2005 GNCC "Yadkin Valley Stomp" Round #10 Live Coverage

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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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Even with gas prices just shy of the record prices over Labor Day Weekend, it still didn't stop racers from driving to the races even in their motorhomes, but many decided to make the trip with fellow racers instead of doing it alone and general attendance was off by around 20%, with over 700 people arriving at the track by dark Friday Night.

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Dropping down into the valley out of the Carolina Mountains was a breath taken as you could see for miles to the East and somewhere out there is Yadkinville, NC

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Even with the Category 1, Hurricane Ophelia, lurking off the Florida Coast and moving North at 7mph, there shouldn’t be any trouble getting out onto the main highway with the freshly graveled road even if the storm brings in some rain by Sunday, which is still very unlikely, but possible with the very difficult to forecast Hurricanes that can speed up and change directions at any moment without notice.

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Vendor’s row lines the entrance to the track and out front was Klotz’s Fuel, and with the price of regular pump gas going through the roof, I am sure many are afraid to think what would happen to the price of race fuel.

Like everything else, the price has increased from $30 for 5 Gallons to $35 for 5 Gallons at the track with the online price reaching just over $43.00 ,but Klotz has tried to absorb as much of the price increase to keep the prices as low as possible for their customers and racers with only $1.00/per gallon price increase, which I am sure is appreciated by the many that depend upon Klotz fuel.

Those that our on a support program from Klotz, you will receive your normal discounts at the track if you are a sponsored rider.

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Besides the high gas prices, the only other bad news for this weekend’s race is the lack of rain in the Carolina’s the past month, which has it extremely dry. The water truck was kept busy all day watering down as much of the track as possible and the starting area to keep the dust down on Saturday, but regardless, the racing on Saturday will be extremely dusty by the afternoon race.

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Riders Registration opened up early Friday Evening, and the registration line remained steady into the dark with youth, morning, and afternoon riders trying to get registered and through Tech Inspection on Friday, so they would have one less thing to worry about on race day.

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Kyrie Brafford, ”Lil-Braff”, turned 16 over the Summer Break, and was quick to lineup for her first chance to signup and compete against the fastest Women racers in the Country, and ATVriders.com wishes her the best of luck.

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“Gump” will be celebrating his birthday on Saturday, and I couldn’t even count high enough to tell you how old this dinosaur will be tomorrow, lol.

Check out his airbrushed 450R shirt, which is fitting since his Z400 is now up forsale.

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With the Youth Racing back in action tomorrow after the "Yadkin Valley Stomp" was added as an additional race to the Youth Schedule, and ofcourse, Walker Fowler wasn't going to miss his chance of winning his 3rd race in a row as he holds only a one point lead over Michael Ferraro in the 90cc Production (8-15) Class.