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The
Unadilla GNCC ATV Race Report
Round 10: September 15th - New
Berlin, NY
Snowshoe, WV (9/17/2007)
- William Yokley finished 19th overall, 13th
XC1 Pro today in the inaugural running of the
Mountain Ridge race in Somerset, PA. There were
245 total racers in this race including 23 XC1
Pro riders.
Summary:
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#5
William Yokley |
We headed out to historic Unadilla on Thursday
since it is a 16 hour trip from Kentucky. The
Finger Lake region of NY is beautiful and I always
look forward to coming here; the scenery is amazing.
It rained a little on Friday and Saturday but
the conditions were actually pretty good. The
temperature was in the 60’s on race day.
This track is always rough, and a tough challenge.
I got a decent start but things jammed up pretty
quickly in the first few turns. I entered the
woods around mid pack. The first lap, everybody
was getting shuffled around and I was getting
in a pretty good rhythm. My goggles got steamed
up and covered with mud, in other words, useless;
so I tossed them in the woods. I stopped in the
pits at the end of lap 1 to get a fresh pair of
Smith goggles and continued on. On the 3rd lap,
I was passing a lapper in a fast section of field,
and the rider hit a post and flipped into me.
The impact caused me to flip as well. Once I got
underway again, I noticed my front fenders were
flapping around because the mounting brackets
had broken due to the crash and subsequent cartwheeling.
I pitted at the end of lap 3 and got some fuel
and fresh goggles. Lap 4 was going good and I
was in the top 10. I ran into some problems on
the final lap. My fenders had become progressively
worse and were barely hanging on, when my bike
quit abruptly. I thought it may be a fuse and
I started removing parts and pieces to check it
out. The fuse was fine. Eventually, I noticed
that the dangling bodywork had caused my ignition
key to be broken and switched off. I finished
the lap as fast as I could, ending up in 17th
overall.
I was really expecting a good finish because
the bike is working great; it seems that minor
things and poor luck have been working against
me lately. I am not satisfied but I’m still
in the top 10 in points. We move on to Yadkinville,
NC in 2 weeks, and I will not give up; I expect
to be on the podium there.
www.YokleyRacing.com
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