2005 6 Hours of ATV America - Macon, GA (Live Coverage)

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The track is starting to get some nice ruts and berms forming as the sand and clay begin to give way. Media Allstars had a set back when they needed to stop and replace their swingarm, but were quick enough not to even lose the lead and still remain two laps ahead of now 2nd Place team C&D Racing/ATVriders.com with Country Boy racing less than 15 seconds behind them, so this will be a battle to the end for the 2nd Overall position with only these two teams on the 27th lap. Cannondalariders.com are back in action, but lost a lap making repairs and running 2nd in the Pro Class.

Also, the Peacemakers dropped back to 7th after getting stuck in the mud and also having to pit for some repairs to their machine.

Eric Thiem continues to lead the Ironman class with 20 laps and Jorge Cuartas moved to within two laps, but had to pull over because of leg cramps for a short period of time before returning to the race.

After 29 Laps and only 30 Minutes left in the Race
Overall Leaders
1. Media Allstars Pro
2. C&D Racing/ATVriders.com 27 Laps 30+
3. Country Boy Racing 27 Laps B
4. Cannondaleriders.com 26 Laps Pro Class
5. Fredneck Racing 26 Laps A Class
6. MWR 26 Laps B Class
7. Peacemaker 26 Laps Pro Class
8. Bulldog 26 Laps (Donny Banks Team) B Class

Class Leaders
Pro – Media Allstars
A – Fredneck Racing
30+ - C&D Racing/ATVriders.com
B – Country Boy Racing
Ironman – Eric Thiem

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With the White Flag out, Media Allstars have wrapped up the win before the white flag came and are out of the race with 31 laps, but the battle for 2nd Overall is intense with Country Boy Racing making the pass on C&D Racing/ATVriders.com when they changed riders and are now running almost side by side as they head into the back section of the track for the final lap.

The fastest lap of the day was in the 10th lap with a 9:41.
9:41

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The battle for 2nd Overall was to the finish line with Country Boy Racing holding onto the position by less than 1 second.

A Big Congratulations to C&D Racing/ATVriders.com Team (Ron Dernoski, Randy Brandt, Chad Kirby) for winning the 30+ Class once again and finishing Third Overall on a Cannondale

Overall Finishes
1. Media Allstars - Pro Class
2. Country Boy Racing - B Class
3. C&D Racing/ATVriders.com - 30+ Class
4. Fredneck Racing
5. MWR Racing
6. Peacemaker
7. BullDog
8. ATVNation.com
9. MoJo Racing
10 WWC Racing

Pro Riders
1. Media Allstars (32 Laps) Brad Skelton, Casey Thompson, Patton Thompson 250R
2. Peacemaker (30 Laps) YFZ450
3. Cannondaleriders.com (26 Laps) Cannondale

A Class
1. Fredneck Racing (31 Laps) YFZ450

B Class
1. Country Boys Racing (31 Laps) 450R Carl Lehman & Jason Gamble
2. MWR (30 Laps) Honda
3. Team Bulldog (29 Laps) Donny Banks & Zak Griffin
4. MoJo Racing (28 Laps) LTZ400
5. WWC Racing (28 laps) Yamaha
6. 2 Guys Racing (25 Laps) Yamaha
7. Racing Spare Parts (7 Laps)

30+ Class
1. C&D Racing/ATVriders.com (31 Laps) Cannondale
2. ATV Nation (29 Laps) Vforce
3. Team Adapt (26 laps) Yamaha
4. 151 Racing (24 laps) Yamaha

IronMan Class
1. Eric Thiem (24 Laps)
2. Jorge Cuartas (20 Laps)

[PrairieFrisbee]

Just got back from this race..had a blast...Rode my V-force in the +30 Class and came in second..8th overall..Scott Griffin.. Dan Garret and Marty Carpenter....ATVNATION.Com....the track was getting rutted up pretty bad towards the end..but at least it wasnt a mud fest like we thought it was going to be.

My son was there(PBYOUNGGUN)Zak Griffin to pit for us but was asked to ride on Team Bulldog with Donny Banks...he was all over it. We had to borrow Gear from a few folks since he had left all his at home....thanks Adapt Racing for the gear...and Fred Neck for the helmet...A long story short...Donny put in 9 laps and and had to leave..leaving Zak to run the last two hours by himself..on Donny's 400EX..Zak put in 20 laps total...100 miles..and maintained Team Bulldog in third place in the B Class....7th over all...not bad for a 15 year old kid who runs MX on a Blaster..I think he may start running GNCC..lol..yes I am a proud Dad...and he is one whupped dog already in bed..lol...

All in all...we had a blast..great weather..great folks..great riding..and only a few trees left with a bumper mark from the V...

Congrats to C D racing..those boys were skint back...

[Silverfox@C&DRacing]

Congrats Ron, Chad, and Randy sounds like you had a good day

I am suprised with the turnout only 17 teams !

PrairieFrisbee you should be a proud Dad, Let him try a gncc or 2 he might get hooked, keep in mind the 6 hr races are more wide open that the gnccs. All I have to say is I wish I was a "youngin"

[PrairieFrisbee]

SilverFox..thanks...Zak had been hooked on MX but now thinks XC maybe his new love..lol..at least until the next GNC..lol. When he turns 16 I am sure he will run a few GNCC...The track had some tight sections in it...but not nearly the length of tight sections a GNCC has in it...I have run GNCC before and feel lucky to come out of the woods with my fenders still attached..lol.

[Dan229]

The V represented at the 6 hours of GA!

The 6 hours of GA was yesterday in Macon GA and me and a couple friends (McFrisbee and Swampy) went down and raced it on Friz’s V (the only auto there) in the 30+ class against 3 other teams who were on pure sport bikes (Cannondale and YFZ’s).

The weather was absolutely perfect for racing! The sun was shinning and the temp was in the mid to upper 60’s with a slight wind throughout the day.

Swampy and I had never ridden a V other than taking one down a dirt drag strip a time or two so we both were a little concerned on how we would handle the V under XC race conditions. Since I race a Prairie in GNCC and I am familiar with the auto and a heavy bike I was picked to lead off the race. At the drivers meeting we were advised that there were tight and muddy conditions on the track and to take it easy the first couple of laps to get a feel for things. We also had some friends to go down and volunteer to be course marshals and they got to ride the course several times before the race started and they also told us to be careful and take it easy as the track was indeed very tight in sections with quite a bit of mud out there so our plan for each rider on their first couple of laps was to just keep a good pace and see what was out there on the track and stay in one piece.

I got all suited up and headed to the starting line with the other 16 racers. We had the prayer and then about 30 seconds later the gun went off and I took off toward the V. She fired right up and I took off and got into about 8th off the start as we headed toward the rest of the track. We ran the back side of an MX track and then hit the woods. The first wooded part of the track was fairly open so we all stayed bunched up until we got to the second wooded section and then things got really tight! I raced the 6 hours last year in GA and this year’s track had sections much tighter than last year and even tighter in spots than the GA GNCC was with absolutely no way to pass anyone as the track went through what was basically a pine thicket with pine trees ever foot or so. The good part was that the tight sections were not very long but I did get delayed one time by someone turned over as I had no choice but to sit there and wait for him and the other riders helping him to get his quad turned back on its feet and get it started and move on. There wasn’t even enough room to push it out of the trail because of all the trees.

The first hour and half of the race was also a mud race in sections and a lot of teams were over heating and having to pit to clean out their rads and fill up their rads from the coolant being boiled out. We were ready for such things with a pressure washer, generator, etc… but Friz put the number plate on in such a manner that most of the mud being kicked up by roost hit that and with smart riding the V’s rad didn’t get very muddy at all. We ended up using the pressure washer on other people’s quads for the most part.

As the race wore on the ruts started to get bad in the tight pine sections and that started to cause a few issues with high centering and getting sideways if the fronts popped out of the grooves but other than that the track held up really well.
We raced hard all the way to the wire for our second spot. We didn’t realize the team closest to us (Adapt Racing) had had problems and we thought they were only a few minutes behind us for the last 5 laps so myself and Swampy held the hammer down and we were flying! The team that won the 30+ class was absolutely screaming on their Cannondale and they were two laps ahead of us but we ran hard and safe for the most part. A few trees have some missing bark and the V’s front bumper is tweaked a little and Swampy did air mailed in a whoop section but other than that no other damage and I have to say I’m impressed with the V Force. It was quite the rush for me to be doing almost 70 MPH down some of the fast sections with pine trees only two feet on either side of me. It was also really nice to have a much better suspension than what I am used to running as well. It was really cool to hit whoops at a good speed and not get bucked around like I do on the Prairie…I swear some days on that Prairie I feel like I am racing a friggen stage coach.

All in all I had a great time at the race and many thanks to Boggin for pitting us as well as thanks to Friz and Swampy for another great time and great memories.

One unexpected event that happened at the 6 hours is Friz’s son Zak was asked by Donny Banks to run the race with him and lil Zak (who is 15) ended up running 20 laps!!! That is 100 miles!!! Donny had to leave early and left Zak to maintain their position and the lil snot was laying the smack down on a quad he had never ridden before with borrowed gear!!! Zak had gone down with us just to watch us old men act like teenagers and pit for us. He normally races a blaster on MX and as far as I know he has never even ridden a 400 ex before. After Donny asked him to ride with him some gear was scrounged from various riders and Zak took the 400 for a couple of runs in a grassy area and then the race was on. Donny started the race and ran a few laps then switched with Zak and end the end the lil guy was turning faster lap times than we were and the lil snot beat us by 3 minutes over all coming in 7th over all! My hat is off to him for getting out there and running that long on borrow stuff. Great job Zak!

I highly encourage anyone that wants a taste of XC racing without hundreds of other riders and in a team format to run a 6 hours race. They are truly a very fun race to run and the people there are great! Not to mention the ******** model that was there was Gawd awful fine!!! Darn she was good looking…