Local Indiana racer, Ryan Lane came out for his first GNCC race of the season and put in a good run as he came off the start in the top ten and charged his way into fifth place. Lane hung on despite pressure from Donald Ockerman and held on to round out the top five.

Donny Ockerman was running a consistent race as he was trying to gain ground on Ryan Lane. Unfortunately, with the early end of the race, Ockerman was not able to close in enough to make a move before the checkered flag was waved.

After a rough start to the 2011 season 9x GNCC XC1 Champion Bill Ballance returned to race the Indy 100. Read Bill Ballance's Interview HERE	KTM's Bryan Cook made his way threw the dust & mud on his KTM 450XC to a eighth place finish. Cook now sits in sixth place in the points race

Yamaha’s Bill Ballance made his return to racing at round five. Ballance started out in the top ten and was able to move up when Jarrod McClure and Chris Bithell fell back, allowing Ballance to finish in the number seven spot.

KTM’s Bryan Cook started out toward the back of the pack but worked his way into the number eight spot before reaching the checkered flag, while Kevin Yoho hung on for ninth place.

Can-Am/Warnert Racing’s Chris Bithell was looking strong as he charged into fourth place by the second lap, right behind his teammate, McGill. Unfortunately, Bithell would run into problems and only be able to round out the top ten.

Yokley Racing / National Guard's Jarrod McClure took the lead early in the race but a new skid plate set up slowed him down placing him eleventh for the day in the XC1 Pro ATV Class

Jarrod McClure took the early lead, and was looking strong, but a change in setup cost him his lead. McClure was running just a guard under his quad, but changed out to a full skid plate for this race, which caused him to get stuck several times, costing him the lead. McClure hung in there but would only manage to finish in 11th place.

Jeff Pickens snapped a spindle in the first lap, which ended things early for him while Mark Notman also had a tough time of things as he encountered issues and was forced to call it a day after just one lap.

Can-Am GNCC Morning ATV Round 5 Overall Podium (left to right) Traci Cecco (3rd) , Michael Swift (1st) , Cliff Beasley (2nd)

In the morning classes, weather and track conditions were excellent as UXC Racing’s Michael Swift topped the podium and was joined by his teammate Cliff Beasley, who took second overall. Both racers took the wins in the 4x4 Open and U2 classes, with Beasley remaining undefeated so far this season. Yamaha’s Traci Cecco charged hard to win the Women’s class and found her way to the number three spot overall.

Team UXC Racing Riders Cliff Beasley (left) won the U2 Class & Michael Swift (right) won the 4x4 Open class and took the Morning Overall win

Round number six of the 2011 GNCC series will be heading to Altoona, PA on May 28th, where Chris Borich will be looking for a bit of redemption and a win in order to further his points lead.

GNCC Racing - Round 5 - Indy 100 - Top 10 XC1 Pro ATV Results
Position	Rider
1	Brian Wolf
2	Chris Borich
3	Adam McGill
4	Taylor Kiser
5	Ryan Lane
6	Donald Ockerman
7	Bill Ballance
8	Bryan Cook
9	Kevin Yoho
10	Chris Bithell