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Many morning riders were up at the crack of dawn making adjustments to their machines before the 10AM start.
Doug Henke decided to switch to some Razr2 tires for the rear of his Brand new YFZ450 that he will be racing in the stock class for the remainder of the season.
Doug has been man handling the Utility machines to some impressive finishes the last few years, so I expect to see him do extremely well back on a sport machine.
Mike Penland was also busy adding some addition mud stopping protection to his existing hand guards.
By 10:00AM close to 250 riders were lined up and ready for the start of the race with clouds giving way to some blue skies and sunny conditions as the temps rose into the upper 50's.
Unfortunately, Erika Jones, wasn't going to be one of them this weekend after spending some time in the hospital for a medical procedure, which kept her from racing, but she still came out to show her support, and it was great to see her as usual.
Ashlie Whaley showed her enthusiasm to be on the line for another round of racing, especially since she is currently 5th in the class.
After watching her son race in the morning, Angela Mason geared up and heading to the line on her Polaris to try her hand against some of the fastest women in the country.
Jean Lovely had some exciting news to share as she has been selected to join the Team Safari Race Team and become Matt Smiley's teammate for 2005.
Jean Lovely won't be switching to a Predator, and she will remain on her Honda 450R, but will share the same sponsors as Team Safari, so congratulations Jean and you deserve it after finishing consistently in the top 5 each round.
With thousands of spectators gathered around the perimeter of the track and the completion of the morning prayer and National Anthem, the wave of the green flag by Ricky Towery kicked off the 4th Round of the Morning GNCC Series as the women fired up their machines.
Long time Rivals, Traci Cecco and Stepahanie Parton were side by side as they raced to the 1st turn leading the pack.
Alba Action's, Traci Cecco, held her inside line and put her YFZ out front with Team Suzuki, Stephanie Parton, going extra wide and loosing several positions as riders ducked to her inside.