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03-22-2006, 07:50 AM
Everyone was glad to be out of the sand whoops and back in the dirt and mud. Traci Cecco dominated the first round in Flordia. Can she do it again in Georgia?

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03-22-2006, 07:51 AM
Angel Atwell was looking to improve on her 3rd place finish in Florida.

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03-22-2006, 07:56 AM
Kyrie Brafford (lil braff) one of the youngest racers in the class. She is hoping for a strong finish to keep her in the top 10 in points.

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03-22-2006, 08:01 AM
Missie Legge and Shanna Bradshaw were talking before the race.

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03-22-2006, 08:09 AM
Melissa Snyder was giving a little prerace interview.

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03-22-2006, 08:12 AM
Stefanie Verkade was all smiles as the race was about to begin.

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03-22-2006, 08:14 AM
Everyone was ready to go as the National Anthem played.

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03-22-2006, 08:15 AM
TEN SECONDS!

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03-22-2006, 08:18 AM
Traci started Georgia right where she left off in Florida. She grabbed the holeshot and left everyone else behind.

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03-22-2006, 08:21 AM
Jennifer Albright and Stefanie Verkade lead the chase to try and catch Traci as they head for the woods.

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03-22-2006, 08:25 AM
Kim Muzzarelli and Amanda Fronckowiak round out the 20 rider pack. With 20 riders the women's class really shows how the the sport is growing.

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03-22-2006, 08:28 AM
By the end of the first lap Traci had built up almost a 2 minute lead on the rest of the class. Which says alot considering she went over the bars in a crash on that lap.

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03-22-2006, 08:36 AM
Stefanie Verkade running in 2nd place at the end of lap #1.

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03-22-2006, 08:37 AM
Stephanie Parton was hot on her heels just 2 seconds back.

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03-22-2006, 08:40 AM
Followed closely by Angel Atwell.

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03-22-2006, 08:44 AM
Jennifer Albright running in 5th with Jennifer Fulkerson right behind her.

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03-22-2006, 08:47 AM
Lexie Coulter who had a really strong showing in the opening round follwoed in 7th.

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03-22-2006, 08:51 AM
Kim Muzzarelli fought her way through the pack after a bad start to 9th place at the end of the first lap. Kim finished 4th in Florida. Would this be her first podium?

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03-22-2006, 09:02 AM
The defending champ was making a huge statement with the size of her lead. No one was even close.

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03-22-2006, 09:05 AM
Angel passed Stephanie Verkade and Stephanie Parton to take over the 2nd spot. But with Traci almost 3 minutes ahead could she reel her in?

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03-22-2006, 11:30 AM
Stephanie Parton got hung up on a log while trying to go around a bottle neck and dropped back to 5th position.

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03-22-2006, 11:34 AM
Stephanie Verkade fell back to 6th place.

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03-22-2006, 11:38 AM
Lexie Coulter was running solid in 7th place but couldn't make the move on the front runners. Maybe she was still feeling the effects from Florida.

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03-22-2006, 11:42 AM
Ashlie Whaley was running 8th till a crash ended her day early.

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03-22-2006, 11:49 AM
Shanna Bradshaw was running 10th.

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03-22-2006, 11:53 AM
By the end of the second lap Traci's lead was up to 3:39 over second place Angel Atwell.

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03-22-2006, 11:56 AM
Stephanie Parton hammered down on the 3rd lap to try and get back to a podium position. She moved back up to 2nd place passing Angel and Jennifer Fulkerson.

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03-22-2006, 11:59 AM
Jennifer Albright moved back to 5th just 4 seconds behind Angel.

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03-22-2006, 12:02 PM
Kim Muzzarelli took over the 8th spot after Ashley Whaley's crash.

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03-22-2006, 12:05 PM
Jennifer Fulkerson was holding on to 3rd only 6 seconds behind Parton.

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03-22-2006, 12:06 PM
Angel slipped back to 4th place.

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03-22-2006, 12:09 PM
Kyrie Brafford had a solid finish on her 300EX in 12th position.

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03-22-2006, 12:11 PM
Erika Jones had gotten up to 10th place before she ran into problems on the 3rd lap. She finished 14th.

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03-22-2006, 12:14 PM
Shanna Bradshaw finished in 9th place.

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03-22-2006, 12:16 PM
Kim Muzzarelli battled back and forth with Johnny Gallagher Sr. most of the morning. She finished in 8th place.

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03-22-2006, 12:18 PM
Lexie Coulter had a good race with back to back top tens. She finished in the 7th position.

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03-22-2006, 12:24 PM
After running up front early Stephanie Verkade fell off the pace a little to finish in 6th. Which put her just outside the top 5 in the points.

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03-22-2006, 12:27 PM
Rounding out the top 5 was Jennifer Albright.

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03-22-2006, 12:32 PM
Angel just missed the podium with her 4th place finish. 4th Place Overall is still a great job.

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03-22-2006, 12:35 PM
Jennifer Fulkerson would go on to finish in 3rd place and earn her first podium.

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03-22-2006, 12:39 PM
Stephanie Parton battled all day but some bad luck at a bottle neck may have cost her a chance at the win. She finished in 2nd place. I'm sure once she gets her Polaris Outlaw dialed in she will be battling Traci for the overall once again.

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03-22-2006, 12:45 PM
Bill Ballance and Johnny C wait to see Traci's finish.

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03-22-2006, 12:48 PM
Traci dominated this race winning by more than 5 and a half minutes. She is setting the bar alot higher for the rest of her class. Will anyone be able to step up and catch her? We will have to wait and see.

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03-22-2006, 01:02 PM
Bill congratulates with his Factory Yamaha team mate after the race.

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03-22-2006, 01:04 PM
Traci gives Jennifer a high five on her first podium finish.

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03-22-2006, 01:07 PM
Jennifer was extremely happy with her performance.

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03-22-2006, 01:10 PM
Traci pops the cork on her second win of the year.

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03-22-2006, 01:12 PM
Traci, Stephanie, and Jennifer your General GNCC Morning race podium. Great job!

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03-22-2006, 01:17 PM
Ken Vickerd grabs the holeshot.

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03-22-2006, 01:20 PM
John Gallagher is in hot pursuit on his Outlaw.

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03-22-2006, 01:42 PM
Johnny C was out to watch his Dad's start. Maybe he can learn something.

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03-22-2006, 01:44 PM
Tom Skinner finished 4th.

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03-22-2006, 01:46 PM
John Gallagher passed Ken Vickerd for the lead on the first lap.

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03-22-2006, 01:48 PM
Ken was holding down the 2nd spot until he ran into trouble on lap 2 and dropped back to 4th behind Skinner.

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03-22-2006, 02:01 PM
John Gallagher had opened up a 2 minute lead over Richard Martin by the end of the 3rd lap. Richard finished 2nd.

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03-22-2006, 02:02 PM
Ken was able to claw his way back up to finish 3rd.

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03-22-2006, 02:07 PM
John Gallagher would go on to win by over 3 and a half minutes and finish 14th overall. I guess he has his Outlaw dialed in the way he likes it.

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03-22-2006, 02:11 PM
Billy Good had some clutch problems in Florida that kept him off the podium. He was looking for a good overall finish to make up for his Florida performance.

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03-22-2006, 02:23 PM
Cody Rogers made up from 8th on the last lap to finish 4th.

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03-22-2006, 02:29 PM
Scott Sleppy and Chuck Norris fought back and forth all race. Chuck finished 3rd and Scott finished 2nd.

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03-22-2006, 02:32 PM
Billy took the win in impressive fashion. He won by almost 12 minutes and finished 8th overall.

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03-23-2006, 01:10 PM
Timothy W McAndrew got the holeshot as the class roared towards the woods.

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03-23-2006, 01:12 PM
Kevin Johnston would take the first lap lead until problems on lap 2 dropped him back to 7th.