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

With 28 riders, the 4 Stroke Stock Class headed around turn one with Michael Sroka powering his Predator around the inside turn with Jeremy Evans going wide and hard on the gas to grab the Holeshot. I,Harlen Foley, pitched the Z sideways in one of my better starts of the season.

Jeremy Lawson remained out front after the 2nd turn with Jamie Bougher and Jarrod McClure quickly powering their Honda to the front along with Marcus Gonzalez(outside of the photo), which had the top 4 riders aboard Hondas.

I lost several positions before heading into the woods and was back to around 10th place and Marcus Gonzalez's race would quickly come to an end when his engine failed early in the race.

The grass field caused even more havoc in the Utility Mod Class with Bryan Buckhannon spinning around backwards while Scott Kilby applied just enough throttle to keep his Kawasaki under control and grab the Holeshot.

The slick downhill claimed yet another rider as Ryan Hicks is flown through the air off his Kawasaki as his machine rams into the rear of Clifton Beasley.

Ryan Hicks wasted no time remounting his machine and work his way up to 5th by the end of the 1st lap with Clifton moving into 3rd place.

Scott Kilby held a commanding lead heading through the rocks with a large crowd of spectators cheering for him.

With some stiff competition in the Utility Unlimited Class, Kevin Johnston wasn't playing around on the start as he jumped out to the early lead with Brian Auth trying to make his move on the Outside.

Last off the line was Kevin Schmitt aboard his Polaris, which would make it extremely difficult for him to repeat his 3rd place finish at "The Penton".

The 35+ C Class had Phil Deschamps grabbing the Holeshot with Todd Swain and Mike Butler locking wheels together heading around turn two. Luckily, the two machines would quickly seperate from each othe without much incident.

The played havoc on Utility machines once again in the Utility Stock Class with Kevin Trantham spinning out on the 1st turn while the experienced Mike Penland pulled away from everyone.

It really got nasty by the 2nd turn with #918 Steve Gillum and #830 Brian Keating slamming into each other trying to make the turn.