Can-Am
Warnert Racing GNCC ATV Race Team Claims Four
Wins
GNCC Race Report - Round 2
- The General
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Rick Cecco leads the charge for
the Warnert Racing's Can-Am Team with a
7th Overall & U2 Class Win |
Washington, GA (3/11/2009) - Round
two of the 2009 GNCC series was a huge success for
the Can-Am Warnert team with Michael Swift, Cliff
Beasley, Bryan Buckhannon and Rick Cecco all taking
their class wins and all landing in the top ten
overall for the morning classes.
The team was very happy to get back to the tree
lined trails of Washington, GA and their enthusiasm
showed. Rick Cecco took the holeshot in the U2
class, but dropped to third place during the first
lap, but he was not about to settle for anything
less than the win. By the middle of the six lap
race, Cecco took the lead and dominated all the
way to the checkered flag. “I felt good
out there and the Can-Am was working great,”
said Cecco excitedly about his first win of the
season. Cecco finished with a time of 2:18:10,
which landed him in the number seven spot overall.
Bryan Buckhannon came off the line in second
place behind fellow Can-Am racer Scott Kilby,
but by the 4th turn, Buckhannon claimed the lead
and checked out. “It was a pretty uneventful
race for me. I took the lead early on and just
rode my own race,” said Buckhannon. Bryan
finished with almost a five minute lead over his
competition with a time of 2:19:46 and took 8th
overall for the morning classes.
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Bryan Buckhannon
Wins 4x4 Open Class
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Cliff
Beasley Claims the 4x4 Lites Win
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Michael Swift, who is used to being at the front
of the 4x4 Limited class, had a few issues early
in the race after hitting a tree in the first
lap. “I wasn’t sure if I should pit
to have the bike fixed or not but I decided to
just keep going. I hit a few more trees along
the way because the steering was a little tweaked,
but the bike held up just fine and I took the
lead and the win,” said Michael, who finished
9th overall with a time of 2:21:46.
Teammate Cliff Beasley has every intension of
defending his championship title. Cliff had a
fantastic run, grabbing the holeshot in the 4x4
Lites class and checking out on the rest of the
competition. Beasley finished an impressive 7
minutes ahead of second place with a time of 2:21:48
and claimed 10th overall.
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#13
Chris Bithell |
In the XC1 Pro class Chris Bithell appeared to
be off to a great start and was on track to take
his first win of the season as he took the lead
in the second lap, but unfortunately for Bithell,
he ran out of gas in the final lap, but still
finished in 13th place.
Round number three of the 2009 GNCC series will
see the Can-Am Warnert Racing team travel to Morganton,
North Carolina on March 21-22 where the team members
hope to once again dominate in their classes and
take home multiple wins.
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