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Admin
08-13-2005, 11:00 PM
Hurricane Mills, TN - The final round of the GNC MX Season was greeted with a record number of 965 entries:eek:, and almost every class today was run with a staggered gate to get through all the divisions, but even so several class LCQs will need to be concluded tomorrow morning to determine the final top 20 riders for each class.

Unlike last year, the southern midsummer heat is on full blast with temps in the mid 90's and high humidity to go along with it, so many riders and fans spent as much time as possible in the shade trying to get some relief from the heat, as others headed to the river for a swim or just sit and relax in the water to cool down.

With the record turnout and the dry conditions, the Racer Production crew was kept busy all day trying to keep the track watered to keep the dust to a minimum, which was a never ending task. Also, with so many entries the track became extremely rough today and compiled with the heat it made for a long moto for those that weren’t use to riding in these conditions. Unfortunately heat and fatigue can lead to wrecks, and there were a few of them today and even yesterday during practice. ATVriders.com member, Justin Hoffler (Muff) was seriously injured yesterday and was taken to the hospital in Nashville, and I hope to have more information on his injuries tomorrow.

There were some great battles today with Angela Moore taking the 1st Moto win over Heather Byrd, so the Women’s A Championship will come down to tomorrow race, and in the Women’s B, Jamie Luburgh took the win. The battle in the Pro Am class between Josh Creamer, Rocco Arno Jr, and Josh Upperman was intense with Arno Jr taking the win and claiming the win in both of his divisions in the Pro Am Classes.

There were 21 Pro Signed to compete this weekend, so only one would be eliminated for Sunday’s Main Event. The qualifier had Jeremy Lawson going down early in the 1st lap over a step up jump and Joe Haavisto out of the race with a blown engine by lap one. Jeremy Lawson was able to resume the race while Pat Brown maintained the lead. Chad Weinen dropped out of the race in the 4th lap when he snapped his chain and Jeffrey Robbins was the next rider out which left the remaining 8 riders to advance to the Main and the remaining 3 heading to the LCQ.

For the LCQ, Jeffrey Robbins grabbed the Holeshot, but his lead would be short lived as he went flying off the big table top sideways and wrecked early in the race which opened the door for the battling Joe Haavisto and Chad Weinen to automatically advance. Even so, Joe wasn’t going to settle for a 2nd place finish and passed Weinen to take the lead as the pair slowed down to save themselves for Sunday.

If everything goes as planned, live coverage of the both Pro Motos at 12PM and 3PM will be posted on ATVriders.com. Otherwise a race summary will be posted directly following the each Pro Moto.

Today’s Results have been uploaded along with a few photos from today.

Day One - Saturday's Results (http://www.atvriders.com/results/2005GNC12LorettaLynnResults.html)

Saturday's Photo Gallery (http://www.atvriders.com/gallery/2005_GNC_12_LorettaLynn/index.html)

Head over to the discussion and cheer thread (http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176515) to chat away.

Admin
08-14-2005, 12:02 PM
Pro Moto 1 Results
1. Joe Byrd
2. John Natalie Jr
3. Jeremiah Jones
4. Doug Gust
5. Travis Spader
6. Keith Little
7. Jason Luburgh
8. Jason Dunkelberger
9. Tim Farr
10. Harold Goodman
11. Matt White
12. Chad Weinen
13. Gil Attix
14. Donald Lysinger
15. Pat Brown
16. Jeremy Lawson
17. Tavis Cain
18. Kory Ellis
DNF Dustin Wimmer
DNF Joe Haavisto

Admin
08-14-2005, 12:43 PM
Today is another Scorcher with temps in the Mid 90’s, and everyone is feeling the heat out on the track, but the heat hasn’t kept the fans from coming out in force to join in on the excitement and support all the riders including their hometown favorite and last years Pro winner, #7 Joe Byrd, but his day didn’t start out on a good note as he wrecked hard during practice going through the whoops, which sent him to Doc Ragon to get checked out.

Moto One
With John Natalie Jr having the Championship wrapped up, the battle is on for the second spot between Jeremiah Jones, Doug Gust, and Tim Farr. The start of the 1st Moto had Joe Byrd putting his Honda out front once again for yet another Holeshot with Tavis Cain, Jason Dunkelberger, Travis Spader, and John Natalie Jr, rounding out the top 5 in chase with Chad Weinen, Matt White, and Gil Attix getting tangled up in the 1st turn sending them to the back of the pack. By the second lap, Natalie moved up into 3rd place behind Tavis Cain, but a bobble in the whoops gave Natalie the opening he needed to move past Cain and close the gap on Byrd out front while Cain dropped back to 7th place. . Kory Ellis unfortunately would go down hard as well which had him sitting on the side of the track for several laps before returning to the race, and Jason Dunkelberger high sided a berm dropped him back to midpack.

Meanwhile, Jeremiah Jones started his charge through the pack up from 8th to 4th behind Travis Spader by the halfway point. Pat Brown and Jeremiah Jones would continue their charge and both would pass Spader to move in behind Byrd and Natalie Jr battling for the lead. Natalie Jr would continue to apply the pressure to Byrd for several laps attempting to make the pass, but after both of them threw off their goggles from the heat Natalie Jr dropped back several quad lengths behind Byrd in the lead and kept an eye out behind him for third place Pat Brown. Unfortunately, Brown’s great run would end when he snapped his axle over the step up, which gave Jones control of the 3rd Spot with Doug Gust also moving past Spader to take over 4th place. Jeremy Lawson was overcome by the heat and pulled off for some water to cool off before finishing the moto as half the pro field were riding without goggles to finish the last few laps with Byrd holding on to take the 1st Moto win.

The 2nd Moto Results will be posted shortly after the finish of the race along with the report, so check back around 4-5PM

Admin
08-14-2005, 03:01 PM
Pro Moto 2 Results
REVISED

1. Joe Byrd
2. Pat Brown
3. Travis Spader
4. Keith Little
5. Doug Gust
6. Jeremiah Jones
7. Matt White
8. Jason Dunkelberger
9. Tavis Cain
10. Jason Luburgh
11. Gil Attix
12. Donald Lysinger
13. Chad Wienen
14. Jeremy Lawson
15. Tim Farr
16. Kory Ellis
DNF Joe Haavisto
DNF Harold Goodman
DNF John Natalie Jr
DNS Dustin Wimmer

Admin
08-14-2005, 03:04 PM
Pro Overall Results
REVISED

1. Joe Byrd
2. Travis Spader
3. Doug Gust
4. Jeremiah Jones
5. Keith Little
6. Jason Dunkelberger
7. Pat Brown
8. Jason Luburgh
9. Matt White
10. John Natalie Jr
11. Gil Attix
12. Tim Farr
13. Chad Wienen
14. Tavis Cain
15. Donald Lysinger
16. Jeremy Lawson
17. Harold Goodman
18. Kory Ellis
19. Dustin Wimmer
20. Joe Haavisto

Admin
08-14-2005, 06:00 PM
Complete Results From Loretta Lynn's (http://www.atvriders.com/results/2005GNC12LorettaLynnCompleteResults.html)