Marion, OH (5/7/2009) -GNCC
Round 6 was held on May 2 in Lafayette, Tennessee.
This was a new track added to the 2009 schedule.
This means new twists, turns and obstacles
for the riders.
HOUSER-Racing started the year with 5 Pro
Riders. Before Round 5, HOUSER-Racing added
3 Pros and 1 Woman to the roster. Round 6
brought another addition, Johnny Gallagher,
making 5 new riders for HOUSER-Racing mid-season.
After Ballances' first win for the season
at Loretta's, HOUSER-Racing was anxious to
see what Lafayette would bring to the table.
After rain on Friday and down pours Saturday
morning, the track was extremely wet and muddy,
but it wouldn't be GNCC racing if there wasn't
mud!
These
Pro-Riders ALL use HOUSER Racing Products |
| 1st |
Taylor Kiser |
#6 |
| 3rd |
Brandon Sommers |
#784 |
| 4th |
Donnie Ockerman |
#7 |
| 5th |
Brent Sturdivant |
#105 |
| 8th |
Ryan Lane |
#11 |
| 9th |
Bill Ballance |
#1 |
| 10th |
Bryan Cook |
#5 |
Lafayette also brought good news to HOUSER-Racing's
newest Female Rider, Traci Cecco #201. Cecco
took her second 1st place position in the
Women's class running the HOUSER-Racing Caster
Bracket on her 2009 Yamaha YFZ450R.
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Upon further review of video footage from
lap one of the Titan GNCC Racer productions
officials have concluded that three XC 1 Pro
riders ventured more than the allotted 25
feet from the marked course boundaries, and
as a result have been docked the number of
positions that they gained in the incident
as well as an additional penalty position.
The riders shown on the video Adam McGill,
Donald Ockerman, and Taylor Kiser went on
to finish out the race in 6th, 4th and 1st
place positions respectively, and now after
these adjustments will receive final scores
of 9th, 7th, and 3rd in the XC1 Pro class.
After the penalties are accounted for, the
Pro Final Positions are as follows (HOUSER-Racing
Pro-Riders in Bold Print):
1st Borich
2nd Sommers
3rd Kiser
4th Sturdivant
5th Wolf
6th Lane
7th Ockerman
8th Ballance
9th McGill
10th Cook
Taylor Kiser's Response to the
Titan GNCC Two Position Penalty:
When asked of his feeling on the incident
and resulting penalty GNCC #6 Taylor Kiser
had this to say. "It's an unfortunate
situation for me to have a win I worked so
hard for taken away, but I agree that something
needed be done and I feel the race officials
have made the right call. Late in the first
lap I was following Adam and Donnie into a
ravine section of the course when Adam made
a hard left hand turn into an unused trail.
Donnie and I instinctively followed his line
and we reentered the worn in trail a short
distance later and continued on to finish
out the lap. It was not until having completed
that same section of track on lap 2 and actually
riding the original marked course that it
occurred to me that the line I had taken on
lap one while following Adam had been more
than 25 feet outside of the course boundaries.
"I wish it were possible to go back
and redo that first lap because I honestly
don't feel that the few seconds and one positioned
I gained had any bearing on the eventual outcome
of me crossing the finish line in first place.
That being said I take full responsibility
for having taken the line and am in agreement
with the penalty issued to me by Racer Productions.
I take with me a valuable lesson from this
incident about choosing my own lines, and
will focus all of my efforts on preparing
for the fast approaching Mountain Ridge GNCC
where I hope to put my Houser/Ohlins Yamaha
YFZ450 in the center position of the victory
podium."
Taylor Kiser
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