By Ryan Smith

St. Clairsville, OH—The morning race saw 380 racers—the most for any morning race so far this year, which shows just how big the off road racing scene is in Ohio. Angel Atwell took another win on her LTERACING.COM backed ride ahead of second place overall and in the Women’s class Yamaha-backed Traci Cecco.

Third overall in the morning went to the winner of the 16-19 C class on an almost stock Polaris Predator which was Josh Konecheck. Third place in the Women’s class went to Lexie Coulter all the way from Texas. Following Josh in the 16-19 C class was James Davidson and then Jeff Seelig all finished in the top ten overall. These kids are the ones to watch next year as they move up into the afternoon. I’m sure we will be hearing their names on Pro Row in a few short years.

The highest finishing utility in the overall was Josh Ribley on his Kawasaki V-Force in the U2 class. Josh used to be an XC1 Pro. Following Josh was Four Stroke Tech backed rider Mike Benson in second place, and rounding out the top three was Robert Smith on his BigNutzRacing/Pro Action backed ride.

The 4x4 Open class championship was decided this weekend as Factory Can-Am Warnert rider Rick Cecco took the win and the title just ahead of Bryan Buckhannon. Third place in the class went to Factory Can-Am Warnert rider Scott Kilby. The 4x4 Limited class was taken for the tenth time this year by Factory Can-Am Warnert rider Michael Swift. Kevin Trantham took second place for the seventh time this season. Anthony Voight took third place in 4x4 Limited. Cliff Beasley took the 4x4 Lites win on his Factory Can-Am backed ride ahead of Ken Robey on his factory Kymco and Kevin Johnston took third also on his Factory Kymco.

The 24+ C class was won by Danny Thompson with Brandon Symmes in second and Michael Pellegrini in third. Th 20+ C Class was won by William Payne who has wrapped up the 20+ C championship in second on his Big Nutz Racing backed ride was Ryan Smith (me) and third place went to Fred Marley. In the 30+ C class John Subrick took home first followed by Michael Young and Gary Parmeter. The 36+ C class was won by the rider all the way from Canada, Phil Deschamps. This guy deserves big credit running the whole series and being from our northern neighbor. John McDaniel took second ahead of Thomas Claggett who finished in third.

The afternoon race had 206 racers take aim at the dusty Powerline Park course. The highest finishing amateur was College A rider Spencer Dickerson from Arkansas. Second place was Josh Kirkland and third place went to Eric Hoyland. In Vet A, Brian Schmid took the win ahead of Northridge Yamaha/ITP backed rider David Gainer third went to Michael Lucas. Bill Hallenback won the Junior A class ahead of Polaris rider Michael Sroka. Corbin Knox took the third place position. In the Senior class, Dave Simmons got back into the win column on his Northridge Yamaha/ITP backed ride. Michael Kyte took second and Glen Pritchard finished in the third place spot.

Ronnie Mills was the highest finishing B rider with his 54th overall spot out of The college B class he took the win over Derisi Racing/Pirelli/Hiper backed rider of Andrew Cornell. Justin Miller was the hometown boy and took home the third place spot in the College B class. Jesse Lowe took the win in the Junior B rider ahead of John Mullaney on his Derisi Racing/Pirelli/Hiper wheels backed ride. Tyler Moore took the third place spot in Junior B. Justin Petroff won the Vet B class for the third time this season. Second place went to Fred Mudd and third to Blaine Shick.

The Can-Am GNCC series continues next week with the finale of the series in Crawfordsville Indiana for the Klotz Ironman.