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KTM 's
Josh Kirkland Podiums
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Lafayette, TN (5/5/2009)
- The FRE/KTM ATV GNCC Team tackled another
mud race at the 6th round of the series. Despite
the conditions, the FRE/KTM riders prevailed and
still sit in good standings to win their respective
championships.
Angel Atwell performed first on Saturday morning
in the Women’s Pro class. Atwell got a
great start nailing the holeshot and led the
first half of the race. Traci Cecco and Atwell
battled near the halfway point exchanging the
lead a few times.
Unfortunately, Atwell’s engine sucked
to much water with half a lap to go and she
had to withdraw from the race. Atwell was credited
with 7th overall and is tied for the points
lead with Cecco.
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KTM 's
Angel Atwell had sucked some water,
but is still tied for first place points
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KTM
's Adam McGill was able to salvage a 6th
place in the XC-1 class |
In the XC-1 class, the current point leader,
Adam McGill got a mid-pack start. By the end
of the first lap McGill worked his way up to
4th place. He then passed Chris Borich for 3rd
and continued to charge forward. Despite the
mud he was flying by riders and emerged out
on pit road with the lead. At the half way mark
McGill had a 15 second lead over the pack. Shortly
after, the top three tangled including McGill,
Johnny Gallagher, Donald Ockerman and Chris
Borich. Taylor Kiser inherited the lead while
the others untangled and returned to battle.
McGill caught back up to Kiser and was working
on passing for the lead when he got stuck in
the mud and lost valuable time. McGill returned
to the race in 6th position which is where he
finished. McGill now sits 2nd in points only
7 points down from the leader.
FRE/KTM XC-2 rider Josh Kirkland got another
great start when his class took off. He rounded
the first turn in 2nd right behind Brian Wolf.
Soon after the start Kirkland got hung up in
the mud and dropped to 5th place. Wolf was able
to pull out a big lead while Kirkland was stuck.
Kirkland eventually fought his way back to 2nd
position and finished there when the checkers
flew. Kirkland now sits 2nd in points only 1
point behind Wolf.
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Lynn's" GNCC ATV Race Results &
Point Standings |
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Race
Results XC-1 Pro
1) Taylor Kiser
2) Chris Borich
3) Brandon Sommers
4) Donald Ockerman
5) Brent Sturdivant
6) Adam McGill – KTM
7) Ryan Lane
8) Bill Ballance
9) Bryan Cook
10) Jarrod McClure
Race Results XC-2 Pro-Am
1) Brian Wolf
2) Josh Kirkland – KTM
3) Parker Jones
4) Gabe Phillips
5) Craig Bowman
6) Jeremy Rice
7) Rob Hertz
8) Blake Kramer
9) Eric Wibezet
10) Joey Margueria
Race Results Women’s Pro
1) Traci Cecco
2) Jennifer Albright
3) Kristen Atwell
4) Jesi Stratcham
5) Shanna Bradshaw
6) Kara Merritt
7) Angel Atwell – KTM
8) Stefani Verkade
9) Jami Luburgh
10) Kyrie Brafford
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Point
Standings XC-1 Pro
1) Taylor Kiser – 135
2) Adam McGill – 128
3) Chris Borich –
127
4) Bryan Cook – 98
5) Brandon Sommers – 97
Point Standings XC-2 Pro-Am
1) Brian Wolf – 161
2) Josh Kirkland – 160
3) Eric Hoyland – 102
4) Parker Jones – 82
5) Gabe Phillips – 78 2
Point Standings Women’s
Pro
1) Angel Atwell – 112
2) Traci Cecco – 112
3) Kristen Atwell – 99
4) Jennifer Albright – 97
5) Shanna Bradshaw – 84
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