2005 GNCC "The Mountaineer" Round #8 Afternoon ATV Race Coverage

#1 Bill Ballance takes the Checkered Flag and his 2nd Win in a Row with #3 Chris Borich put in an incredible ride to finish only a few seconds behind Bill in 2nd Overall.

Bill Ballance and Chris Borich quickly remove their helmets after the race and begin to cleanup before heading to the Podium.

3rd Overall
Just under 2 minutes later, #7 Chris Jenks takes the checkered Flag for this 2nd Podium appereance this year with yet another 3rd Overall in front of his Homestate Crowd.

4th Overall
#9 Brandon Ballance was the next rider to cross the finish line in 4th overall, but what happened to #4 Matt Smiley because he was no where in sight?

Unfortunately, Matt Smiley slammed one of the drainage ditches on the fire roads, which sent him over the bars at high speed while his Predator began flipping out of control with Brandon barely avoiding the wreck himself.

Brandon didn't get out of the way quick enough as predator clipped him in the shoulder with one of its wheels as he tried to avoid running over Matt Smiley.

Matt Smiley remounting the Predator in hopes of salvaging the race, but his trip around the track would prove to be a slow one as his rear axle was severely bent and his chain began sheering off the sprocket teeth.

5th Overall

#28 Chris Bithell held on for this 2nd Top 5 Overall finish in a row :macho

6th Overall

#23 Bryan Baker made a dramatic comeback from 13th place after the 1st lap to move up to 6th Overall and 5th in the Pro Class, which was a season best.

7th Overall

#14 Andy Lagzdins earned his best Pro Class finish of the season in 6th Place and with the series heading back to home state of Maryland, I am sure he will be looking to improve upon it.

Great Race Andy!!!!

8th Overall

#5 Chad Duvall proved he is back with two back to back top 10 overall finishes, and I am sure it won't be long till he is back into striking distance of the podium without the mud.

9th Overall

Duane Johnson had all the Missouri fans hopping as he earned a career best overall finish and another 2nd place finish in the Pro Am class which lifted him into 2nd Place in Points in the Class moving past Scott Fleischhauer who finished 16th.

10th Overall

#29 Joshua Ribley set another milestone in his career with his career best overall finishes which was one better the 11th he received at "The Patriot" last year and two years ago at "The Hurricane" in the Open A Class