Gabe Phillips and Eric Hoyland battled it out
for most of the race, swapping position several
times before Phillips would come out ahead and
finish in second place in the Pro-am class with
Hoyland wrapping up his season in third.
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| GBC's
Gabe Pillips finished the season by placing
second in the XC2 Pro-Am Class |
DeRisi Racing's Eric Hoyland placed third
at Loretta Lynn's GNCC |
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| Bryan
Buckhannon tied with Michael Swift for
the 4x4 Open Championship but it came
down to one more win for Buckhannon that
gave him the championship |
In the morning classes, the 4x4 Open Championship
came down to the wire between Bryan Buckhannon
and Michael Swift. Swift had the points advantage
going into the final round and was determined
to keep his championship status, but Buckhannon
wasn’t going to go down without a fight.
It was Buckhannon’s lucky day as Swift would
encounter mechanical issues in the second lap,
allowing Buckhannon to walk away with the 2011
4x4 Open championship.
“I’m really excited to win the
championship this year. It was done with a lot
of help from family and friends and that really
meant a lot to me. I have to thank Can-Am and
all of my sponsors for all of their support.
This was a great season for me and it was a
lot of fun. There was some really good competition
between me and Michael Swift and Zac Zakowski
and it was always good racing. I will be back
on Can-Am again next season and I will also
be doing a little bit of Side-by-Side racing
as well, so I am looking forward to it,”
said Buckhannon.
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| 2x
U2 Class Champion Cliff Beasley grabbed
yet another win before the 2011 GNCC Racing
season ended |
In the U2 class, UXC Racing’s Cliff Beasley
took the early lead and checked out on the competition.
By the end of the first lap, Beasley had almost
a one minute lead and that lead increased with
every lap and took the U2 class win by over
six minutes.
Kevin Trantham led the 4x4 Lites class from
start to finish, taking his class win and giving
him eleventh overall in the morning classes.
Forrest Whorton continued his domination of
the 4x4 Super Senior class by taking yet another
win.
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Morning
ATV Podium (left to right)
Angel Atwell (2nd), Dave Simmons (1st),
Bryan Buckhannon (3rd)
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In the Women’s class, Angel Atwell took
the final win of the season, with Kristen Atwell
in second and Shanna Bradshaw would take home
third.
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| ITP's
Dave Simmons took the overall morning
win as well as the Master's Class win
aboard his Yamaha YFZ450X ATV |
Meanwhile, Master’s class racer, Dave Simmons
put in an amazing run to take the overall win
and top the morning podium, while Sportsman A
class racers Chris Wanstead and Eric Wanstead
joined him on the podium in second and third.
Racing for the 2011 season has come to an end,
but the GNCC family will come together one more
time for the 2011 GNCC Awards ceremony that
will take place on December 2nd – 3rd
at the Waterfront Place Hotel I Morganton, WV.
