2005 12 Hours of ATV America - Race Coverage

975 Team Devil Dog - ( Tommy Bowling , Jason Perry , Brian Bonney ) pitted for some fuel for their fuel hungry VForce.

Angela Butler stands waiting with Rick & Traci Cecco prepared to head out on the track when Tyler Lenig returns to the pits, and for those wonder who is Angela Butler. Well she is better known as Angela Moore, but is now the lovely wife of Scott Butler.

Congrats Angela and Scott on your recent marriage :D

JB Racing's Jody Bateman was kept busy allday welding up machines to keep as many teams in the race as possible.

Rob Hertz left his 2005 GNCC Series bad luck at the Ironman and was off to a new beginnning as his team 91 Hertz Racing - ( Rob Hertz , Tom Hertz , Sean Neidlinger ) were on the move all day and worked their way up into the second spot.

Mike Penland's teams day would end early when they reportedly lost an axle, so Penland packed it up to prepare for the trip to Mexico for the Baja.

101 NJTNT.com - ( Lou Russo , Ken Campbell , John Pierson ) are Diehard 250R riders, and it served them well the entire race and an early axle failure would set them back just over 10 minutes.

97 3 Amigos __ - ( Mike Bard , Tony Botticello , Fred Johnson ) having a little fun with the camera.

With the engine replaced, RAB Offroad was back into the race, but a lose drain plug would spell disaster with yet another engine failure, which was the ended their day.

The heavy rain early the week kept the dust to a minimum for the entire 12 Hour race.

750 ATVriders.com - ( Jason Hughes , Dan Ketterer , Chuck Godshall ) was back at it again in the 30+ Class, but a faulty head gasket would send them to the pits after the first lap for an engine swap, but they were determined and the second engine was running flawless.

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Jason Hughes