2017 GNCC Racing Series Round #9 - John Penton Millfield, OH July 8, 2017

Cody Miller, the defending XC1 UTV champion, tried several times to track down his brother, but very time he got close, Hunter Miller pulled away. Miller earned his second runner-up finish this year and is still well in contention to defend his title. Interestingly, his co-driver was AMA Hall of Fame motorcyclist Randy Hawkins.

Cody Miller battled his brother Hunter for nearly the entire race to the lead before finishing in the 2nd spot at the checkered flag

“We’re working hard and my Yamaha is getting better every race,” said Cody Miller. “My brother came off the line hard today and he absolutely held a strong pace. We would track him down and he would gap us again. He was ripping. I am super proud of him for taking his first overall win. We have worked really hard to get to where we are.”

Randy Hawkins, who amassed 73 AMA National race victories, is a seven-time AMA National Enduro Champion, and 13-time ISDE gold medalist, is now working with Yamaha’s first-year program running its YXZ 1000 in GNCC. He came away impressed.

AmPro Yamaha's Randy Hawkins (left) took over the co-driving duties for Cody Miller (right), which was his first time ever racing in a SXS.

“I’ve never even ridden in one of these, much less raced one, but I knew I was in good hands with Cody,” said Hawkins. “To see the UTV side is just amazing. I have a whole new level of respect for these guys. This is a pilot program for us at Yamaha. I’m super excited at how things are going in our first year out. Cody has done a wonderful job.”

Tim Farr struggled in the first two races this season, but quickly showed his experience in the woods here. Farr started on the third row and actually led several laps of the race on adjusted time before finishing third.

Houser Racing's Tim Farr grabbed the Holeshot from the second row & he held the time adjusted lead for three laps by nearly 15 seconds

“It was a fun track and it was rough,” said Farr. “So we wanted to make sure we didn’t make any mistakes. We came through on the first lap and we had good battles all day long. It’s hard to judge where to make passes; where the lappers and the bottlenecks are going to be. It’s a lot of luck sometimes.”

Coastal Racing's Sean Bogdan rolled over exiting the MX track in the fourth lap, which held up the second row of racers for approx 20 seconds, which allowed the Miller Brothers to pull away on time adjustment

Coastal Racing’s Sean Bogdan secured the fourth spot with Yamaha’s Walker Fowler rounded out the top five on his rear bumper.

Coastal Racing's Sean Bogdan held off Walker Fowler in the final lap as the pair finished less than four seconds behind Tim Farr in third