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GNCC Afternoon ATV Racing
Klotz Ironman - Round #13

Crawfordsville, IN
October 21, 2006

By: David Smith - Racedaypix.com

#47 Ryan Morphew
#36 Tyler Lenig
By the time the Afternoon race started it was clear that this would be a great race and there was no rain in sight, just blue skies. Did the PM racers learn anything after watching the AM race? I know one person who took his knowledge and passed it on to the afternoon race. John Bowers from the Utility Unlimited class won his class and then had to change gears as he is also the wrench for Jarrod McClure in the Pro-AM class. Jarrod McClure came out victorious over Ryan Morphew in the Pro-AM class after blasting out a fifth lap under the 27 minute mark and passing Morphew for the win. Morphew held onto second place ahead Jeffrey Pickens, which was more than enough to secure the Pro Am Championship over Tyler Lenig after an unusual chain of events. Until just a few days before the final round of the series, Tyler Lenig held a comfortable points lead over Craig Reed in second place, but an appeal filed by Ryan Morphew was finally reviewed over eight months later and accepted by AMA, which lessoned the penalty imposed by Jeff Russell when he found Ryan Morphew off the track on a fire road, and Morphew was bumped up to a second place finish in Florida, which also boosted Morphew into the points lead over Tyler Lenig, and unfortunately for Tyler Lenig, clutch issues in the final round put the icing on the cake for Morphew to claim the Pro Am Championship.

#201 Jarrod McClure secured his first Pro Am Win and 8th Overall Finish, which was enough to boost him into the top 20 Overall for the year and 4th in Pro Am
#82 Kyle Martin had one of his season best finishes of the year with a 4th place in Pro Am and 18th Overall finish, and finshed out the year in 8th place

With the points title wrapped up in the 4 Stroke A class by Brandon Sommers, the battle was now on for the second spot between Kevin Yoho and Donald Ockerman, and Ockerman was in the divers seat heading into the final round with Yoho needing atleast a second place finish to have any chance at the second spot. Yoho did one better and claimed the win over Ockerman, which tied the pair in points, which by default came down to the final race finish, which meant the second spot went to Kevin Yoho with Donald Ockerman dropping back to third in an incredible points race.
#542 Kevin Yoho
#51 Donald Ockerman

4 Stroke A/B Champion
#22 Todd Rothermel
Another strange turn of events also took place in the 4 Stroke A/B Class, which forced Todd Rothermel back out of Pro Am and into the 4 Stroke A/B Class to secure the class championship over Adam Reed. Rothermel jumped to Pro Am after the Summer Break because it appeared he had the class championship wrapped up, but Reed pulled out two wins and closed the points gap to only a few points, which Rothermel needed to finish out the season in the 4 Stroke A/B and only needed to avoid a DNF to claim the championship. Rothermel didn’t hold back and lead the race from start to finish for his seventh win of the year, which secured his championship over Adam Reed finishing in third place behind Jeromy Evans.

Open A Class Champion
#27 Ryan Lane
Open B Class Champion
#51 Donald Ockerman

Open B class was one of the classes that came down to the wire between Nathan Wallpe and Brian Adams. Wallpe was the only racer in his class that got far enough ahead to stay on the lead lap and finish all five laps. This was all he needed to win the race and the class championship. Brian Adams did get second place for the race and for the season in a great battle to the end. The third spot went to Jon Arnold who fought his way back from a 15th place start.

In the 4 Stroke B class Brent Foltz took off strong and ran a wire to wire pace that took the win for the day. Daniel Frye had to earn his second place finish the hard way climbing up from eighth place. Brett Marksbury ran a very consistent race finishing in third place. Season class Champion Justin Kosmer tried his hand in the Pro-AM class and finished in the 18th position.

#37 Dave Simmons wrapped up his 3rd consecutive Senior Class Championship early, so he tested the Pro Am waters again and finished out the day in 10th place
#228 Thomas Wright wasn't able to pull off the Vet Championship, but he was able to claim his third win of the year with his mom trackside "Priceless"

Vet (+30) had an awesome battle between Thomas Wright and Jeff Miller. Jeff Miller lead the entire race until Wright got tired of chasing and took over the lead on the fifth and final lap and edged him out by 13 seconds. Sam DeLaney had a good day also as he rounded out the podium in the third spot.

Special Thanks to all the Mud Fleas for there help at the Ironman
Wow a great year in so many classes. We hope that all of you finished the season in good standings and are already planning for the next season. Take this off-season to get your quads ready and prepped for the next season. Since so many of the quads are now the high revving heat producing 4 strokes, perhaps all the cooling ideas should be looked at closely. One product that I rarely see in the ATV and Motorcycle racing scene is called Blendzall. It is a product that you add to your fuel directly and it will drop your pipe head temps 40-50 degrees. It was designed by the Go-Kart racing industry for the high HP producing Briggs and Stratton motors. Give it a try and see what you think. There are quite a few racers that also swear by the Coolant additives as well, and with the winter break upon us, there is plenty of time to begin experimenting before the start of the 2007 race season.

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