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Jerime Dudding Wins the Overall on an Outlander
500 in the 4x4 Lites Class |
The muddy conditions were most apparent in the wild
10 a.m. race, which made history when the top three
overall riders were on 4x4 machines. Jerime Dudding
won the overall riding in the 4x4 Lites class on a Can-Am
Outlander 500. "It was an unbelievable day,"
said Dudding. "You know, it was a really neat course
because it had some wide open that you could really
stretch your legs on these Can-Ams, and then there was
real tight and technical, and then as the track developed
it got so muddy. You would literally come to these bottlenecks
and it would just be like a parking lot. 4WDs, sport
quads, you name it, piled up in there. I literally at
one point ran over another quad, whoever he is, I'm
sorry but I had to get passed him. It was an awesome
race, thank the Lord for this one, it was unbelievable!"
"It feels great," said second place overall
and 4x4 Open winner Bryan Buckannon, on a Can-Am 650.
"Everybody said they were waiting for the utilities
to come up here and overall, and today here we got
it, and I don't think anybody thought that there'd
be this line up that's up here, but we're just showing
that we're here to race and run for everything we've
got."
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Racing's Michael Swift earned his first Podium
finish of the year and his 7th Win as the Utilities
swept the Podium |
John
Gallagher rounded out the top 10 overall and
won his 5th race of the year in the Super Senior
50+ Class |
Third overall in the morning went to another Can-Am
racer, Limited Class winner Michael Swift. "There
were three spots back there that were pretty nasty,"
said Swift. "You'd come and it'd just be a parking
lot. Most of them were through creek beds, the trees
were so thick you just got to hope you can mow 'em
over, so you gotta' pick the littlest ones you can
find and just mow 'em, sometimes you have to back
up and do it two or three times so the front end will
finally fall over on them. You couldn't do it if you
didn't have four-wheel drive. These bikes are so fast
in the open stuff, you can pass a lot of the sport
bikes. It was a good track."
Yamaha's Traci Cecco saw her seven-race win streak
snapped when she had a battery die on the last lap.
Yamaha rider Lexie Coulter took her first career win
in the Women's class and finished seventh in the morning
race.
All told just under 1400 racers competed in the event.
The 2007 Can-Am GNCC begins a summer break before
returning for the final five rounds in the fall, beginning
with the Geico Mountain Ridge GNCC in Somerset, PA
on September 1 and 2.
About GNCC Racing:
The AMA/ATVA-sanctioned Can-Am Grand National Cross
Country series is America’s premier off-road
racing series. The 13-round series is produced exclusively
by Racer Productions. Cross-country racing is one
of the most physically demanding sports in the world.
The nearly three-hour long GNCC races lead as many
as 1,800 riders through tracks ranging from eight
to twelve miles (should also mention the kilometers
for English Canada)in length. GNCC Racing airs weekly
television shows on Versus (formerly Outdoor Life
Network) every Saturday at 3 p.m. and Thursday at
4 p.m. beginning on April 14. With varied terrain
including hills, woods, mud, dirt, rocks and motocross
sections, GNCC events are tests of both survival and
speed. GNCC featured sponsors include BRP Can-Am,
Parts Unlimited, Moose, Maxxis, Pirelli, Wiseco, Acerbis,
Elka, Geico, Klotz, FMF, ITP and Weekend Warrior,
and riders compete for over $3 million in series prizes
and contingency money. Associate sponsors include
Alpinestars, Cometic, EK Chain, HiPer Technology,
Laegers, Motion Pro, Moose Utility Division, Powersport
Grafx, Pro Clean, Race Tools, REM, Scott, Thor, Tire
Balls, Twin Air, Weekend Warrior, and MotoTee’s.
Media Sponsors include Racer X Illustrated, ATV Rider,
ATV Sport, ATVRiders.com, Dirt Rider and ATV Insider.
For more information log on to
www.GNCCRacing.com.
www.gnccracing.com
122 Vista Del Rio Drive,
Morgantown, WV 26508
304-284-0084
