2005 GNCC "The Penton" Round #7 Afternoon ATV Race Coverage

Only 7 of the Pro riders finished in the top 20 Overall with #23 Bryan Baker finishing out of the top 20 for the first time this season in a race his completed.

Bryan ended up finishing 28th overall and 8th in the Pro Class.

#14 Andy Lagzdins managed to salvage another Top 10 finish in the Pro Class after working his way up from 17th after the 1st lap, but he had his worst overall finish of the season finishing 37th, which isn't anything to complain about.

A disappointed Matt Smiley ended up finishing 10th after his 3rd lap mishap that dropped him out of the top 5 back to 15th, but he never gave up and managed to move back up five positions on the last lap.

The look on #13 Todd Knippenberg’s face says it all about his 12th place finish.

#20 Kim Kuhnle muscled his Banshee through all four laps of the race and finished 13th, which was amazingly his 3rd best Pro finish of the season with two 11th place finishes in Florida and Georgia.

#6 Bryan Cook and #20 Michael Houston luck in the mud didn't change this in the mud this round as they both only completed three laps, and the pair of them are hoping for dryer conditions for the remainder of the season.

#50 John Rowling's dominated the Junior Class two years ago, but was plagued with problems when his switched to the A Class, but now that he is in the Vet Class, he is back on his game, which was the same experience that I had two years ago.

Nothing seem to fall in place in the A Class, but once I was in the Vet Class everything fell into place, and I consistently was able to finish out front, and John is having the same type of experience.

John is a top notch rider and it showed in his 2nd place finish in the Vet Class and another impressive overall finish in 27th :macho

The Pro Am riders dominated this weekend in the mud as 12 of them including #454 Scott Samuels finished in the Top 30 Overall compared to only 8 Pros.

Congrats Scott on your great finish in your return to GNCC racing.

4 Stroke B Points Leader, #784 Brandon Sommers, proved that he could ride in the mud as he worked his way into the top 20 overall by the last lap, and took an extended pit stop to drop him out of the top 20, so he wouldn't be forced to jump into A Class for finishing in the top 20, which would have wiped out his B Class Championship.

If Brandon continues his winning ways the next two races, I am certain Brandon will be making his way to the A Class for the remainder of the season.

#218 Tyler Lenig finished 4 seconds behind Brandon Sommers to take 2nd in the B Class as these two friends and fellow competitors finished 30th and 31st overall and are 1st and 2nd in the 4 Stroke B Class.