Jason Weigandt
by: Jason Weigandt
Tuesday April 29th, 2008
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From: Tom Clark Motorsports

 

 

Tom Clark Motorsports' Angel Atwell Takes Win #3 at Loretta Lynn's

 

Round 5 of the GNCC Series proved to be an exciting weekend for Team Tom Clark Motorsports at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in Hurricaine Mills, TN. An overall win in the morning race from Angel Atwell, the holeshot and a hard fought battle from XC2

racer Josh Kirkland, and Jamie Bithell still maintaining the points lead in College B were the highlights of the day.

 

Angel's day began with a rough start, leaving her dead last going in to the woods. Not one to let a bad start slow her down, by the end of the first lap she had moved up to second place. Shortly thereafter, Angel took the lead, and never looked back. With over a minute lead, she secured her third overall win of the season. Sitting just three points shy of first place, she's well within striking distance of the points lead.

 

 

In XC2, this year's newest addition to the team, Pro Am Racer Josh Kirkland, captured the Rekluse Holeshot award to start off his afternoon. After leading most of the first lap, Josh put up quite a fight, battling it out the rest of the afternoon with XC2 alums, Ockerman, Dickerson, and Martin. Josh finished the afternoon a very respectable 12th overall, and will no doubt be seen on the XC2 podium in the near future. He's currently ranked 18th overall, and has been inside the Top 20 Overall rankings all season.

 

In the amateur rankings, Jamie Bithell has held the class lead in College B since Round 2. With the natural Bithell talent and determination, Jamie entered the B class this year after racing last year for the first time in C class. He took to the afternoon races easily, and with the exception of an 11th place finish due to a broken throttle cable in Florida, he has had all top 5 finishes in his class.

 

With the John Penton in Millfield, OH, in just two weeks, Tom Clark Motorsports Riders are training and preparing for another excellent weekend.

 

Loretta's Results

Rider                                      Class               Class Finish         Overall Finish

Angel Atwell                        Womens                  1                              1

Jeff Pickens                          XC1                        13                            22

Josh Kirkland                        XC2                        4                              12

Josh Biland                           Junior B                   7                              60

Jamie Bithell                         College B                 3                              80

Stephen Mcculloch               College B                14                            164

 

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