For the 6th round of the GNCC Series, Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch is the destination, which one of the most popular events of the series and is located just an hour west of the country music capital, Nashville, TN.
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For the 6th round of the GNCC Series, Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch is the destination, which one of the most popular events of the series and is located just an hour west of the country music capital, Nashville, TN.
Nashville, TN is a wonderful tourist spot with a great mix of the old and new architecture gracing the skyline and the streets. The Ryman Auditorium attracts many visitors everyday to take a glimpse into the past of Country Music history as it was once home to the Grand Ole Opry before the newer and larger facility was built across the river, but it is still utilized for small event in the winter months.
The Ryman use to dominate the skyline, but today skyscrapers like the BellSouth Tower overshadow it along with other Skyscrapers under construction around it as Nashville, TN slowly becomes modernized.
The morning was rain gave way to a beautiful afternoon, but as day turned to night, the clouds once again began to roll in with more rain and severe thunderstorms on the horizon for the overnight and into Friday.
Check back on Friday, for the latest information on track layout and conditions.
The Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch experienced heavy downpours through out the night with some spectacular thunder and lightning, which forced the Racer Productions crew to make some last minutes changes to the track and Pro Pits location before the riders began pouring in early Friday morning.
Chris Borich and his close to 60 feet long rig were one of the first Pros to arrive Friday morning and patiently waited while the Racer Production crew continued to scramble to find a new Pro Pit location because the original location used last year had turned into a swamp overnight.
After careful consideration, they decided to pit the Pros along the river in amongst the trees because the ground remained fairly solid besides some standing water in sections, but it required some maneuvering to fit the rigs between the scattered trees.
By late morning, the majority of the Pros had arrived and began setting up their pit area as even more rain showers moved in dumping atleast another inch of rain on the track throughout the day with more severe storms forecasted to move in during the evening and overnight hours.
The Racer Production crew gathered once again to determine what other changes they would have to make to the track in preparation for more rain.
Newly formed teammates Johnny Gallagher and Greg Trew made it extremely obvious that they were Pro Racers and not Utility Class racers as they worked together on figuring out how to get Yamaha going forward and out of reverse, and with all the rain, a utility quad may be the quad of choice tomorrow.
Buren Hamrick was busy all day rerouting several sections of the original track which contained several hill climbs and the motocross track, but because of all the rain, the motocross track was completely removed from the layout.
The start of the race will remain in the same location as last year which is around a ½ mile hike from the finish line and the Pro Pits. The starting area was almost completely covered in water by mid day, and it was identical to the layout from last year with a hard left hand turn followed by an immediate hard right hand turn before heading down a long straight away.