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Round #1 was held for the first time West of the Mississippi in the "The Lonestar" State Texas. The facility the Texas Motorized Trails Coalition provided an excellent facility with plenty of parking. The track was located on what is called locally the "Mountain." The whole drive to the track from Dallas was completely flat. Then, I started up 155 North of Gilmer and saw the what I would call a hill, but the view from it was incredible with everything flat south and west.
Racer poured in from all around the Country with several Big Rigs, which was a first for ATV races. Roush crew made the long drive from Michigan.
Johns Towing also brought its rig down to Texas with 10 riders. I was one of the lucky people to be apart of such a great group of guys.
C&D Racing (Colby & Dusty) made the long drive from Nebraska to check out what GNCC racing was all about. Boy, did they have a heck of a track to get broke in on.
Traci & Rick had their quad also delivered to Texas on the Johns Towing Rig, and pitted with the Team Safari. Rick, unfortunately, didn't race and concentrated on Traci's race, which turned out to be a great Idea
Laz (GT Thunder) & Hans (HMF Engineering) came down to support Johnny C, but neither of them raced :(
Tireballs, Rod Cooper, was extremely busy Friday and Saturday installing Tireballs into a huge amount of racers tires. They were going non stop and from the track conditions, tireballs was a product that made an incredible difference for riders who didn't have to worry about flats from the rock fields.
ITP Tires were setup and ready to serve all of their riders with the newly expanded track side tire services.
Team Quadshop arrived Friday Morning and all their CDales/ATK machines looked awesome. Also, Dirt First, Andy Lagzdins made the long drive to Texas from Maryland.
Santo Derisi made his National Debut on his Team Safari YFZ450. His Teammates this year include Matt Smiley and Traci Cecco.