Open A
6th Jeffrey Pickens
8th Michael Benson
9th Josh Beavers
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Open A
6th Jeffrey Pickens
8th Michael Benson
9th Josh Beavers
265A
Last year the 250A Class was the Premier Amateur Class and they started on the third row for I believe the entire season, but boy did things change this year.
The class size shrunk dramatically and they usually started on the same row as the Open A Class, so unfortunately, next year there will only be one 2 Stroke Class with no level classification in the afternoon which will combine 265A, 265B, and 2 Stroke C.
Andy Klingworth was a dominate force in the class this year winning 7 races and jumping to Pro Am to finish out the season where he finished season with a 5th Place finish and 18th Overall, which shows their wasn't lack of talent in this class.
Sean Neidlinger would have gave Andy a run for his money if he didn't get injuried and missed the last three races of the season. Sean won four races himself this season and created enough of points lead to finish the season in 2nd Place after only competing in 10 races.
1st Andy Klingworth
2nd Sean Neidlinger
3rd Ryan Schockling
265 A Class
5th Jeff Brest
6th Dave Grimm
Senior Class
Just because you are over the Age of 40 doesn't mean that you are slow, and Dave Simmons proved that to anyone that thought otherwise.
Dave Simmons did what no other ride did the entire season and that was win every race in your class. Dave raced 9 races in the Senior Class and won everyone of them, which locked up the Championship after 10 rounds(He was smart enough to Skip Florida, which also showed he is smart as well).
Along the way, Dave finished consistently in the top 60 overall and even crested the top 40 several times working through traffic. Dave truely showed his speed at the Ironman where he finshed 2nd in ProAm and 12th Overall as the age of 44:eek2: (Hope that this is right because I don't want him on my bad side:D).
John Cunnigham Jr may not have had the season that Dave put together, but he still held his own. John rode consistently the entire season and earn 7 top three finishes. His good friend, John Kenny, tried his best to catch and pass Cunningham, but he had to settle for 3rd. These two guys have been involved in racing ATC/ATVs for years together, and now there children race as well in the GNCC Series.
1st Dave Simmons
2nd John Cunningham Jr
3rd John Kenney
Super Senior
John Gallagher took Super Senior racing to a whole new level at the age of 58. John raced all 14 races this year in the Super Senior Class and finished 12 of them in 1st Place. Along the way he one the Overall at Big Buck, which may never happen again by a Super Senior Rider. Congraluations on Great Season.
1st John Gallagher
2nd ken Vickerd
3rd Thomas Waybright
4th Ed Malott (Heal Up Soon!!!)
Super Senior
5th Jay Condon
6th Jim Clester
8th William Guinter
9th Fred Savage
4 Stroke Stock
The class is full a of terrific bunch of competitors, and it showed with the wide ranges of top finishers each race except for Billy Good. He entered his first Stock Class race at Loretta Lynn's and he quickly found himself out front with a Podium finish. Billy went on to win 6 out of his 9 races, which was enough to pass me :( for the championship.
I must say that racing the stock class was an incredible experience to be back on stock machine. After racing fully modified machines for years, the stock class took me three races to get use to racing a stock machine. Once I got the Suzuki dialed into my weight and riding style, it handled like a dream in the woods and tight conditions, but the 50cc less engine was no match for the YFZ and TRX on the highspeed sections of the course, which forced me to pass many riders more than once.
I came extremely close to winning several races this season, but something always managed to prevent it, but I remained consistent on the LTZ and it took me to a 2nd Place finish for the year.
I am excited to be riding for Suzuki next season aboard the Z400 with the new cams and carb, which will hopefully will allow me to stay with the TRX and YFZ in the high speed sections next year. This class becomes more and more comepitive every year, and I am hope to win atleast one race next season.
Mark Rhodes was planning on racing the B Class this year, but I talked him into running Stock Class with me, and it almost cost me because he finished only 1 point behind me. Mark and I plan on training together for next season, but unfortunately, Mark probably will only attend a few nations :(
Congratulations to Both Billy Good & Mark Rhodes on an incredible season.
Stock Class
4th Michael Sroka Jr
5th Dan Kiehl
6th Tyler Lenig
7th Richard Travalena
Rich may not have had much luck this season at the races, but no sooner did he step down on the stage, his name was drawn for Steering Stem Door Prize, maybe this is a sign of good things to come???
2 Stroke C
Blake Kramer purchased one of Chris Borich's 250R machines from last season, and he put the machine out front. Matthew Copley battled with him the entire season, but fell short by only two points.
1st Blake Kramer
2nd Mathew Copley