2006 GNCC Series Round #5 - Loretta Lynn's - ATV Race Coverage

Ballance and Johnson square off and dashed toward the Holeshot Award Line with Ballance edging out Johnson for the Holeshot Award honors.

Right behind the pair battling for the lead was Jeremy Rice and Chris Borich battling for the 3rd spot with Chris Jenks and William Yokley hot on their heels.

The start of the Pro race was fairly uneventful through turn one besides Chris Bithell and Adam McGill colliding on the start, and Andy Lagzdins was once again starting at the rear of the pack along with Santo Derisi and Bryan Cook who was already without any goggles.

With Ballance in the lead, Borich was now pressuring Johnson for the runners-up spot heading through turn 3 of a series of 4 sharp turns off the start.

The only two Suzuki LTR450 mounted riders Jeremy Rice and William Yokley rounded out the top 5 Pros at the start of the race.

Chris Bithell was able to break away from McGill and was quickly making his way through the pack and past Kim Kuhnle.

Big Buck’s Overall Winner, Michael Houston, was almost at the rear of the pack only followed by Shawn Hess and Tood Demaree into the woods

Pro Am Start
After a minute, it was time for the start of the Pro AM Race, which had #52 Mike Carter grabbing the Holeshot on his Honda with #36 Tyler Lenig, #149 Brent Sturdivant, #201 Jarrod McClure right behind him.

With Mike Carter out front, #82 Kyle Martin would slingshot himself around the first turn and pullup along side of Sturdivant and Lenig heading into turn two.

Brent’s aggressive on the gas or brakes riding style allowed him to catapult his way past Carter and into the lead after only a few turns where he would stay for the rest of the race.