Round 11 of the GNCC Can Am Series, "The Yadkinville Stomp" was held this past weekend in beautiful Yadkinville NC. The area is akin to the Napa valley region of California in respect that this is wine country. Nestled in a hay field, and laid out over almost 9 miles of Carolia countryside, the track would once again prove a challenge to the racers as it is well known to be tight and twisty.
Turn out for the event was somewhat lower then other rounds, allowing the atmosphere to remain laid back and very casual as registration opened friday evening.
Cruising the pit area, I caught up with Warnert racings Rick Cecco who is going after the 4x4 Open championship. Rick had some finishes early in the season that were not to his liking due to equipment issues, but thankfully his aggresive riding style and his race prepped Can Am have both been tweaked allowing Cecco to start racking up the wins as the season progressed.
I had planned on doing my usual pit shots friday evening in between shoots with riders, however I had to bolt out of the race to go get a friend who's truck had broken down enroute to the race. I tried to sneak up on Joe Borich who was kicked back and relaxing but the eagle ear caught me Joe is a cool cat and a blast to chat with at the races.
Womens multi-time champion, Traci Cecco, started the season on fire. She racked up win after win after win until the Snowshoe round found her out of her groove. Somerset and Unadilla also posed problematic as she was unable to grab the #1 spot at these events. Talking with her prior to this event, her plan was simple, get out front early and stay there.
Angel Atwell gets ready to mount her LTE Racing prepped Honda and see if she could continue the momentum she has going after winning at Unadilla. It has been a pleasure watching her program develop over the past few seasons and now she is primed to win races at every round.
Stephanie Parton sits aboard her Polaris Outlaw as the warming sunshine bathed the morning racers. The weather was almost perfect with mild temperatures and enough blue sky to make me wish for a hammock and a nice cool beer to kick back and watch the race
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Joe is a cool cat and a blast to chat with at the races.
