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Race Report: GNCC Round 6 Yadkinville SC
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: AmPro Yamaha
Bike: Yamaha WR 450
Result: 2nd XC1
I got a good jump of the line but got bounced around a little in turn one and surfaced in third position. Josh Strang nabbed the holeshot and was making good use of the dusty conditions.
I moved into second after about a mile but Josh had already checked out. Mid lap I caught Josh a little and could see him in the tight section. When we came out into the dusty sections again I wasn't close enough to see through his dust and dropped back.
My team mate Charlie Mullins had also caught me in the tight section. Charlie is one of the best riders I've seen go through tight trees and he threaded his YZ through the pines with amazing speed.
Later in the lap I washed the front end out and Charlie slid past taking 2nd position. I pushed as hard as I could but couldn't make any ground up on the leaders.
At the end of the second lap I came across Josh lying on the side of the track. He had obviously gone down hard and hadn't moved far. I stopped to see if he was ok. He wasn't moving much but he said he was ok but hurt.
Thad Duvall passed me while I was checking on Josh dropping me to 3rd. As I went through the pits I saw the Suzuki crew heading out to the woods to look for Josh and I tried to point them in the right direction.
Back into the race, I could see Thad in front of me but I gained and lost time depending on dust. I saw Thad picking up his bike after I'm guessing was a small crash and closed up the gap.
We got back into a dusty section after the creek jump and I lost him again. Later that lap I passed a bike on the side of the track and after getting pit boards from Katherine that I was up to 2nd, realized that was Thad's bike.
Later learning Thad had hurt his shoulder.
2 laps to go and Glen Kearney had his little Husky singing and caught up to me. His 250f seemed good in the tight stuff and he was right on my rear wheel through that section.
I managed to extend my buffer on Glen in the last lap and was happy to be back on the podium again when the final flag flew.
A good day for the Am Pro Yamaha team taking a one, two finish. Also good to see Glen back on the podium after all the hard work he puts in.
1st: Charlie Mullins
2nd: Paul Whibley
3rd: Glen Kearney
The AmPro Yamaha Team is supported by: FMF Kenda Yamalube Asterisk Cannondale CV4 Cycle Gear E-Batt EBC Brakes Factory Connection Fastway Gaerne Boots GYTR IMS Jonny Signs Leatt Brace Matrix Racing Products Motion Pro MSR Pro-Clean Rekluse Scott Shoei Slavens TM Designworks Twin Air Wiseco ZipTy Racing
