FRE/KTM Race Report – GNCC Round 6

Adam McGill Angel Atwell Josh Kirkland

Lafayette, TN – The FRE/KTM ATV GNCC Team tackled another mud race at the 6th round of the series. Despite the conditions, the FRE/KTM riders prevailed and still sit in good standings to win their respective championships.

Angel Atwell performed first on Saturday morning in the Women’s Pro class. Atwell got a great start nailing the holeshot and led the first half of the race. Traci Cecco and Atwell battled near the halfway point exchanging the lead a few times. Unfortunately, Atwell’s engine sucked to much water with half a lap to go and she had to withdraw from the race. Atwell was credited with 7th overall and is tied for the points lead with Cecco.

In the XC-1 class, the current point leader, Adam McGill got a mid-pack start. By the end of the first lap McGill worked his way up to 4th place. He then passed Chris Borich for 3rd and continued to charge forward. Despite the mud he was flying by riders and emerged out on pit road with the lead. At the half way mark McGill had a 15 second lead over the pack. Shortly after, the top three tangled including McGill, Johnny Gallagher, Donald Ockerman and Chris Borich. Taylor Kiser inherited the lead while the others untangled and returned to battle. McGill caught back up to Kiser and was working on passing for the lead when he got stuck in the mud and lost valuable time. McGill returned to the race in 6th position which is where he finished. McGill now sits 2nd in points only 7 points down from the leader.

FRE/KTM XC-2 rider Josh Kirkland got another great start when his class took off. He rounded the first turn in 2nd right behind Brian Wolf. Soon after the start Kirkland got hung up in the mud and dropped to 5th place. Wolf was able to pull out a big lead while Kirkland was stuck. Kirkland eventually fought his way back to 2nd position and finished there when the checkers flew. Kirkland now sits 2nd in points only 1 point behind Wolf.

Overall Results XC-1 Class –

1)    Taylor Kiser
2)    Chris Borich
3)    Brandon Sommers
4)    Donald Ockerman
5)    Brent Sturdivant
6)    Adam McGill – KTM
7)    Ryan Lane
8)    Bill Ballance
9)    Bryan Cook
10) Jarrod McClure

Overall Results XC-2 Class –

1)    Brian Wolf
2)    Josh Kirkland – KTM
3)    Parker Jones
4)    Gabe Phillips
5)    Craig Bowman
6)    Jeremy Rice
7)    Rob Hertz
8)    Blake Kramer
9)    Eric Wibezet
10)  Joey Margueria

Overall Results Women Pro –

1)    Traci Cecco
2)    Jennifer Albright
3)    Kristen Atwell
4)    Jesi Stratcham
5)    Shanna Bradshaw
6)    Kara Merritt
7)    Angel Atwell – KTM
8)    Stefani Verkade
9)    Jami Luburgh
10) Kyrie Brafford

Overall Points XC-1 Class –

1)    Taylor Kiser – 135
2)    Adam McGill – 128
3)    Chris Borich – 127
4)    Bryan Cook – 98
5)    Brandon Sommers – 97

Overall Points XC-2 Class –

1)    Brian Wolf – 161
2)    Josh Kirkland – 160
3)    Eric Hoyland – 102
4)    Parker Jones – 82
5)    Gabe Phillips – 78

Overall Points Women Pro Class –

1)    Traci Cecco – 112
2)    Angel Atwell – 112
3)    Kristen Atwell – 99
4)    Jennifer Albright – 97
5)    Shanna Bradshaw – 84

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