Coastal / Yokley
Racing Captures Two Top Five GNCC Finishes
Scott Kiger & William Yokley Polaris RZR XP 900 Racers
Millfield, OH (6/12/2014) -
In an exciting battle that lasted to the very
end, the Polaris/Coastal/CST/National Guard/Yoshimura/Yokley
Racing Team earned two top-five finishes at Round
4 of the 2014 AMSOIL GNCC Side-by-Side championship,
which took place on Saturday at the John Penton
GNCC in Millfield, Ohio.
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Polaris/Coastal/CST/National
Guard/Yoshimura/Yokley Racing's William
Yokley captured the third spot on the
podium at the John Penton GNCC
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XC1 Modified Team Driver William Yokley, and
his passenger Tina, lined up on the front row
alongside teammate Scott Kiger and his passenger
Tyler King on the start. As the green flag dropped,
Kiger and Yokley jetted to the first turn but
both drivers settled into a middle-of–the-pack
position on the opening lap.
Kiger held a slight advantage on Yokley early
on, where he kept his Polaris RZR XP 1000 inside
the top-five running order. The Polaris-backed
duo physically battled throughout the one-hour
race but the real challenge came with the adjusted
time clock, as the podium battles weren’t all
physical. Teams that started on a row behind the
first received a 30-second time adjustment—per
row—, which aided in them catching the leaders
near the halfway point of the race.
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Polaris/Coastal/CST/National
Guard/Yoshimura/Yokley Racing's William
Yokley
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But perhaps the most difficult obstacle of them
all was the heavy dust throughout the woods. Despite
a dusty course at times, Yokley kept his Polaris
RZR 900 charging hard through the woods all afternoon,
where he caught his teammate Kiger several times
to engage in battle.
“We were neck and neck but we kept getting dust
and lappers in between us,” Yokley said of his
battle with Kiger. “He’d get stretched out on
us and then I would catch up. I had to keep pushing
harder and harder and try not to break the car.”
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William
Yokley & Scott Kiger battled to the
checkered flag for the final spot on the
Podium at the John Penton GNCC
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The battle intensified on the final lap as Kiger
and Yokley diced it out for the third and final
podium position. Coming into the final moments
of the Sunday Creek motocross track, which staked
the final section of the 4.5-mile course, Kiger
was poised to finish ahead of Yokley due to a
favorable lead on the final lap.
However, the rough and fast-paced course conditions,
in addition to the warm Ohio temperatures, exerted
both man and machine at the John Penton GNCC,
causing Kiger’s machine to run low on gas near
the end of the race. As a result, the machine
experienced a slight hesitation with the engine
as Kiger powered through the whoop-section, allowing
Yokley to move past for second place physically.
While Kiger didn’t lose a substantial amount of
time, he did lose one position to Yokley, finishing
less than one second behind his teammate.
After the time adjustment, Yokley finished third
overall for the day, while Kiger took home fourth
overall after leading his teammate for a majority
of the race.
“William and I had a great battle going out there,
it was a lot of fun,” Kiger said. “The track was
really rough but the Polaris 1000 worked great
for us. We’re already looking forward to the fall
and racing the final two rounds of GNCC.”
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Team Driver Scott Kiger finished
fourth overall at the John Penton GNCC |
Scott Kiger and the Coastal National Guard team
holds second place in the championship standings
after four rounds of racing. With one win behind
him already this season, Yokley and the Polaris
National Guard team sits tied for fourth in the
championship standings.
The GNCC Series broadcast Saturday’s Side-by-Side
race live in its entirety on the Internet. The
archived show can be viewed on RacerTV.com
The GNCC Side-by-Side Series will resume on October
4 with the Powerline Park GNCC in St. Clairsville,
Ohio. For a complete listing of results and point
standings, visit www.gnccracing.com
Yokley Side-by-Side Racing Team Sponsors:
Polaris Industries, Coastal Racing, CST, Army National Guard, Yoshimura, Holz Racing Products, OMF, Walker Evans, Fluidyne, Beard Seats, Tireballs, SustainU, Hot Cams and Big Country Powersports
www.YokleyRacing.com
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