ROUND #10: GNCC SERIES–WOODFORD TAKES THE WIN-9/9

Round 10 of the GNCC series was held in Muirfield, Ohio and Kawasaki’s Chuck Woodford finished where he started the race, in first.

Extreme dust greeted the riders making passing difficult at best, and with the exception of Steve Hatch, very few riders made moves through the pack. It was Team Yamaha’s Jason Raines first race back after breaking his leg and the series points leader gallantly finished the event, garnering 19th overall (13th in the Pro division).

In a move to challenge Raines, Suzuki’s Rodney Smith tallied a second overall putting on a charge during the mid point of the John Penton GNCC and closed up a minute and forty second lead that Woodford had built up. But Smith couldn’t overcome the vision problems and took second place. His second place points closed up the gap behind Raines to a mere 8 points! The John Penton GNCC also marks one of the few times in GNCC history that a race was shortened because of weather. It finished at 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Pro Bike Results
Place Nbr Name Hometown Brand Laps Elapsed
1 011 Chuck Woodford St Clairsville, OH KAW 5 02:21:34
2 001 Rodney Smith                  Antioch, CA SUZ 5 02:22:00
3 012 Mike Kiedrowski       Saugus, CA SUZ 5 02:22:54
4 004 Steve Hatch               Scottsdale, AZ SUZ 5 02:24:13
5 015 Doug Blackwell Parkerburg, WV HON 5 02:24:17
6 769 Brian Garrahan Boulder Creek, CA KTM 5 02:26:19
7 003 Fred Andrews                    Salem, OH KAW 5 02:26:20
8 006 Barry Hawk, Jr Smithfield, PA YAM 5 02:27:10
9 711 Joshua Mclevy Fairfield, CT HON 5 02:27:16
10 013 Cole Calkins East Sparta, OH KAW 5 02:28:16
11 670 Eric Ducray Sacramento, CA YAM 5 02:31:55
12 014 Blair Bersano Pinconning, MI SUZ 5 02:32:08
13 005 Jason Raines Belfair, WA YAM 5 02:32:20
14 298 David Lykke Bellingham, WA YAM 5 02:34:48
15 021 John Bennett Allison, PA YAM 5 02:35:49
16 617 Mike Monroe Alabaster, AL HSQ 5 02:41:54
17 661 Erik Kohler Sacramento, CA YAM 5 02:42:11
18 630 Kevin Bennett Milmay, NJ HON 5 02:46:24
19 010 Randy Hawkins Travelers Rest, SC YAM 4 02:08:48
20 737 Benny Leonard I I Cluff City, TN SUZ 4 02:19:30