Can-Am / Dudding Racing's GNCC
Round 7 ATV Race Report
GNCC Racing - Round 7- Mountain
Ridge - Somerset, PA
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Jerime Dudding
had a big crash at Big Buck which had
set his program back, but they are all
working hard to get back on top
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Somerset, PA (5/19/2009) -Over
the last several rounds we have really been behind
the eight ball with set up. The Big Buck Crash really
took my program back a great deal this year. Simply
because we custom built several parts on the quad,
so it left us scrambling to get everything back
in order and all the parts duplicated.
I have been racing a practice bike over the last
three rounds which worked okay but just didn’t
have the right combination of parts to make me
comfortable. I managed a decent finish last race
but decent finishes aren’t exactly acceptable.
Heading to Somerset on Friday morning I felt
very confident in my equipment and that is something
I haven’t really felt this whole year. I
couldn’t wait to see what I could do. I
have to say a huge thank you to Terry and the
gang and Bopp Race Components for working so hard
to make me happy and putting up with my never
ending lists of things I want to try. They worked
around the clock over this past week designing
me a few GO FAST pieces I thought we were missing.
Basically we took a couple of new ideas and combined
them with back to basic stock parts and it was
the hot ticket. I think sometimes as racers we
always assume the stock parts aren’t as
good as aftermarket just because….. Well
I can assure you that’s not the case with
my Can-Am Renegade.
Once we arrived at Somerset and began walking
the track it was obvious this was going to be
a wide open sprint. I knew my 800R would be exactly
what I needed for the fields and was looking forward
to letting it rip.
As always I enjoy a good mud race but Friday
night I was actually praying for rain simply to
knock the dust down, I knew that would be a factor.
Unfortunately the rains didn’t come for
our race so I knew my only solution was to get
to the front quick.
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Jerime was
able to get a great holeshot ahead of
Cecco and Benson.
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I came off the line with the holeshot and was
very glad to get out in front of the dust. Soon
it was Cecco, Benson, and I setting the pace on
the first lap. Rick got around us and soon we
were in a wave of dust that you just really had
to hope for the best and hold the throttle down.
The good thing that almost immediately I realized
the changes we had made in setup were awesome.
I hadn’t felt this good on a quad since
2007. It was handling awesome. I knew if I could
keep my head down and keep Benson in site we could
go far. Benson and I past 2nd place back and forth
a couple times before lap 1 was over.
I could tell Mr. Benson had plenty in the tank
and was about to turn it up to WIDE OPEN, so I
kept the hammer down and was really feeling great…..
Then things change my steering begin to feel
loose and I thought I had a tie rod end coming
loose. I kept pushing hoping it was my imagination,
but it wasn’t the feeling kept getting worse
I made it another mile or so then my wheel decided
to just flop over. Once I looked at it I realized
it was a broken spindle.
Major disappointment for the day but I still
feel very confident in my setup gains. I am testing
this Saturday and I will be racing in a new series
here in Beckley, WV at Burning Rock Offroad Park
on Sunday so all you racers come on down.
Thank you so much to all my sponsors that continue
to be absolutely amazing. I appreciate your patience
in switching to the new quad and working through
some development.
One other note: A great friend of mine and guy
who I have raced and road with since I started
had some bad luck this weekend. Get well soon
Bryan.
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