2005 GNCC Round #1 "The Lonestar"

The crowd scattered accept for one young fan that ran up front to get sprayed during the champagne celebration.

Bill Ballance tossed the young man his empty bottle, which you could tell made his day.

William Yokley showed me gash in his rear tire after the race:eek:

The remaing classes and report will resume tomorrow since today is Valentine's Day:devil:

Pro Am

Jathan Seale was the Ironman last year racing for points in both the GNCC & GNC TT Series. Jathan ended up finishing season in 4th in the Pro Am class and won two races along the way. Also, he finished 5th in the Pro TT class in the GNC.

Unfortunately, over the winter, he was playing one of those dangerous contact sports, Basketball, and tore his ACL, which required surgery and will sideline him for almost the entire season :(.

Jathan still made the drive from Arkansaw to show his support to good friend Jeremy Rice and many other friends in the GNCC Series.

Get well soon!!!

#19 Rob Hertz is back for another year in the Pro Am class aboard his Honda 450R, but atleast this year, he has suspension and A-arms. Rob made the switch last year before many of the aftermarket goodies were available and was very competitive regardless, which is obvious by looking at his #19 plate.

#101 Sean Neidlinger makes his Pro Am Debut coming off a broken arm that ended his season with three races to go, but he earned enough points still finish 2nd in the 265A Class for 2004.

#27 Gregg Stewart also made the leap to Pro Am after finishing 3rd in the 4 Stroke A in 2004.

#316 Brandon Sturdivant, #319 Wyatt Westmoreland, and #152 Brent Sturdivant were lined up and ready to get started.

These young riders will be a force in 2005.

#36 Mike Lucas was not a campier to discover he had issues with his flywheel which was keeping his YFZ from starting, but he didn't let it stop him from racing.

He just needed a little push to get it going, so he pointed his YFZ downhill on the line.

That is determination:macho