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Walker
Fowler on his way to make history once
again abaord his Yamaha YFZ450X Sport
ATV |
Fowler led for all five laps and not only took
the Pro-am win, but achieved his goal of being
the first Pro-am or Pro racer to take a perfect
season. “I’m really excited to be
able to be the first to give Yamaha and Ballance
Racing a perfect season. We have all been working
really hard this season and I can’t thank
everyone enough for all they have done to help
me make this happen. I am going to be moving
to the Pro class next season and I am really
looking forward to it,” said Fowler.
Kevin Yoho made his way up from eighth place
to the number six spot by the fourth lap. Yoho
was battling it out with Brian Cook, but he
was unable to hold off Cook in the final lap
and would settle for a seventh place finish.
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Motorsports Jeff Pickens trailed Spider
Graphix' Donnie Ockerman's as he tried
to make a pass before crossing the finish
line. Ockerman would hold his position
until the end to take eighth place in
the XC1 Pro ATV Class followed by Pickens
in ninth |
Donald Ockerman held on to finish in eighth
place, while Jeff Pickens hovered between ninth
and tenth for most of the race and finish in
the number nine spot and Craig Bowman hung on
to round out the top ten in the Pro class.
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taking the XC1 Pro Class Holeshot 9x GNCC
Champion finished eleventh at Loretta
Lynn's GNCC |
Bill Ballance, who had planned to race the Loretta’s
round this spring before it was postponed, took
to the track for the final round of the season.
Ballance was in the number six spot going into
lap one and held his position until lap three
when he fell back to the number eight spot. In
lap four, Ballance again fell back after encountering
issues and would take an eleventh place finish.
Mark Notman put in three laps before he would
end his day with a mechanical issue and Johnny
Gallagher would make only one lap before he
would have to call it a day.
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Yamaha
/ Ballance Racing's Walker Fowler made
history at Loretta Lynn's GNCC to become
the only Pro or Pro-Am GNCC Racer to go
undeafated during a race season |
In the Pro-am class, Yamaha/Balance Racing’s
Walker Fowler accomplished a task that no other
Pro or Pro-am racer has accomplished in the
history of the GNCC, and that being a perfect
season. Even though Fowler wrapped up the Pro-am
championship several rounds early, he wanted
to continue on in the Pro-am Class instead of
making the jump to Pro in order to try for his
elusive goal. Luck was on Fowler’s side
as he took the early lead in his class and checked
out.
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XC2 PRO-AM
ATV Podium (left to right)
Eric Hoyland (3rd), Walker Fowler (1st)
, Gabe Phillips (2nd)
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