2015 GNCC Racing Series Round #13 - Ironman Crawfordsville, IN October 31, 2015

GNCC Racing Pro XC1 SxS / UTV Podium (left to right) Bill Patterson (2nd), Tim Farr (1st), Mouse Pratt (3rd)

With cold and overcast conditions and forecast for heavy rains, racers were prepared for a muddy race. However, the rain never really showed, and the track was fast with very little mud or dust, allowing for a close and competitive race.

Can-am’s Tim Farr took the early lead in the race and looked to be ready for the easy victory, but someone forgot to tell Bill Patterson as he drove past Farr in the middle stages of the event, which caught Farr by surprise. Farr shadowed Patterson briefly and then became a man on a mission, hammering his Can-Am in the closing laps to take the lead and eventual victory.

JB Racing / Gunk / ITP / Can-Am's Tim Farr & Angel Knox quickly charged into the lead

“We were cruising at the beginning, but we got into some lappers, tried a different line and ended up hitting a tree,” added Farr. “Our muffler fell off early in the race, and I didn’t hear Bill behind me. He went by us and it was on. We were battling hard; it was pretty awesome. The Can-Am was great, though. I got really tight on him in the woods and we got into a section where we had to choose a better line. I just stood on it, I stayed with a tight line and I just barely squeaked by him. From there I just hit it hard.”

With two victories and two additional podiums, Farr finished out the GNNCC season third in championship points in the XC1 Pro UTV class.

Houser Racing's Tim Farr lost the lead briefly, but he was able to regain it before the checkered flag to secure the win, which was his third straight at the Ironman GNCC season finale

“We finally pulled it off in the end,” said Farr. “It was nice to win the last race, come in here and cap off the season with a win. The Can-Am was phenomenal today. I ran it hard and did some things with it I normally wouldn’t, but it held together.”

Bikeman Performance’s Bill Patterson, running a three-year-old Polaris XP 900, took his hat off to Farr. He battled hard in the open sections of the circuit, but Farr’s mastery of the woods sections here, put him on top in the end.

Bill Patterson took over the lead heading into the final lap with Tim Farr in chase

“I’ll tell you: Tim Farr is fast,” said Patterson. “I’d catch him in some of the fields, but he was super fast in the woods. I’d make any kind of mistake, I’d come up on a lapper and he went past. The car was really running on rails today.”