2005 GNCC "The General" Round #3 Morning Coverage

Women’s Class

#201 Stephanie Parton was all smiles on the line for the start of Round #3 after taking home her first win of the season in Florida after crashing hard in Texas which dropped her back to a third place finish.

#202 Traci Cecco suffered a serious neck injury in Florida and was forced to quit the race early after leading for three laps. It was questionable if she would race as of yesterday, but she decided to atleast give it a try and not disappoint the fans that have come out to watch her race.

To help stabilizer her sore neck, Traci wore and EVS neck braces to help protect her neck from further injury.

Jean Lovely skipped Florida after finishing 5th in Texas, but will most likely be at the rest of the races this year.

#219 Stefanie Verkade finished 4th last season in her 1st full season in the highly competitive women’s class after years of battling with the boy’s in District 6. Stefanie is once again in the mix of things this season after a 3rd place finish in Florida as she strives to become one the next women champions.

With National Anthem and Morning Prayer completed, we were only minutes away from the start of another exciting round of racing.

With the wave of the Green flag, the women were off in a dash to the the 1st turn.

Alba Action, Traci Cecoo, put her YFZ out front around the 1st turn with Angel Atwell and Team Suzuki, Stephanie Parton in third

By the 2nd turn the top three women had already pulled away from the pack and began to battle for the front position. Stephanie Parton held tight on the inside in an attempt to take the lead, but fell short of passing Traci, but was able to move past Angel in 2nd place.

Next to round the 2nd turn was Ashlie Whaley with Stefanie Verkade and Jean Lovely in chase.

By the end of the 1st lap, Traci Cecco maintained her lead as the top three women came through the check point back to back within 2 seconds of each other.