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#15 Josh Kirkland kicks off the year with
a win on his new FRE KTM 525XC ride |
Pro-Am
Class Podium - (left to right)
Scottie Rich, Josh Kirkland, David Crane |
In the Pro-am ranks, KTM/FRE racer, Josh Kirkland
took the win and finished with an impressive
10th place overall. David Crane, also piloting
a KTM, took second in the Pro-am XC2 class followed
by Scottie Rich aboard his Kawasaki KFX450.
Another huge victory for the KTM/FRE team was
that of Angela Atwell, who not only claimed
the win in the morning Women’s class,
but also took the overall top spot on the podium
for the A.M. classes. Jennifer Albright finished
in a close second behind Atwell and claimed
the second spot on the overall podium while
Yamaha’s Traci Cecco finished third in
the Women’s class and went home with a
fourth place overall.
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#202 Angel Atwell |
#205
Michael Swift |
While KTM/FRE was the dominating force in some
of the sport quad classes, it was the Can-Am
Warnert team that took control of the Utility
classes. Michael Swift picked up right where
he left off last season. The 2008 4x4 Limited
class champion took the class win and claimed
third overall in the morning classes, while
teammate Cliff Beasley showed why he is the
reigning champ in the 4x4 Lites lass. Beasley’s
strong performance earned him the win in his
class and a solid 7th place overall.
Polaris/Rath Racing’s Daryl Rath and
Frank Batista put up a good fight, but they
were no match for 2008 4x4 Open champ, Bryan
Buckhannon, who is the newest member of the
Can-Am Warnert team. Buckhannon took the 4x4
Open win and claimed an impressive 5th overall
while Can-Am X-Team racer Scott Kilby took second
in the 4x4 Open class leaving Daryl Rath to
settle for third.
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Glen Pritchard made an impressive Super
Senior Class debut finishing 6th overall
& over 7 minutes ahead of 2nd place
in the class |
Glen Pritchard made the jump to the Super Senior
(50+) class this year and took and impressive
victory. Roger Swim rode a strong race to take
second with Carey Atkinson in third, John Gallagher
in fourth and Keith Claus rounding out the top
five.
In the 90 Modified Youth class, ATVRiders.com
racer, Derrec Robinson took an impressive win
aboard his Apex quad with Doug Howarth’s
Honda close behind him in second while DRR mounted
Vincent Harris claimed the number three spot.
In the 70 CVT class, Charlie Welch finished
an impressive two minutes ahead of Seth Brown
and over five minutes ahead of third place Thomas
Owen.
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#4 Derrec Robinson |
#31
Charlie Welch |
With only a one week gap, there is little time
for racers to rest up and prepare their machines
for the second round of the 2009 GNCC series,
which will be heading to Washington, GA on March
7-8 for The Maxxis General (round two) of the
2009 GNCC series.
