2013 FTR ATV Racing Round #10 - Treasure Coast Showdown January 31, 2015 Brighton, Florida

Brighton, FL (2/2/2015) – The FTR / Florida Trail Rider’s round ten, put on by the Treasure Coast Showdown, saw a huge turnout in the ATV AA class with many GNCC ATV racers in attendance, but it was Yamaha's Cole Richardson who came out on top and took the win with Landon Wolfe in second and Gus Rickman in third.

Conditions were good for round ten of the Florida Trail Riders series. There was a little dust at the beginning of the race, but it settled down after the first lap of the ATV race. There were some jumps and good trails, mud and even a dry lagoon jump thrown into the course. There were six GNCC Pro and Pro-Am racers that were on hand to get in some seat time, including Walker Fowler, Adam McGill, Johnny Gallagher, Cole Richardson, Josh Merritt, and Landon Wolfe.

GNCC Pro & Pro-Am Racers (left to right) Cole Richardson,Landon Wolfe, Adam McGill, Josh Merritt

There were a total of 14 AA racers on the FTR racing starting line, but it was Cole Richardson who grabbed the holeshot. “My Yamaha fired right up, and I got the lead early,” said Richardson.

Moto-Xpert's #5aa Cole Richardson grabbed the early lead by taking the FTR Racing Holeshot

Richardson led for a short time before letting Adam McGill get by. “We were in a field section and my front end was acting a little funny so I let Adam (McGill) by and followed him a bit,” said Richardson.

Yamaha's Cole Richardson battled with Adam McGill for the lead until McGill encountered some issues, which openened the door for Richardson to take his first ever FTR Racing AA class win

Richardson stayed within about 30 seconds off of McGill and in the final lap he was able to take back the lead when McGill encountered issues. Once back out front, Richardson held the lead and took the win.  “He was on the side of the track just putting and trying to get to the finish so I got by him and took the win. My Yamaha was awesome out there and my Motowoz shocks worked great. We have a little fine tuning to do but it helped get me my first FTR win,” said Richardson.

Landon Wolfe also had a good race and had a good start in the number four spot. Wolfe pushed hard and quickly made his way past Johnny Gallagher for third.

#14aa Landon Wolfe's started fourth in the Florida Trail Riders AA Class

Wolfe dropped back a bit when Walker Fowler made a pass but mechanical issues suffered by McGill and Fowler put him in the number two spot at the finish line.  “I had a good start; I was fourth going into the first turn and passed Gallagher in the second turn. Walker Fowler got by me but he ended up having issues and so did McGill so I ended up with second overall. Lap traffic was a bit of an issue later in the race but overall I am pretty happy with my finish,” said Wolfe.

Landon Wolfe launches his Yamaha YFZ450R over the dry lagoon jump