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Vise Versa to Chad Duvall’s mud success, #6 Bryan Cook and #20 Michael Houston haven’t been as fortunate in the mud this season as both of them finished out of the top 10 at Lorretta’s after having incredible rides at Big Buck with Bryan Cook even coming close to a podium finish, so hopefully their luck was going to improve today.
#18 Johnny Gallagher has been off to a rough season, but instead of feeling sorry for himself, he decided that he had to make some changes in his program and give every race 100%.
Well, his planned quickly paid off at Loretta’s where he had his best race since 2003 with his 8th Overall finish and the best part is he had a blast doing it, but would he be able to have the same success this weekend?
#20 Kim Kuhnle brought his Yamaha Banshee out of retirement atleast for one race after his transmission went out on his Polaris Predator at Loretta’s, which didn’t leave him enough time to repair it before the Penton.
Kim Kuhnle and many other Top Pros including Bill Ballance use to race the Yamaha Banshee in the GNCC series years ago with great success, but they were normally far from stock, and with huge selection of ATVs to choice from the Banshee is no longer the best choice for the woods especially since in the Pro Class the riders must use the Stock Frame, which doesn’t allow for the much wheel travel.
With all the Pro Riders lined up, we were only a few minutes away from the start of the race after rider’s prayer.
#23 Bryan Baker lowering his head for the prayer
With the rain letting up and a cool breeze blowing, the flag danced in the wind during the National Anthem as a large crowd gathered around the start.
#16 Santo Derisi with hand across his chest gazing across the field to the flag in hopes this would be the race that would get him back on a roll again after a great start to the season with two back to back Top 10 Overall and nothing but bad luck ever since.
With the conclusion of the National Anthem and the call of “10 Seconds”, the crowds attention drawn to starting area to see who would jump out to the early lead in this mud fest.
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#1 Bill Ballance jumped out to the early lead aboard his Yamaha YFZ450 with #2 William Yokley powering him Suzuki wide around the turn in hopes of catching Bill before the 2nd Turn.
#14 Andy Lagzdins, #10 Greg Trew, and #9 Brandon Ballance were also off to great starts behind Bill.