2008 GNCC Series-Round#6-"The John Penton"-Morning-ATV Race Coverage

[Pappy]

Can you believe that this round marks the seasons half way point! I can still feel the first warm rays of that Florida sun at round one, and here we are now in Ohio at the John Penton. This round is cursed, as mother nature usually throws us one extreme or the other.....dust or mud and neither are ever in short supply.

Last year the dust was so bad that you couldnt hardly breathe in the woods, and this year the mud was so thick and slick that you could barely trudge through it!

Arriving at 6:30 am, and looking down at the main area of the pit area, the morning calm was not showing how wet everything had become during the night

[Pappy]

Registration was flowing smooth for those that waited, and even during friday evening it appeared to be moving much faster then at previous rounds

[Pappy]

My plan was simple, wear sneakers so that I would not be apt to running off in the mud no matter how badly i wanted to. Lucky for me there really wasn't any way around it, bad for mr. tennis shoe

[Pappy]

I tried to get Taylor Kiser to give me a lift to keep my sneakers dry

[Pappy]

Some folks are just way to damn happy in the morning, one of them is Jerime Dudding

[Pappy]

I usually miss alot of morning pit shots due to covering the youth race, however they moved the youth race from 8 am to 5pm due to the conditions.

Riders were busily getting ready as the 10 am race neared

[Pappy]

Traci Cecco shows me she was all pumped up!

[Pappy]

Bryan Cooks dad grooves his tires as every advantage would be needed in the sloppy race that lay ahead

[Pappy]

John Rowlings- "Who set the alarm clock so early" look

John told me an interesting story about his ride home from a race. Not sure, but he said he played with his rod the whole way to stave off boredom Dont worry John, I will go fishin with ya!

[Pappy]

The announcers at the GNCC events are top notch, and do their best to keep everyone filled in on all the action