Yadkinville, NC - The summer break is officially over as racers made there way to the newly added “Yadkin Valley Stomp”, which replaced the “The Spartan” after a scheduling conflict with an already schedule car race event forced Racer Production to find another location for the 10th Round of the GNCC Series.
As many hit the road to head to North Carolina, they weren’t feeling any love for the cost of fuel as it has sky rocketed over the summer to well over $3.00/Gallon, and the cheapest I found was 2.79/gallon in southern Virginia. The sudden increase in gas prices were driven up after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, which shutdown several oil refineries and destroyed the homes and lives of hundreds of thousands of people in its path and has affected everyone in one way or another through out the country.
The GNCC racing family wasn’t immune to this disaster as C Class front runner John Saxon’s home was hard hit by the storm, and the Hurricane force winds blew theroof off his house and lives over 40 miles inland from the coast, which goes to show the sheer power of Katrina. As I already mentioned, I plan on having ATVriders.com run a fund raiser to help one of our fellow racers rebuild and get back on his feet, and hopefully back to racing by next year or sooner.
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