2007 CanAm GNCC Series Amateur ATV Racing "Big Buck" - Round 4 Union, South Carolina April 14, 2007

By: RaceDayPix

#201 Traci Cecco continues to be a dominate force in the Morning claiming her third-straight Overall Win and fourth Women's Class win in as many races

In the Morning race we saw an awesome race for the overall finish that came right down to the wire. Traci Cecco from factory Yamaha took the overall only two seconds of U2 class winner Michael Benson. The third place went to Marcus Gonzalez who came in only eight seconds behind Benson. Traci Cecco managed to win the overall and the Women’s class for the day. Angel Atwell ran a great race to take the number spot ahead of third place finisher Jennifer Albright. Former class winner Stephanie Parton had transmission issues and never really came off the gate. Stephanie has had some issues with the 2007 Polaris this season and is looking to get them straightened out before the next round at Loretta Lynns.

#202 Angel Atwell had her best race of the year with a 4th Overall as she begins to feel comfortable on her new Honda	#500 Michael Benson & #422 Marcus Gonzalez ran within 11 seconds of each other the entire race

As mentioned earlier Michael Benson took the class win for the U2 division with Marcus Gonzalez in close tow. Michael Shelley landed the third position for the day. The real story in this class was the crash that resulted in injury for former Champion Broc Parker. Broc has apparently re-injured his shoulders and time will tell what his ability will be racing again this 2007 season.

#399 Rick Cecco suffered his 3rd DNF of the season after the early lead over Scott Kilby

In the utility classes many of the riders pride themselves on their new high tech 4x4 quads to get them into the lead. In the 4x4 Lites class David Reese put his 1997 Honda Foreman around turn one to take the holeshot and run in the lead for a while. Reese does have a class win already this year but this week he could not fend off Clifton Beasley of the Can-AM team for all four laps. Beasley ran down Reese on the final lap to rake the win. Jarime Dudding also managed to work his way from fourth into the number two spot ahead of Reese who finished in third. In the 4x4 Limited class Can-AM rider ran the Big Buck in the lead all four laps. Kevin Trantham made a charge and moved up from fourth into the second place at the wire. Multi-time National Champion Mike Penland came in the third position. Trantham missed the season opener in Florida and is making a charge for the number spot in season points that is currently held by Mike Penland. Scott Kilby rode his Can-AM to the victory in the 4x4 Open class for yet another week while Bryan Buckhannon came in second and Jamie Bougher rounded out the top three. Rick Cecco had early race issues and had to visit the pits to replace some parts. When he returned to the track he was on the move. Cecco’s fastest lap time was only 10 seconds off of the pace that was turned by Kilby.

#207 Scott Kilby wins his 3rd Straight Race, but he will miss the next two GNCC rounds to compete at the WPSA	#209 Michael Swift remains undefeated in 2007 in the new 4x4 Limited Class on the Can-Am Outlander

Walker Fowler had another great day in the in the Youth Production (12-15) class and took yet another win. Walker had to come back hard after a lack luster start and earn his win this week. Dusty conditions from the last line of the race sure don’t make things easy and Walkers dirt filled eyes at the end of the race told the real story. Brandon Bos held on and raced into the second place finish ahead of third place finisher Stephen McCulloch.

#914 Walker Fowler was back in action after skipping NC for a school trip and he didn't miss a beat with another win	#814 Brandon Boso(right) & 717 Stephen McCulloch(left) battled to the finish line with Boso holding onto the 2nd Spot