2015
GNCC Racing
John Penton - Round 8
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Holland, MI (6/10/2015) -
Racer Tech drivers take several wins
and podium finishes at the John Penton GNCC
this weekend in Ohio. Both Sean Bogdan, XC2
Pro Sport, and Sam Yokley, Single Seat, claimed
class wins, and Mouse Pratt claimed the second
spot on the SxS XC1 Pro class podium to top
off great weekend of GNCC racing for Racer Tech
at Sunday Creek Raceway.
In the XC2 Pro Sport class, Sean Bogdan
navigated through low visibility to take the
win in the XC2 SxS Pro Sport class. “It was
really dusty and hard to see; visibility was
low,” said Bogdan, who started fourth. “I
got as low as I could until we hit the woods.
I saw a line, I grabbed it and I started picking
off some cars here and there. I came up on
(points leader) Joe (Krcelich) as he high
centered in the mud. I got around him and
it was smooth sailing from there.”
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Racer
Tech's Sean Bogdan claimed the XC2
Pro Sport Win
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Bogdan credited the Racer Tech gear on his
UTV for the victory. “The bumpers and the
nerf bars are stout,” said Bogdan of his Racer
Tech equipment. “With all the dust, I definitely
hit some things I shouldn’t have hit, but
the car held together great.”
Joe Krcelich didn’t have the best of luck
this weekend, but despite finishing a season
low 12th place, he still remains the point’s
leader in the XC2 Pro Sports championship
race. “We got hooked together with a broken
car, and we tried to salvage what we could,”
said Krcelich. “It seems like everyone up
front had trouble here, so I still have the
three-point lead (in points).”
Mouse Pratt finished a GNCC season best, second
place, after battling with the winner for
most of the race in the XC1 SxS Pro class.
“Kyle and I were running out there, he got
bottlenecked and I got around him,” said Pratt.
“We battled it out for a while there. He dug
through that dust and got past me. It’s nice
to be back on the podium again. I haven’t
seen it in a while!”
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Mouse
Pratt battled for the lear for most
of the race in Ohio
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Pratt gives credit to his Racer Tech components
for making his podium finish possible. “The
clearance my Racer Tech A-arms gave me was
awesome,” said Pratt. “We got into some ruts
out there and it was no problem. Everything
they’ve done so far is top notch. We physically
abused it; it was rough out there and they
took it.”
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Mouse
Pratt Takes the Podium in 2nd Place
at the John Penton GNCC
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Sam Yokley won his second Polaris ACE single
seat class race of the season after an intense
battle for the win, which keeps him in the
hunt for the class championship.
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Sam Yokley
claimed the John Penton GNCC win in
the Polaris ACE
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“The ACE ran great today,” said Yokley. “Doug
passed me there. I just took my time and ran
behind him until I got the spot back. The
Racer Tech A-arms were great. They cleared
everything no problem.”
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Racer
Tech's Sam Yokley now has two wins
in the Polaris ACE class
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Jesi Stracham took the holeshot in her second
race after being paralyzed from the waist
down in a motorcycle accident. Stracham uses
Racer Tech’s hand controls and custom fabricated
braces to hold her legs in the car, and she
was running great before getting off track,
which sent her back a few spot. “It was awesome,”
said Stracham on grabbing the holeshot. “I
don’t have the advantage of being able to
walk the track, and I blew the first turn
into the woods, but I gave it everything today.”
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Racer
Tech's Jesi Stracham grabbed the holeshot
in the Polaris ACE
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Racer Tech owner Andrew Prins praised his
ACE UTV drivers and the class itself. “To
see these things come together as a race class;
it’s just another avenue that GNCC can use
to bring in racers,” said Prins. “Polaris
has a great vehicle that we can do a ton with.
To get a win today was huge. Sam is a great
driver, and he has huge potential in GNCC
racing.”
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Racer
Tech's custom hand controls for Jesi
Stracham's Polaris ACE
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Prins said he’s humbled working with Stracham.
“Jesi was amazing today,” explained Prins.
“She was on point with that car all day. For
her second time running that car, it was incredible.
She’s only going to get better from here.
She’s a strong runner and a fighter.“
After an exciting start to the season for
the Racer Tech Drivers, GNCC SXS Racing enters
a long summer break, and the next round of
racing for SXS racers is Powerline Park in
St Clairsville, Ohio for round twelve of the
2015 GNCC season, and Racer Tech team will
be going for the top of the podium.
In the GNCC SXS XC2 class, points leader,
Joe Krcelich took the lead early in the first
lap, but fell back. Krcelich charged his way
back up and claimed a second place finish,
keeping him in the points lead. “My can-am
is bullet proof right now. The Racer Tech
parts have been amazing, and I have not had
a single failure. I had a good smooth race
this round, and I still have a three point
advantage. I’m hoping to stay consistent and
stay on the podium, and get that championship
when it’s all over,” said Krcelich.
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Joe Krcelich finished second inhis Can-Am Maverick
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In the XC1 pro class, Mouse Pratt had a good
race, and earned his best finish of the season
so far in the number four spot. Pratt was
in mid-pack at the number 13th spot in the
first lap and charged his way through the
rocks and lap traffic. Pratt made good time
and moved into fourth on the white flag lap
and held it all the way to the checkered flag.
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Mouse Pratt earned his best finish of the season in fourth in the SxS Pro Class
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William Yokley, who had some bad luck earlier
in the season made a good charge and landed
in the number six spot in the XC1 pro class.
“I was on the sixth row on the start, and
I had a lot of traffic to work through. It
was rocky out there, but my race went good
and my Racer Tech car was able to hammer through
all of it, and handled it well since I have
the higher clearance A-arms. Now I am really
looking forward to the rest of the season,”
said Yokley.
Scott Kiger was looking good and was running
in fourth place in the final lap, but a roll
over sent him back to a seventh place finish.
“We were up to fourth, and we hit a rock area
and ended up rolling over, but we still finished
and got some points,” said Kiger.
John Yokley was leading the XC1 pro class
for some time and was looking as if he would
take home a win, but a rock took out his engine,
which ended his race.
Round eight of the 2015 GNCC series will
head to Millfield, OH for the John Penton
round on June 6th, where the Racer Tech team
will be going for the podium in the final
round of SXS racing before the summer break.