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Jarrod McClure Race Report:
GNCC Round 2, The General - Pro ATV Racing

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Jarrod McClure

Washington, GA (3/17/2008) - The never-ending trip home from Florida was now over, and I only had a few days to get the bike ready for the upcoming race this weekend in GA. I gave it a good washing which took a while to get all of the Florida sand off, then straightened out some parts that got mangled in my first turn crash in FL, and did my routine pre-race check and she was ready to go.

We made the 12-hour trip to GA on Friday, and on the way down we ran into a lot of rain! I was predicting that this would be a muddy race. Getting to the track, the pits were just as expected a sloppy, muddy mess. I really didn’t check out the track at all, but I could tell it was going to be muddy. I got my shock serviced by Jay over at the Elka, who said it was due after the pounding it took in Florida. Next I got my set of Maxxis Razr 2 rear tires mounted up on the quad, because I know how deep the ruts get in Georgia, and these tires work great in the deep stuff! After that it was back to the hotel to get some shut-eye.

Saturday I woke up all congested with this cold I somehow caught in the three days I was home from FL. The sun was shining, and I though cool, some nice weather. Then I walked outside and got blown across the parking lot! I arrived at the track to catch the end of the morning race, which Traci Cecco ended up winning on her Yamaha, and then headed to registration.

It was time to head to the start and after talking to Scott Norton, who raced in the morning he told me the track was fast and starting to dry up. The flag waved, and I was off to a great start, probably my best ever! I was up inside the top 10 and riding hard. The track was awesome, fast, with only a few problem areas.
First lap I checked in 6th right behind Taylor Kiser, we were rolling good, with KTM guys in the woods showing him the best lines I followed right behind him making up some time and some passes. Then lap two I was forced to stop and take my chest protector off, because I forgot to tighten one of the screws I replaced after installing my name plate-my bad! That set me back to around 9th on the 2nd lap.

Lap three I came up to a huge bottleneck neck somewhere around the three-mile marker, I think everyone was stuck there. The track was really developing some “quad-swallowing” ruts. I patiently waited and got through, and ended up coming out of there in seventh place or so. I then saw Chris Borich with his chain slider all jammed around his sprocket (tuff luck Chris). By the last lap I was into sixth, with Cook, and Ryan Lane right in front of me. I saw an opportunity to make a pass and I jumped at it leaving me stuck in the mud for about a two minutes! Allowing Matt Smiley to pass and pull away from me.

I got unstuck, and rode the last lap as hard as I could with all of the mud on my gloves. I ended up seventh at the checkers, which I was happy with after all of the chaos on the track today. What a race, with Ballance and Borich dropping out it opened up the podium for some new faces. Adam Mcgill got the win by six minutes, with Taylor Kiser coming in second and Brandon Sommers in third an impressive finish for KTM today!

With two rounds out of the way I am currently in seventh place in points, and I am really looking forward to NC in three weeks. I’ll be aiming at a top five finish there so watch out for me! See ya there!

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