2005 GNCC "The Mountaineer" Round #8 Morning ATV Race Coverage

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Steve's machine flips over onto him with Brian's machine cart wheeling onto its front bumper while Ken Robey just avoids the mess with Justin Nutter finding himself with no where to go behind the wreck.

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Fortunately, both men were able to walk away from the wreck, but their race day was over as their machines received some serious damage with parts scattered everywhere around the turn.

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34 Racers in the 16-21 C Class heads down the hill and back up the adjacent hill in hopes of making it to turn one out front

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Todd White claims the lead aboard his Honda with Yamaha riders Brentz Fotz and Kurtis Marshall in chase.

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The last start of the morning was the 16-21 First Year Racers, and Nick Marsh grabbed the Holeshot aboard his YFZ450, but he had his goggles covering up the front of his helmet and not protecting his eyes???

Lucky for him he grabbed the Holeshot

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Adam Cooper powered his Vforce around the turn chasing as Nick with all 260 riders heading into the woods for the 1st lap, which was up from last years 228 morning riders.

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Near the end of the 1st lap, Stephanie Parton emerged from the woods out front with Traci Cecco making a dramatic charge from behind to within only a few seconds behind Stephanie as they headed onto the MX Track.

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Traci Cecco used her MX experience to reel in Stephanie and make the pass to take over the lead by the end of the 1st lap with Stephanie coming through only 2 seconds behind Traci.

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The next rider to hit the MX track was Stock Class leader, Chris Neal with Jarrod McClure only a few seconds back and moving in quickly on Chris.

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Over two minutes behind Traci and Stephanie, Angel Atwell came through in 3rd with Michael Sroka aboard his Polaris Predator also in 3rd place in the Stock Class looking to make the pass