The 250R remains alive in GNCC racing with Die-Hard two stroke riders James Wahl and Josh Whitehead sticking with the ATV legends.
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The 250R remains alive in GNCC racing with Die-Hard two stroke riders James Wahl and Josh Whitehead sticking with the ATV legends.
After an extremely successful opening round of the Youth Series in Steele Creek with over 70 entries, the youth ATV riders are back at it again for their 2nd round of a mini 5 race series.
Unlike the opening round when the track was forced to be shortened because of the extremely muddy conditions, it looks like the weather will cooperate for a several mile loop through the woods with some challenging sections.
Just like the adults riders, the youth riders headed out on foot and by bicycle to check out the course before the race.
Cody Hill, Walker Fowler, Devon Delucca, and ael Keleman
The track this year is very similar to the track we ran last season except we are going the opposite direction with a few new sections added to the course to keep it interesting. As usual the track conditions will be fairly fast through some well worn in trails through the woods.
Also, there are several high speed field sections, but riders better pay attention because there are some kicker bumps in some of the field sections that I walked.
And of course, there is the famous creek jump, but this year the riders will not just have the opportunity to jump the creek once, but twice unless you race in the morning because these bypass sections will be closed to the morning riders to prevent the risk of injury to the unsuspecting novice.
The 1st Creek jump will face the Afternoon riders around the 1.5 miles into the 1st lap, and it has a fairly level take off and landing and could easily be cleared in 1st or 2nd gear, but once they cross the creek they will be forced to pick between several lines up a hill climb with the steepest line being the shortest which should make this an interesting section of the track to watch.
The 2nd Creek Jump is almost at the same location as last year, but the track is going the opposite direction and the jump take off ramp is huge with the bypass right beside it going through the creek.
The creek looks like a fairly safe way to avoid the leap, but it will quickly became a mud hole after several laps of the morning race, which will make the huge leap more appealing to the afternoon racers than it does now.
A Side View of the Creek crossing to put into prospective the size of the leap.
ATVriders.com decided to recruit Pappy aboard a Honda 70cc to see how difficult the leap across the creek would be, and Pappy(Kenny) quickly geared up and was ready for the task.:macho
Pappy made the leap look simple as he sailed the 70 through the air over the gap and landed it smoothly :eek2:
On further inspection, I realized that it actually wasn’t Kenny, but John Ayers, Jr. aboard his KTM clearing the gap, but I am sure I just made your jaw hit your keyboard wondering if that was really Kenny airing out the 70 over the huge gap :D