Warnert Racing’s Team Takes Home Three Wins at Steele Creek GNCC
Warnert Racing’s Bryan Buckhannon and Cliff Beasley dominated the 4x4 Open and U2 classes, while College A class racer, Jamie Bithell took his first win of the season at round three of the 2010 GNCC series.
04.19.10 St. Cloud, MN Warnert Racings Bryan Buckhannon and Cliff Beasley dominated the 4x4 Open and U2 classes, while College A class racer, Jamie Bithell took his first win of the season at round three of the 2010 GNCC series.
Steele Creek in Morganton, NC was the hosting facility where great weather and near perfect track conditions were on tap for Saturdays events, as the morning classes began to line up. A four lap race was anticipated and U2 class racer Cliff Beasley was more than ready.
Bryan Buckhannon also ran a strong race in the 4x4 Open class. Buckhannon was in second place off the line and paced himself for the first couple of laps and trailed the leader by only two seconds. In lap three, Buckhannon knew it was time to make his move and took over the lead. Once out front, Buckhannon began to pull away and would finish with a time of 02:00:54, giving him his second win of the season and giving him a little more cushion as the class points leader.
Beasley charged off the line, took the lead and never looked back. With every lap, Beasley increased his lead by over one minute ahead of the competition. Beasley laid down the fastest lap time of his class in lap two with a time of 30:30.7. Beasleys fast pace kept him ahead of the pack and allowed him an easy win. Beasley finished with a time of 02:00:02, which was five minutes ahead of second place and landed him in ninth overall in the morning classes.
Womens class racer, Lexie Coulter, once again found her way to the podium, taking a solid second in her class and third place overall. I got my best start so far this season and I just tried to stay close to the front and pace myself for the first couple of laps, stated Coulter, who swapped positions several times with leader Traci Cecco, before getting hung up in lap traffic. Coulters strong performance so far this season has her sitting in the points lead in the Womens class.
In the afternoon classes Jamie Bithell claimed his first win of the season in the College A class, which propelled him into the points lead. Bithell got off to a mid pack start and put on a hard charge, working his way into the number three spot by the end of the first lap. Bithell would then work into second and hold that spot for two laps before making a hard charge to take the lead and his class win.
Round four of the 2010 GNCC series will head to Union, SC for the Pirelli Big Buck round on April 10th where the Warnert Racing teams racers will be chasing after more wins.
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