2005 GNC Round #3 Gatorback Amateurs

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Saturdays Production ProAm Qualifiers saw 4 differet heats! Thats right 4! Like I said in the opening the Future Pro class is looking CROWDED!
The Run Down of Qualifiers looked like this:

Heat Winners:
Josh Upperman
Jeremy Lawson
Chad Wienen
Patton Thompson

Second Place: (The first losers)
Rocco Arno (more to come on him a little later)
Cale Downen
Josh Williams
Brandon Stout

A lot of great racing in this class on Saturday!

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The one bit of controversy from Prod Pro AM was when the results were posted and a Flagger said that Sage Baker had passed at a high speed under the yellow flag! This docked Sage 2 positions in the Heat but he still qualified! I do believe this was on the mind of Sage for the rest of the weekend as Sundays Mains were a lot tougher on the Californian!

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The Qualifiers on Saturday were a glimpse of what was to come on Sunday as the top performers were anybody's choice!

Sunday came and they ended up running the main during the Pro Podium celebrations! The wrong time to run a race of this caliber! Many people were watching the pro's on the podium including me getting all of my interviews and photos in! But it was a good race once again,

Finish in the Main:
1)Josh Upperman
2)Bryan Chaler
3)Rocco Arno
4)Cale Downen
5)Bobby Ross
6)Josh Williams
7)Jeremy Lawson
8)Chad Wienen
9)Josh Creamer
10) Patton Thompson

Overall Top 10:
1)Upperman
2)Arno
3)Downen
4)Chaler
5)Williams
6)Lawson
7)Wienen
8)Ross
9)Thompson
10)Creamer

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Rocco Arno Finished a 2-3 to take second Overall!

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4th Overall! #41 Bryan Chaler "The Ragin Cajun"

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Jeremy Lawson #161 "Suzuki's Amateur"

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Bobby Ross #815 Pennsylvania Native
(If this guy ever gets a holeshot, he might be untouchable)
Bobby works his way up from mid pack in almost every moto. He is exciting to watch and whoever is leading always has to keep an eye out for #815!

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OK! Lets move on to the Unlimited Pro Am!
Another great class to watch and probably the most exciting Qualifiers from the whole weekend!
A few facts from this class on the weekend!
1) Every rider that pulled the holeshot in their qualifier wrecked out and gave up the lead or DNF'd
-Jesse Scheaffer Crashed in front of the announcers tower when he hit a deep hole and broke a tie rod (He's fast so expect to see him in the future)
-Bobby Ross Crashed when he was in the lead and dropped back to finish 8th in his qualifier
-Josh Upperman Crashed when he was in the lead and dropped back to finish 7th in his Qualifier.

I guess it was a weekend to give up the holeshot in the Unlimited ProAM Class!

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Another Noteable from The Unlimited Pro Am Class was John Ragon crashing in front of the announcers tower and breaking his collar bone!
We wish him a speedy recovery and the best of wishes to get back on the track ASAP!

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Some other facts from the Unlimited ProAm class:
1)Skylar Stewart pulled a big lead from the holeshot on Saturday but ran out of luck on Sundays main! Skylar had a 1-10 and finished 8th overall!
2)Same story for Chad Wienen Holeshot Saturday then fell back on Sunday 1-12 and finished 10th overall!
3)Same story for Sage Baker Holeshot and win on Saturday but fell off to 18th in the main! We could not confirm what happened but looked like a break! Sage went 1-18 for 16th on the weekend!