2004 GNCC Round #4 Steele Creek AM Race

[Pappy]

The Steele Creek round of the GNCC series was spectacular. The weather was tailor made for racing and racers turned out in record numbers. Over 300 riders registered for the morning class!

Racer Productions continued with sound level checks. The sound level test was again met with problems but seemed to go smoother at this event.

[Pappy]

Racers Productions started enforcing the "kill switch" rule. This caught many by surprise and last minute solutions had to be found to be legal for the race. Racer Productions announced that all kill switches must function at tech by the next GNCC race and they will be inspected for proper function at tech.

Also, they were going to check to make sure they were connected to the riders on the line before the race!

[Pappy]

The campground at Steel Creek is one of my favorites. There is ample parking and the facility offers alot of conviences not found at other rounds in the series. The scenary alone is worth the trip down to that area of North Carolina.

Here is over 300 riders preparing to do battle on what would become a very ruff and tuff course spanning 10 1/2 miles.

[Pappy]

First out at this event was the women's class. Stephanie Parton gives a big thumbs up and anxiously awaits the start.

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Angel Atwell was in third heading into Round 4

[Pappy]

#454 Stefanie Verkade has finally starting attending some GNCC Nationals after racing for years in District 6 against the Guys in B Class and this year she moved up to A Class. She is a fast rider, so I expect her to do well. She is heading in the right directions after finishing 6th in Georgia.

#275 Erika Jones also has been doing extremely also with her best finish in Florida with a 4th

[Pappy]

Stephanie Parton grabbed the holeshot! At first it would look as if Traci Cecco would be rubbing nerfs in the first turn, however Stephanie stayed on the throttle and was first thru the turn!

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The bulk of the class was wheel to wheel heading for the first turn

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Traci Cecco dives to the inside line looking to check out on the rest of the class and begin reeling in Stephanie

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Heading for the second turn the field remained close and the action was incredible.

[Pappy]

Angel Attwell looking for a clean line

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The first rider to come thru the tree's was Stephanie Parton.

[Pappy]

Traci Cecco was flying aboard her ALBA YFZ!

[Pappy]

#272 Jennifer E Fulkerson battled hard and took a 5th place finish

[Pappy]

Angel Atwell picked up a 4th place class finish, but was running 3rd until the last lap where she flipped her quad trying to get up the hill at the bottleneck :( The bottleneck added over 5 minutes to her last lap.

[Pappy]

Brenda Kress nailed a solid 3rd place finish!

[Pappy]

Stefanie Verkade Finished an impressive 6th Place and 34th Overall

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Super Senior Class

Ed Malott had his 450R ready for Action!!

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Johnny Gallagher Senior pulled the Holeshot on his 250R, and he was the only one on a 2 stroke!

[Pappy]

Johnny Gallagher was having an Incredible race and was running in the top three overall until he suffered electrical problems on the last lap which probably was caused by his last minute kill cord wiring at the race. He dropped back to 4th and Ken Vickerd took the Win!

[Pappy]

William Guinter pilots his V-Force into the first turn. William was able to finish 8th in Super Senior

[Pappy]

#69 Brian Vasko

[Pappy]

4 stroke stock is a very competitive class. With the addition of the YFZ and TRX 450's the older generation quads have thier hands full keeping them in check

[Pappy]

First Turn

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Harlen pushes his Z400 into the mix and prepares for 2 hours of torture!

[Pappy]

Harlen Pulling out a 4th place class finish and a 6th Overall, which earned him some wood on his Z400!

Edit by Harlen:

I would like to thank ELKA (Martin, Yann, & Ethan) for hand delivering some new front springs to the track to install on my Z to adjust the ride height. The GT Thunder & Quadshop guys installed the new springs for me, and Derisi Racing (Santo Derisi) assisted me Friday Night and Saturday with adjusting the compression and rebound on my stock rear shock to work with the Elka fronts. It made a world of difference in the way the Z handled, and I finally felt comfortable racing the stock Z400.

Also, my ITP tires worked great at getting the traction that I needed when I fighting through the bottlenecks up the hills.

I am extremely excited about the upcoming Big Buck race! :)

[Pappy]

Pulling to the outside and finding a clean line allowed Foley to make valuable passes at the start. Racing clean beats Racing dumb....a job well done Harlen

[Pappy]

#216 Will Cashion put in another great ride and took 7th in class.

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Mark Rhodes #447 hammered out a 1st place class finish and claimed 3rd overall in the A.M. class. Excellent run Mark!

[Pappy]

Chris Sraver finished 21st

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Caleb Bailey took 29th

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Utility Unlimited start was clean and full of Kawasaki's V-forces!

[Pappy]

Start!!

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Michael Shelley drove home a class win!

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Kevin Johnston finished 3rd

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Michael Shelley on his way to a well earned win!

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Placing 2nd was Roy Lippencott

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Utility Modified start

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Scott Kilby cleaned house and took 1st!

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Scott Kilby hanging it out!

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2nd place finisher David Reese

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Last lap for Scott and a well earned win

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Jason White taking 5th on his Grizzly

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Mike Penland!

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Mike Penland out front and thats where he finished, chalk up another win for big Mike!

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Dan McConnaughey finished 5th

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Richard Blecher took home 12th place

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M. Penland

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Robert Lawhon heading for a 4th place finish

[Pappy]

4 stroke C 16-24 had 60 entries! The row was insane stacked side by side

[Pappy]

Brandon Sommers (GT Thunder) has been on fire this year, and is currently leading the 16-24 Class in Points.

[Pappy]

First turn action was fast and furious!!

[Pappy]

Grass was a flying

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mid pack action was hectick!!

[Pappy]

This was an incredible start!

[Pappy]

Everywhere i pointed my camera i found action!

[Pappy]

Finally the pack cleared turn one and went thru the 2nd turn slightly better

[Pappy]

Jason Gladden finished 45th

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Adam Tellier ended up 46th

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29th Eric Estep

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Erik Haspel fought his way to 7th

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Robert Roope got wood with 8th!

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A hard fought battle netted Michael Scott 15th

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11th place for James Lawson

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William Lippolis had the throttle pinned all the way to 3rd!

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Nicholas Brueggemann gets to say he finished 12th!

[Pappy]

4 stroke C 25 -32 also had a large turn out with 56 racers ready to see who would go home with wood!

(Rico)Rob Richeson #311 played it safe on the start and then plowed thru the course to take his best finish yet!

[Pappy]

Richeson#311 (Rico) and James Smith (wyndzer) head to the outside of turn 1

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Byron Edwards (Taco) had ignition trouble but he didnt let that bother the throttle!!

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Ryan White raced his way to 38th

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Brian Spencer claimed 38th which isnt bad at all for someone who just started racing.

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Derek Robinson went away from the race carring a 3rd place plaque!

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Rob Richeson (Rico) scored big and brought home 4th. Congrats Rico!

[Admin]

Stephanie Parton Won the Overall

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Traci Cecco took 2nd Overall and signed Autographs for her fans :)

[Admin]

Mark Rhodes Finished 3rd Overall, but didn't even realize his accomplishment and never even went to the Podium :(

Mark wasn't even going to run the stock class this year until I spoke to him about running the class. He original was going to run a class in the Afternoon. Mark Rhodes is a great racer on a tight budget and his only sponsor is himself. Atleast now he earned some ITP Bucks by filling his form out at the beginning of the year, and he should have $500 from Honda for Parts!

Awesome Job Mark!!! It is great to see some one else from my neighborhood have a top overall 10 finish

[400exdad]

As usual, awesome coverage guys! Congrats Rico for 4th!

[infantry317]

Originally posted by Pappy
Jason White taking 5th on his Grizzly

GO MINNESOTA! About time one of D23's guys is in here :devil:

[Motoman440]

Nice job as usual Pappy and Harlen!!! My hats off to both of you for this level of coverage and the amount of time this must consume!!! Keep up the excellent work. Makes me feel like I am there watching the races.

[red]

awesome coverage and pics...good job to all.

I was told to call CBRSLIDER (Ray) a big sissy for not coming down when he had a ride.....:devil:

Nice meeting a few more exriders.com members at the race.

Great pics pappy.

[Runnin Dumb]

Super pics Pappy. And to Rico "That's my Boy" If the Boss ( the wife) lets me, I plan on makin' a few of the races now that I'm about retired. Not racin' but helpin' in the pits. Hope ta see ya there:D

[craZy400]

Great coverage and nice finish Harlen!

[popo]

Originally posted by Rico
I was told to call CBRSLIDER (Ray) a big sissy for not coming down when he had a ride.....:devil:



He's not a sissy! you take that back.....

[Doibugu2]

Good job everyone!

I like the pic of Rico out powering Wyndzer's C-dale!

[Shawn H]

Originally posted by infantry317
GO MINNESOTA! About time one of D23's guys is in here :devil:

Dude in texas we represented MN
JASON TOOK A 2ND
Jerry took a 2nd in open B
I took a 4th in Class 25-32

In NC jason was rear ended pushed into a tree and bent his tie rods and had to pit and barely made the required laps so he would not DNF
Jerry battled a ton of bottlenecks like everyone else and got 18th in open B

I was in 8th after 1st lap had to dodge some people that were putting a dude on strecher and hit a tree and bent my tie rod and kept going on the 3rd lap finally sucked me into a tree and bent it for good. Leaving me in 42place

[Pappy]

There was a mistake made when we burned the cd at the track, leaving me with the only copy of the morning class racers. If anyone wants a full size picture printed or a cd made with thier pictures, PM me:)

[popo]

Originally posted by snowgasm
Dude in texas we represented MN
JASON TOOK A 2ND
Jerry took a 2nd in open B
I took a 4th in Class 25-32

In NC jason was rear ended pushed into a tree and bent his tie rods and had to pit and barely made the required laps so he would not DNF
Jerry battled a ton of bottlenecks like everyone else and got 18th in open B

I was in 8th after 1st lap had to dodge some people that were putting a dude on strecher and hit a tree and bent my tie rod and kept going on the 3rd lap finally sucked me into a tree and bent it for good. Leaving me in 42place

You mean to tell me you pine tree savages drove all the way from Min to N.C. to race. Dude that's allot of Line en cuggles..

Heck I'll move back if I know you guys are driving.

[jcv400ex]

Originally posted by popo
He's not a sissy! you take that back.....

Yeah he is.....his dad made him take karate in high school.....was tired of putting band-aids on his boo boo's after he got beat up! :eek:



I'm sure he was spending time with little man, that's why he didn't go.

[CBRSLIDER]

WOW! Looks like Rico met Bobby(yfzrider) at the race. And it sounds like I need to hand out some *** whoopins at Rausch. Been wondering what class to run. Guess you guys have made up my mind for me.:D Seems like that's the exriders class there in novice 25-33.

Actually I wish I could have gone but I got alot of stuff going on in my life now that has pushed racing to the back burner. The biggest reason being spending time with my son. He's the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. He and my wife are my world. Plus we are getting things inorder to start building our log cabin in the woods.:devil:

I really appreciate the backup POPO. You need back up you just call. I'll come a runnin with guns a blazing.

JCV the karate was actually because I was a bad kid that needed some sort of discipline. Definately got it too. Sucked getting my butt kik'd by the upper beltmen. But now I hand out the whoopins.:grr: And it looks like you need one. Actually you were right, I spent the entire weekend playing and spending time with Mason. Plus I am WAY out of shape. But I started running this morning in 0 degree weather. But no pain, no gain.

Congrats to all that did well. It's nice to see the guys and gals at exriders kik'n some butt. Hope to be out there once or twice this season and back in action next year or the following year.


Later,
Ray

[Rrider4life8]

those lil ex's are still running strong:D

Originally posted by Rrider4life8
those lil ex's are still running strong:D


Like King Kong.....:muscle:

[hondarider2006]

Great coverage Harlen and Pappy!!

[mephyst]

Only a couple more months and I can start racing my bikes.. :D

Looks like fun; great coverage.

[CatMostFeared]

AM camera man Fred

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Whos this guy?

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Womens racer Angel Atwell

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Traci Cecco

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Tunnel pic of 450r. It wasn't as muddy as the picture shows

[CatMostFeared]

:D

[CatMostFeared]

:macho

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:blah: comung out of woods

[CatMostFeared]

:eek:

[CatMostFeared]

:)

[CatMostFeared]

This guy so doing alittle show boating

[CatMostFeared]

:D

[CatMostFeared]

Traci Cecco 2nd place and 2nd overall

Originally posted by wyndzer
Somebody is gonna get kikked up at H/M:mad: :mad:



:devil: :devil:

[Pappy]

Angel Atwell

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John G. SR:macho

[CTmxyfz]

Great coverage Pappy.:eek: :eek2: I can never take a good pic of something not moving nevermind it flying around. This race coverage gets better each time. Pappy, check your pm's. I have an opportunity for you.:)

[Shawn H]

Originally posted by popo
You mean to tell me you pine tree savages drove all the way from Min to N.C. to race. Dude that's allot of Line en cuggles..

Heck I'll move back if I know you guys are driving.

Yep took 17 hours to get there
That was me that yelled out POPO in the woods looked like I scared ya. Was going to get a pic of ya but never seen you again.

Originally posted by snowgasm
Yep took 17 hours to get there
That was me that yelled out POPO in the woods looked like I scared ya. Was going to get a pic of ya but never seen you again.

He found a wild blueberry donut tree at the 4 mile marker. We think he's still at the track searchin for more of those trees...:huh

[popo]

Originally posted by Rico
He found a wild blueberry donut tree at the 4 mile marker. We think he's still at the track searchin for more of those trees...:huh

U be getten a pillow treament next time u sleep in the mobile jiggy room beitch. I don't eat donuts!

Thanks for the support Snow, you guys making it down to S.C.?

[Dan229]

Thanks to all for the pictures! I race in the Utility Stock class so I don't exactly fit the exrider profile too much but I am sure some of you were yelling at me to get out the way so I thought I would say hi anyway! :D

Pic of Dan (http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventorder?photo=03VE00HG010063&start=0&album=0&adjust=-1)

Big air Dan (http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventorder?photo=03VE00HB040056&start=0&album=0&adjust=-1)

Originally posted by Dan229
Thanks to all for the pictures! I race in the Utility Stock class so I don't exactly fit the exrider profile too much but I am sure some of you were yelling at me to get out the way so I thought I would say hi anyway! :D



Big air Dan (http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventorder?photo=03VE00HB040056&start=0&album=0&adjust=-1)


That's a cool pic dan. Welcome to the site and I think I did holler at you on saturday to get outa the way....:D

[cdalejef]

Originally posted by Dan229
Thanks to all for the pictures! I race in the Utility Stock class so I don't exactly fit the exrider profile too much but I am sure some of you were yelling at me to get out the way so I thought I would say hi anyway! :D

Pic of Dan (http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventorder?photo=03VE00HG010063&start=0&album=0&adjust=-1)

Big air Dan (http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.dll?eventorder?photo=03VE00HB040056&start=0&album=0&adjust=-1) Don't worry Dan, I don't ride a Honda but most people on here don't hold it against me. :p

[Pappy]

dan, the mere fact that you ride and race gives you a place here;)

[Dan229]

Thanks for the welcome guys!

:D

[700 racer]

kevin johnston here.. thanks for all your support and posting the pics of all classes. who do we see about getting pics???:D

[CTmxyfz]

question for pappy and harlen. If i cover the races up until late july of the neatv series, can i post them in the race coverage forum here? ill see if i can get my dad to take pics when im out there racing but i would take pics of the events up until then. More people want to see MX and i could help bring that.

[Pappy]

we are always looking for GOOD clear pictures of events. if you think they are good enough then yes, cover the event.



for all AM gncc riders, lots of pics in this thread if you havent seen it already

more pics (http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98417)

[monkeyboy]

Originally posted by Pappy
we are always looking for GOOD clear pictures of events. if you think they are good enough then yes, cover the event.



for all AM gncc riders, lots of pics in this thread if you havent seen it already

more pics (http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98417)



i seez u at da trak papppez butt i wass peeen an culdnt talkk at da timm:cool:


may b att da big bugg racce;)

[Pappy]

LMAO!! I saw you monkeyboy...and Bill Ballance will be mad when he finds out you are the one who made his tire wet:p

[seatec]

As usual, great coverage guys. A lot of YFZ guys and gals are gonna get Eurotophobia (fear of the color red)with all those TRX450 on the line.:D

Its great that there is a more even field now.

[pimpy]

hey pappy pimpin pics:D

[Cody_300ex]

Originally posted by pimpy
hey pappy pimpin pics:D

jeff ur such a poser. :rolleyes: