After a good two weeks back at my house in CA I was ready to get back out and race again.  The forecast for the weekend was dry and hot so I was looking forward to it, the last few GNCC’s have been muddy ones so it is a good change and I think it brings out the best racing for the riders and spectators.

After walking some parts of the track on Sunday morning I was excited and ready to go, the track looked like it was going to suit me and it was going to get a little rough which I liked also.

My starts this year have been nothing special, I have had maybe four good starts and the rest have been pretty bad, this was similar, I get nervous or to excited at the start and grabbed a handful of gas when I go to start ruining any chances of a holeshot or being in the pack going into the first corner.  With the first field section being pretty dusty it was hard to make up any positions until I got into the woods.  I came around at the end of lap one in 4^th after making a few passes.  The second lap was a little quicker as the fresh track was cut in and we kind of knew where we were going and could push a little faster, Charlie Mullins got out and pulled a little lead early on, after I got into second I made up the ground and him and I started going at it for the rest of the race putting 40 seconds on third place on that lap.  I passed him at the start of the third lap and tried to get a gap.  He stuck like glue and I couldn’t get him off my rear wheel.  A lapper went down half way through the race and took me out with him, by the time I got up Charlie had about 15 seconds on me, I had to push hard to catch up and then I made the pass in an open field section again.

The last two laps were good and our last two laps were the fastest of the race.  I managed to stay trouble free and just ahead to win the race by about 1 second of Charlie.

I was stoked with my win and it stretched the points out a little more with two rounds to go.  I’m looking forward to the next race in Ohio as I like that track and have fun on it also.  Thanks to all the support.

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