lined up, Tom kept an eye on his watch as he prepared to give the signal to start the race.

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The riders were all in position and ready for the dash through the mud to their quads.

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The Sprint!!!

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Pro Riders, #270 Josh Creamer(Double XL) and #4 Matt Smiley(Polaris) were the first to get their ATVs started with Creamer taking the lead.

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Start(5.01MB) (http://www.atvriders.com/videos/2005/ATVamerica/PA6dash.mov)

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Smiley hammered through the water chasing after Creamer as they lead the pack heading into the first set of turns

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#97 3 Amigos(Michael Bard,Fred Johnson, Tony Botticello) were off to a great start in 3rd Place as these ATVriders.com members made the trip down from Connecticut

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John Rowling (Team ST Mudd - John Rowlings, Fred Mudd, TJ Lenig) battles for the Top 5 Overall and A Class lead.

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#211 Tom Farr(Penland Brothers Racing) wasted no time putting his teams Praire into the Top 10 overall off the start which was fairly impressive considering he didn't start near the front of the line.

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#72 John's Mobile Repair(John Cunningham & Jr, Neil Belcher)

John was off to a great start for his B team until he decided to check his ground clearance while going through turn one :eek2:, which really look like it hurt.

On a serious note, Fortunately, John was OK and everyone was able to steer clear of him before he jumped to his feet and chased after his 450R.

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#39 Team MBR, Jason McGauslin, must have been dodging the mud puddles because he kept himself fairly clean with a mid pack start.

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The riders as they head off into the woods with the two Youth teams #195 True Young Riders(Eddie Edmondson,Nick Davis, and Richard Lindsey) and #141 Hellbound Racing(Andrew Pruzinsky, Quinton Barton, Bobby Muzey) almost side by side off the start.

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Wes Stone rushes over to check on John, but he was OK and quickly fired up his 450R and took off

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#17 Team Lonestar(Bryan Braughter) aboard his Cannondale wasn't in any hurry off the start because he was running the Ironman Class and knew that he had a long 6 Hours ahead of him as he followed John Into the woods.

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#81 CardioStack A Team(Jamie Bougher, Todd Rothermel, Jim Stack) were in last place after Jamie had some difficulty getting the 450R started, but with six hours of racing the start isn't as critical.

Jim Stack and Jamie Bougher must truly believe in benefits of Cardiostack because they each signed up in two classes:confused: :huh

CardioStack A Team(Jamie Bougher, Todd Rothermel, Jim Stack)
Stack Speed & Customs(Jim Stack, George Pran, Jamie Bougher)

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By the beginning of the 2nd lap, John Natalie Jr had already worked his way to the front for Team Honda

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Josh Creamer(Double XL) had dropped back to 2nd Place, but remained only a few seconds behind Natalie Jr.

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#101 Hertz Racing(Sean Neidlinger, Rob & Tom Hertz) were up to 3rd Place with Sean Neidlinger keeping an eye on Creamer ahead of him.

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#209 Team Ruff Riders, Scott Barron, held the A Class lead and was in 5th Overall behind Pro Team, #97 3 Amigos.

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#4 Matt Smiley(Polaris) was back to 7th Overall after Tyler lenig,(#202 Team Alba A - Tyler Lenig, Traci Cecco) makes the pass on Smiley as his Polaris spits and sputters after getting water in the Airbox.

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Mike Johnston (#149 Sanderson Powersports - Mike Johnston, Josh Ribley, Mike Lucas) held down the 3rd spot in A Class and were in the Top 10 Overall.

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#14 Andy Lagzdins(Dirt First/Duncan Racing) was trying to charge his way into the top 10 overall

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#211 Tom Farr(PBR Racing) continued to lead the way for the Utility Class.

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#330 Tom Wright(Big Dog Racing) was leading the B Class with the Vet Class leader, Jason Hughes(ATVriders.com), only a second behind him.

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#15 Adam McGill(Ram-Rod) wasn't off to a great start bringing up the rear of the Pro Class, but he definitely was having fun as he points at me.

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#55 TPC Power Center(Lance Schwartz,George Richard, Dave Porzi) were in 3rd place behind #881 Stack Speed & Custom.

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#72 John Cunningham(John's Mobile Repair) seemed to be getting back into the groove and had the hammer down after a scary dismount on the start.

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#81 Todd Rothermel(Cardio Stack A) had already taken over for Jamie Bougher

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#39 MBR were near the back as off the pack with steam rolling off their 440EX.

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After only one lap and for some before even completing a lap were already in the pits trying to fix problems with their machines.

#1 BMS(John Bowers, Jarrod McClure, Wes Stone) were having electrical problems and they couldn't find out what was blowing the fuse on their YFZ. After blowing several fuses trying to find the problem, the realized that it was two wiring touching for the the lighting system.

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By the next lap, Natalie Jr(Team Honda) continued to lead the race putting in a 11:44 laptime in the 2nd lap, but his 450R was beginning to sputter.

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#270 Josh Creamer kept Natalie Jr within striking distance as the pair pulled away from the rest of the pack. From eating roost off the 450R, Creamer was forced to ditch his goggles.

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#209 Scott Barron(Ruff Riders) had worked his way up to 3rd Overall and leading the A Class with a laptime of 12:12, but he would have to head to his pits for a fresh airfilter and foam and their downhill swirl was only getting started because next they broke a rear hiper wheel after such a great start to the race.

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#101 Sean Neidlinger(Hertz Racing) was able to regain the 3rd spot with Barron heading into the pits.

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#4 Matt Smiley(Polaris) head into his pits for a fresh AirFliter early in the race which caused him to drop back several postions, but once he got a fresh filter, the Polaris woke back up, and he quickly started working his way back to the front and was up to 4th Overall behind Neadlinger early in the lap and made the pass to move back up to 3rd Overall, but was over 2 minutes behind the leaders Team Honda and Double XL.

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#101 Tyler Lenig(Team Alba A) dropped moved back up into 2nd Place with Barron pitstop and was chasing after the A Cass leader #149 Sanderson Powersports as they ran in 5th and 6th Overall

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#192 Tyson Thomas(HRE ATV.com) was up to 4th Place in the A Class and 8th Overall behind Ruff Riders back in the race.

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#10 Jeff Pickens(Wilson Racing) were able to reel in both HRC ATV.com and Ruff Riders by the next lap with a 12:22 lap time and take over the 3rd spot in the A Class.

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#15 Adam McGill(Ram-Rod) headed into the pits to get some of the mud scrapped off his gear and took back off to continue the race ahead of the 3 Amigos and Dirt First in the Pro Class and back in the Top 10 Overall

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Owen Kapalski (#67 Team Redd - Stefanie Verkade, Mark Thompson, Owen Kapalski) took over for his team as they held 6th in the A Class

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#24 Chad Kirby (RAB Offroad/C&D Racing) had taken over the lead in the Vet Class

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#750 ATVriders.com were less than a minute behind Chad Kirby in 2nd Place

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#97 3 Amigos were back to 25th Overall, but they were easy to pick out from the crowd with their tot lid mud flaps.

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#74 John Kenney III(Team Far Shot - John Kenney III, Bob Dewitt) blast through the water heading to his pits.

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#74 Bob Dewitt took off out of the pits with the B Class lead for Team Far Shot

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#234(K&S Racing - George Hickey, Blake Kramer, Brad Whitehead) swap riders as well and would track down Bob Dewitt and take over the lead of the B Class.

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The battle was on between B Class riders #330 Tom Wright (Big Dog Racing) and #836 Wacko *******s Racin(Tim McAndrew Jr, Bob O'Bride, Chris Peipher) for the 3rd spot in the B Class with Tom making the pass to claim the position.

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After the rain had let up for about an hour, it just as quickly moved back in.

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The Team Honda Lead was gone after John Natalie Jr was forced to pull into the pits because their Honda was barely running after sucking water through the air filter which gave Double XL the lead.

Joe Borich and John Rowlings quickly went to work on fixing the problem and were forced to change the filter and remove the carb bowl and drain water of it and blow out the main jet incase dirt clogged it.

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#14 Andy Lagzdins (Dirt First/Duncan Racing) also sucked water into his 450R and brought his race to an end after only 4 laps.

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Chris Jenks(Polaris) sits and waits for Matt Smiley to head into the Pits for his turn on the Predator.

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Ron Dernoski (RAB Offroad/C&D Racing) also was geared up and waiting for his teammate to pit.

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Pit Stop(4.10MB) (http://www.atvriders.com/videos/2005/ATVamerica/PA6Pits.mov)

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Mark Carman takes over for #750 ATVriders.com and the team takes back over the lead in the Vet Class ahead of #24 RAB Offroad/C&D Racing

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#281 (Quad Junkies Racing - Donnie Woolford, Steve Messir, Kevin Wright) were pulled into the pits and continued to work on their YFZ trying to find out why it wouldn't start to no avail.

The team would end up being the only team not to finish one lap:(, but it wasn't from lack of trying.

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#72 John's Mobile Repair luck continued to go down hill after Neil Belcher came down sick in the stomache out of the blue after completing his laps and was forced to leave, which left the father and son combo to finish out the remaining 4 hours of the race.

If you read this Neil, I hope you are feeling better.

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I would like everyteam to share their teams experience competing in the 6 Hour Event at Rausch Creek, so if you are reading this and were a member of one of the Teams, please click the link below and share your experience and be sure to state your name because I plan on adding some of the experiences to the race report.

Team Stories Link (http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172121)

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After a lengthy pit spot, Team Honda, Chris Borich took off out of the pits looking to salvage the race with several hours remaining.

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Lou Russo (Cardio Stack Vet - Jason Bougher, Matt Zeleski, Lou Russo) just left his pit and only went a short distance before their 450R started breaking up, which left him sitting till Jason rushed over to see if he could help out.

Meanwhile, #49 High Class(James Williams, Chris Hawkins, Mike Heinhort) were switching riders.

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Several hours into the race, all the quads were completely covered in mud and many teams were beginning to experience engine problems.

I also started to have a difficult time figuring out which team was which because one 450R started to look like the other, and only little details set them apart, so the remainder of the coverage is my best shot at figuring out who was who during the race and with positions constantly changing every lap keeping track of the riders was almost next to impossible.

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Traci Cecco(Team Alba A) and Lee Dickerson(HREatv.com) battle for position in the A class as they were leading the A Class and running in the top 5 Overall.

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Chris Jenks(Polaris) held the lead heading into the third hour of the race, but the Predator was beginning to lose power from sucking in mud/water early in the race.

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Double XL had dropped back to 2nd Overall behind Polaris in the lead.

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Borich(Team Honda) was giving it everything he had to pulls his team back onto the lead lap.

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Mike Penland(Penland Bros Racing) was able to take back over the lead after Jim Stack's Honzilla left him sitting in the woods, so he walked back to the pits to get someone to tow him in.

When he returned, his machine was gone :eek:, which had him a little bit concerned and he began to question every squirrel and chipmunk he ran into to see if they heard or saw anything, lol.

He was relieved to find out that the Rausch Creek crew towed his machine in without him knowing it, and the day was saved, but his race was over after getting off to a great start.

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Matt Smiley took back over for Chris Jenks, and even in the sloppy conditions, Matt continued to launch the Predator over the jumps on the MX track, which was pretty impressive for a woods riders.

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Double XL remained in 2nd Place in the Pro Class until the 14th lap when they began to experience problems, which sent them to the pits and several laps down.

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The two Youth Teams remained in the race with #195 True Youth Riders pulling away from #141 HB Racing with a several lap lead.

Check out the Front Bumper:eek2:

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Amazingly, John Mobile Repair, were able to come back from a last place start and down one rider to take over the B Class lead.

K&S Racing remained in 2nd Place with Big Dog Racing behind them in 3rd.

Hazardous Racing(Casey& Greg Botbyl, Albert Pinard) were two laps down in 4th

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The #836 Wacko *******s Racing(Tim McAndrew Jr, Bod O'Bride, Chris Peipher) were the sole riders out their on a Vforce machine, which made them easy to pick out from the crowd.

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Ralph Johnson(ATVriders.com/HB Racing) was up to 5th in the A Class behind Sanderson Powersports and Team Redd.

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#35 TPC Power Center were in 2nd Place behind PBR in the lead, but where 5 laps behind the leaders with half the race over.

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Mike Sroka and his Wilson Racing team were finished after 14th lap because their Polaris Predator seized up.

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Bill Neidlinger topped off the fuel while Tom Hertz waited and they were off to a great start until they too had their fresh engine seize up after 14 laps.

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Matt Smiley (Polaris) lost their lead in the 16th lap when their Polaris also came to a stop and ended their day of racing, which left only half the Pro Class remaining in the race with Double XL experiencing Problems and Team Honda on the Charge.

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With several of the front runners experiencing issues and/or out of the race, the Alba A Team was able to capitalize on the situation and take over the Overall lead as Traci and Tyler rode smooth and steady and was the only team on the lead lap by the 3:40 Minute mark with 18 laps completed.

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Borich closed the gap to within one lap of Team Alba A and was once again back in the top 10 overall.

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Jason Hughes(ATVriders.com) remained in the the lead for 30+ Class, but the Dirt First Team was quickly closing in after passing RAB Offroad/C&D Racing to move into 2nd Place and just over a minute behind the class leader.

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Ron Dernoski(RAB Offroad/C&D Racing) was giving it everything he could to within check of the lead teams, but his teams was over 5 minutes back with just over two hours to go.

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With Team Honda back in the lead for the Pro Class, the 3 Amigos moved back into 2nd Place, but were a lap down.

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James Wahl was obviously having a blast as his Pro Team, Ram-Rod, were up to 3rd Place ahead of the only other Pro Team left in the competition, Double XL

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With Team Alba Leading the Overall and The A Class, HREatv.com was holding down the 2nd Overall Position ahead of the Pro Team Honda

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Stefanie Verkade, Team Redd was only 6 minutes behind HREatv.com in 3rd in the A Class and 5th Overall as these District 6 Racers proved they knew how to ride in the mud and rocks after years of practice at Pine Grove and Foot of the Mountain.

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The Cardio Stack A Team was also on the move as moved into 6th place behind the ATVriders.com/HB Racing team and Sanderson Powersports.

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The Camo Crew(Todd Moskala, Robert Wagg, Scoot Lee) were the last team left in the race aboard a Polaris Predator, and they were determined as ever to keept their Predator running till the end as they moved up quickly through the B Class.

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With heavy fog lowering over the mountain, many riders removed their goggles because it was too difficult to see in the woods.

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As day turned to night, many riders began to turn on their head lights

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TJ Lenig, Team ST Mudd, were several laps down after they too had to pit early in the race and clean their carb, filter, and replace the spark plug, but there Honda was running great with only a couple hours to go.

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Back in the woods, the trees thick shade of the trees and fog really reduced the Visibility, and I was suprised the Youth team didn't have there headlights on going through the trees.

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This 450R riders used a combination of Stock Headlights and what appears to be some Trailtech lights for the race.

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K&S Racing remained in 2nd Place and with one finger held up they seemed confident that they could catch John's Mobile Repair, but with only Stock Headlights and John's huge Spot light, they would have a tough time keeping up the speeds into the night.

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Passing in the woods was next to impossible, so up it was up to the slow rider out front to move over and let the other rider pass, which is what Randy Brandt(RAB Offroad/C&D Racing) did for the Cardio Stack A Team.

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Lee Dickerson the father of Lee Dickerson in the HREatv.com team was out looking for stranded riders and had his Yellow strobe light going to let other riders know he was part of the track crew and not a racer.

The lighting system was actually built by HREatv.com and provided to Rausch Creek for the race.

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By the next lap, lights became a necessity and the True Youth Team had swapped riders and were the only youth team left in the race after the only other team(HB Racing) was out after only 8 laps :(

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Even with the headlights it was difficult to see where you were going through the fog as Team MBR quickly found out, but unfortunately for them, their night riding was cut short when they blew a head gasket on their 440EX

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John's Repair Service was prepared for the night portion of the event with a helmet light and a Baja Style light mounted on the front in addition to their stock lights :eek:

John knows his lighting and he also provided the lights for the pits if I am not mistaken.

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Bryan Braughler continued to race sole into the dark and was in 2nd Place behind Todd Swain aboard his Honda 450R

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Black 450R

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It was amazing how many teams were on Honda 450R for the race, which made it difficult to pick them out.

This one looked to be almost stock, but I couldn't tell which team was riding it?

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Even into the Night, Traci Cecco and Tyler Lenig continued to hold down the Overall lead, but Borich and Natalie Jr were quickly closing in and were only a few minutes behind them.

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Back at the pits from a distance, things seemed quiet with a few spot lights, but it was far from quiet was you were directly under the lights.

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Crews were kept busy changing goggles and making repairs to keep their teams in the race.

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Racing Action through the Pits(4.02MB) (http://www.atvriders.com/videos/2005/ATVamerica/PA6NightRacing.mov)

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RAB Offroad/C&D Racing were in the pits changing riders and cleaning out the radiator to keep their Cannondale from overheating as they remained in 3rd Place, but team Quad Zone(Dave Bishop,John Kenney, Ken Tincher) was now moving in on them.

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Marty Dixon took over for the Penland Brother Racing Team as they held a several lap lead over the TPC Power Center, but their Kawasaki began to overheat from all the mud and seized up with just over an hour left in the race.

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Dave Porzi's, TPC Power Center was still running at the time, but they too were out of the race only 10 minutes later, which gave Penland Brothers the Win.

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The Dirt First Vet team had taken over the lead with only a few laps to go over ATVriders.com

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The ATVriders.com Vet Team were limping their YFZ for the final hour of the race after Dan Ketterer wrecked which resulted in a broken subframe :(, but atleast he was OK and the team remained in the race holding onto 2nd Place ahead of Quad Zone two laps down from the leaders.

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HREatv.com great race came to an end early as well when they also seized up their YFZ450 :(

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Traci Cecco headed into the pits to maintenance their YFZ to make sure they were able to finish the remaining hour of the race as they continued to lead the Overall.

**********Quick Time Video***********
Team Alba A Pit Stop (3.9MB) (http://www.atvriders.com/videos/2005/ATVamerica/PA6hAlbaPit.mov)

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While Team Alba A pitted, John Natalie Jr was able to make the pass and take over the Overall lead for Team Honda:macho

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John's Mobile Repair worked their way up to 3rd overall behind Team Alba, which was an incredible considering their beginning, and it goes to prove that the race isn't over till it is over, so never give up.

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Jarrod McClure, BMS, was flying in the dark and actually recorded the fastest laptime one lap that I checked with a 12:03 compared to John Natalie Jr with a 12:05 and Team Ram-Rod in third with a 12:34

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I believe this was Jeremy Rice(Team Ram-Rod) running in 3rd two laps down on the 3 Amigos in second place.

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With the race about over, many teams that DNFed early were cleaning up to go home sooner after the race ended.

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The Wacko *******s Racing Team were fnished after 13 laps when they cracked their Vforce swingarm at the halfway point of the race, so they were left waiting for the race to end as no one could leave till after the race unless you were lucky enough to pit near the exit.

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The Race was ended early after a problem with the scoring system, which forced them to call the race with just under 45 minutes left till the 6 Hour point.

Chris Borich took the Checkered Flag for Team Honda

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John Natalie Jr and Chris Borich put their Honda back on Top of the Podium.

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Team Alba held on to finish 2nd Overall and win the A Class over Team CardioStack.

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The Cunningham Family(John's Mobile Repair) finished 3rd Overall and Won the B Class

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The Kyte Brothers and Mark Donovan(Dirt First) finished out the day in 4th Overall and Won the 30+ Class

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Team ATVriders.com kept their YFZ together to finish 5th Overall and 2nd in the 30+ Class, and they did an incredible job of representing all of us at ATVriders.com

Congrats to Dan Ketterer, Jason Hughes, and Mark Carman

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BMS were moving up quickly at the end, and the shortened race hurt them the most finishing 8th Overall and 3rd in the A Class.

Wes Stone, Jarrod McClure, John Bowers

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ATVriders.com/HB Racing A Class team finished 5th in the class and 11th OVerall:macho

Ralph Johnson, Bruce Wyland, Steve Straka

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Team Ram-Rod finished 3rd in the Pro Class behind the 3 Amigos, but as you can tell in this photo, they had a good time.

Jeremy Rice, Adam McGill, James Wahl

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Double XL limped their YFZ to the finish line and completed the entire race, but hopefully if they come back for the 12 Hour event in the Fall they have some better luck.

The ATVriders.com Quad Builder of the Year, Muff, proved his YFZ wasn't just built for show as he has used it to compete in the NE-ATV Series and now the 6 Hours of ATV America.

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The Penland Brothers Racing Team won the Utility Expert Class, and none of the three Utility teams finished the entire race, which didn't hurt Mike's feelings too much except the blown engine because he had to rush back to Georgia for a Photo shot Sunday Morning with Thad Josey.

Thanks Mike for the use of the Brute Force :D , and tell your brother that he better make it to a race one of these days :(

Marty Dixon, Tom Farr, Mike Penland

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With a crowd of people gathered around podium under the lights, The top thre teams made their way to the podium.

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Tyler, Traci, John, and Chris shared their stories with each other as confusion about who was third overall was worked out because Team Dirt First was believe to have finished in 3rd overall before the scoring was corrected to show that John's Mobile Repair earned the final podium position.

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Tyler and Traci work on opening their bottle of Champagne

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John Natalie Jr and John Cunningham Jr wasted no time spraying down the crowd.

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It was a great day for ATVriders.com Sponsor, Alba Action with Chris Borich, Traci Cecco, and Tyler Lenig on the podium.

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With the racing concluded it was time to clean up and head home, and the 3 Amigos team decided it would be better to leave the mud behind.

I hope you all enjoyed the Coverage, and I had a blast talking with everyone at the track. I plan on racing the 12 Hour Event in October, and I can't wait because it was rough watching even with the muddy conditions.

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Be Sure to read the great race stories posted by the teams themselves, and I thank all of those that have shared their stories and I look forward to hearing from some other teams as well

Team Stories Link (http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172121)

John Pellan, www.********.com announced that the Last 6 Hour Event scheduled for Ohio has been cancelled, so the next race won't be till the 12 Hours of ATV America scheduled for October, 29th at Rausch Creek

John also announced that the series was going to be expanded next year to include Bill Ballance's track in Kentucky and possibly Arizona and another Texas locations added as well.

[Meat]

great job on the race report, you da man.

[Admin]

Here are a few more photos from the events

Dave Porzi

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Honda 450R

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The entire Borich Family waiting for Natalie Jr to return to the pits

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Traci Cecco on her way to a great finish :D

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Lou with the Hammer down:macho

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ATVriders.com 30+ Team:devil:

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Matt Zeleski

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Muff

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Tom Hertz

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True Youth Team

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450R

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Ironman, Jeffery Piper

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Double XL

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Wilson Racing

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Chad Kirby

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John Bowers finishing the race for BMS

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Josh Creamer crossing the finish line

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More Youth Action

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I have plenty more photos, and I will be uploading a photo gallery, but it won't be tonight because I need a break.

Thanks for the coverage

[WOOLIN]

Great coverage Harlen!:D

[jlhughes750]

great coverage as usual Harlen!!!!!

[jeandavis]

Great work!! Can we get copies of these awesome pictures?

[NTPRacing#19]

hey harlen how come on the picture with me muff and creamer you blacked out vinny, he was the other rider, me and dave were mechanics.

[Pappy]

great coverage and killer pics:devil: who you been getting lessons from:cool:

congrats to all the teams, i cant believe the conditions were so different 2 hours from here. i was expecting a dust bowl!

[Admin]

Several Video Clips have now been added to the Race Coverage provided by Ron Dernoski, and be sure to read the Team Stories (http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172121)

[WOOLIN]

Originally posted by Admin
TJ Lenig

Not TJ guess again. Wrong tires and bumper. I don't know who that is.

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Results

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Originally posted by jeandavis
Great work!! Can we get copies of these awesome pictures?

Yes, I hope to have the Gallery uploaded before the weekend.

[465Stroker]

Great coverage Harlen!:p

[Derno24]

Keep checking back as I have more video clips for Harlen to add to the coverage!

[SwainRacing]

Any one know where I can get a copy of all my lap times? I would like to see what my lap times were. Thanks!

Great job on the coverage!

I just emailed Bayracing and asked them about it. I will let you know if I get a response.

Bayracing responded. It is up there, you just have to weave your way through the site to find it.

http://www.bayracing.mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=190993

[QuadRacer041]

Originally posted by Admin
I have plenty more photos, and I will be uploading a photo gallery, but it won't be tonight because I need a break.

let us know when its up?

[madmud]

realy great pics again, you know stuff I like:devil:

greetz from Austria,
:)

[whiskeyboy]

lap times are up!:blah:

[Harvey]

lap times

http://www.bayracing.mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=190993

[Jonesboys]

Awesome coverage, as usual, Great job John's Mobile Team, sorry Jonesboys Racing wasn't there, B-Day party instead:(

[SwainRacing]

I see the link was added to the photo Gallery, but it will not work for me? Is it workig for anyone? He may not have it up yeat. Just wondering.

Thanks!

[Admin]

Whoops, I fixed the Photo Gallery (http://www.atvriders.com/gallery/2005_6Hour_RauschCreek/index.html) Link

[SwainRacing]

Thanks for the fix! Photos are GREAT! Thanks for posting them.