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| Donald
Ockerman earns his 1st Win of the year
and finishes out the year in 2nd Place
in XC2 behind Brandon Sommers |
Don Ockerman won XC2 on this day, and the season-long
class contender was happy with that result. “I
got the lead on the second lap and let it hang
out; I didn’t want anybody catching me,”
said Ockerman. “Everything went perfect
today—awesome track. I learned quite a bit
over the summer and took that home, worked with
it a little bit.”
Second in XC2 went to Brian Wolf, his first
podium of the season. “We had bad luck
all year,” said Wolf. “I got fifth
off the line and just went up there. It’s
awesome. I never thought I’d be up here.”
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Brian Wolf made an impressive debut in
XC2 with a 2nd Place finish after moving
up from Junior 22+ A |
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XC2 Holeshot Award Winner was Kevan Logston
on his Yamaha YFZ450 |
Third in XC2 went to Kevin Yoho, his third
podium of the season. “I got a bad start,”
said Yoho. “I wrecked a couple times and
just finally got going there towards the end.
The start’s pretty big because I’m
pretty wore out by the time I get to the last
lap.”
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ATV Podium (left to Right)
Mike Benson, Traci Cecco, Scott Kilby |
It was a banner day altogether for Yamaha, who
not only celebrated Ballance's eighth crown, but
also won the overall in the morning race with
Traci Cecco, who started in the fourth row in
the Women's class but still managed to win the
race--a fitting end to a championship season.
“I had it in my mind today; I was going
to give it all I got today,” said Cecco.
“The course is just awesome right now. You
can really hook up and it’s tacky. It’s
just basically having momentum to make it up all
those hill climbs out there. I had it my mind
off the starting line, just pass one at a time,
and pass as fast and as soon as I could and that’s
what I did. It feels really good.”
Cecco was followed by a pair of happy class
winners in the morning race, as Scott Kilby
won the Open 4x4 class and Mike Benson took
U2.
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The first ever UTV race was a huge success
with a large turnout and the machines
even climbed the big hill climb with hundreds
of spectators watching. Also, Polaris
entered a 6 passenger machine, and it
climbed the hill as well, which was impressive,
but in the end it was Dana Creech securing
the win in a Polaris RZR
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Also, the UTVs had their way with the Ironman
track and it was one of the most fun events
races the series had ever seen, with about 30
machines (and 30 passengers) battling through
mud, water, hills and rocks. It was very fun
to watch--there's a good chance you'll see more
of these races in the future.
But the future, the present and the past belongs
to Ballance. "We got so many fast guys
out there riding these days, and factory support
and everything is coming, everyone is taking
it so seriously now, and spending so much time
riding and training. Things like bike setup
are a lot closer than they used to be."
Close, but once again not quite enough to
knock off the King of Quads.
The 2007 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country
Series concludes with the annual Awards Banquet
on Friday, November 23.
