| 2008
GBC Heartland Challenge
10 Hour ATV Endurance Race
Carlisle, Iowa
November 7-8, 2008
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GBC
Heartland Challenge 10 Hour ATV Race Report -
Continued
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Powermadd/GT
Thunder's Team took home the
GBC $7,500 1st Place prize in the Pro
ATV Class followed by GBC & Dirtworks |
As the 10th hour approached, spectators and teams
gathered at the finish line to see who would persevere
and who had succumbed to the 10-hour event. Fans
didn’t have long to wait as Johnny Gallagher
was first to cross the finish line after completing
36 laps in ten hours, taking the Pro class win and
the overall for the Powermadd/GT Thunder team. The
GBC/ATVriders team of Jeff Pickens and Jarrod McClure
were second in the Pro class, and the Dirtworks
Motorsports team claimed third.
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PIAA/Can-Am's
Team claimed the Win & $7,500 GBC
Prize Money followed by Rath Racing &
FD Racing |
In the Pro utility class, the PIAA/Can-Am team finished
9th overall, claiming the win and the $7500 first
place prize. “I had a great time out here.
This was a fun event that was put together very
well. The track was awesome, the people were awesome;
I just wish it were a little warmer,” said
Michael Swift who piloted the Can-Am across the
finish line. The Polaris Rath Racing team finished
2nd in the Pro Utility class followed by FD Racing
in third. Yamaha of Stillwater took home 4th, while
Jesse and Josh West rounded out the top five in
the Pro utility class.
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Shrum
Racing claimed the PIAA
$3,000 1st Place Prize with 22 laps,
which was 2 more than 2nd place Tucker Rocky |
Shrum Racing claimed the PIAA Pro-am win, placing
4th overall while the Tucker Rocky team finished
2nd and Quad Dogs settled in at third. Kwik Powermadd
Chix completed 31 laps, taking 1st place in the
PowerMadd Women’s class and 7th overall. Team
Never Forgotten walked away with the C&D Racing's
30+ win and took a very impressive 5th overall.
Phat racing took the win in the Precision Racing's
A class with Thunder Monkey Racing taking the All
Balls B class win. Team Chris Eric Wanstead took
home the T&T ATV C class win while the Rekluse
40+ class win went to the Banned Loslers team. Colsch
Cycle claimed the Tucker Rocky Utility class win
and team High Energy lived up to their name, winning
the Burgard Cycle Junior-School Boy class. In the
Industry class, C&D Racing took home the win
with Go For It Racing and Upah Cycle taking the
second and third places on the podium.
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High
Energy's Jodi Stracham& Lucas Dalton
won the Burgard
Cycle Schoolboy Class with 19 laps |
PowerMadd
Sponsored Women's Class Traci Cecco, Jesi
Stracham, and Kristin Atwell claimed 1st
Place & 7th Overall |
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