Bluegrass Speedway - T&T Motorsports Nationals
GNC Round 10
(TT Round 4)
Bardstown, KY
Aug 9, 2002

Hitt flawless in Bardstown
By Sean Berkey

Shane Hitt cashed in on the T&T Motorsports win money.

Saturday's night main featured some awesome TT racing to say the least. Unfortunately only 222 entries and only a thousand or so spectators witnessed it. The TT portion of the GNCs are exciting as all get out, but lack rider support for some reason. Regardless, an awesome pro race was in the works for those on hand - for those that missed it - here's the scoop...

Shane Hitt (Sparks/Kames) rocketed out front early on. National champion, Jeremiah Jones (Klotz/Sparks) kept Hitt in check in the two spot.
Tim Farr (Baldwin/DG) got tangled up with Hitt off the start. Farr somehow saved a "for sure" crash but found himself second to last off the start. His work was definitely cut out for him. The crowd witnessed one hell of a show as Farr worked his way through the pack in the kind of nail biting drama that Farr typically provides after a bad start.

While Farr was cleanly passing rider after rider, Jimmy "Superfly" Elza held on to a tight third place position with Kory Ellis (Alba/ATV Scene.com) tied to his every move. Ellis finally found room to slip by after lap 11. Ellis could hear Farr's footsteps like a veteran NFL receiver as Farr steadily narrowed his now fourth place ground on him. Elza faded with a few laps to go and Ellis ended up giving way to Farr's feverish pursuit on his podium position. In the end it was Hitt, Jones and Farr cashing in on the big bucks, while Ellis and Keith Little (K&K/ATV Innovations) finished up four and five respectably.

In the 4-Stroke Pro-Am Kory Ellis rode the wheels off his Powroll tuned Lonestar YZ and won yet another main event after passing his way from fourth in one of the most dramatic races of the night. Chris Gary would get his first podium finish of the year for his second place ride and East Coast ATV's Dustin Wimmer also took home his first ever podium in the Pro-Am class with third place.

Baldwin's Tim Farr snuck inside of Shane Hitt in the 250 Pro-Am class. Farr kept his lead position as Kory Ellis found room to move into second. At race's end Farr won, Ellis finished up with another great finish for the night, and Hitt cruised in with third. Kentucky's own, Zac Willet (Nac's Racing) followed in fourth with teammate and fellow "Kentucky Kultman" Jimmy Elza in fifth.

photo by: H-Bomb Films "Superfly" Jimmy Elza looked impressive. It looked as though he would claim his first pro podium in his hometown state, but fell to sixth place in closing laps.

Tim Farr walked away after a perfect holeshot in the Open Pro-Am class but Jathan Seale kept Farr honest in the two spot. The two pulled away from the rest of the pack and let Dustin Wimmer battle with the rest of the field. Wimmer took home another podium spot by claiming third.

Jathan Seale swept the Open A and 16-24 classes on his Honda CRF450. Kenny Marcou got out front and stayed there as he won the Plus 25, Plus 30, and Plus 40 class on his Banshee. Impressive? No doubt!

Fast-Trak Production Class Series

Cannondale wins the first production based championship of new millennium! Iowa's Jason Watt and his Moto 440 won round one of the Fast-Trak Production class in Ft. Dodge, Iowa and took fifth in Bardstown to win the championship. Could this class be the future of ATV racing?

The Final round of the Fast-Track Production Class sent Iowa's Jason Watt (Pro Motorsports) away with a smile. The reason the class was developed was to see what kind of interest GNC riders might have with production based rules. The response wasn't too bad at all. Over twenty riders competed in the two round series (Ft Dodge, IA and Bardstown, KY).

Watt lead the new class in points after the first round. He would need to beat Scott Butler of Lonestar, who happened to be putting up one of the grand prizes for the class - a set of Lonestrar A-arms, (Butler heads Lonestar's product development). Watt finished up fifth, ahead of Butler's seventh place - and won the series. "I think this is the wave of the future. There are so many riders out there that have nothing to do with ATV racing because it cost so much to build something competitive. The future of the sport in my opinion is racing what a person can buy from the showroom. I think Fast-Trak's idea on this class should be taken to the ATVA for the 2003 season. I would like to thank Lonestar Racing for their sponsorship and Cannondale for building a race winning machine right out of the box", said Watt of his inaugural production crown.

As for the rest of the Fast-Trak Production class action in Bardstown, Tim Williams grabbed the the holeshot on his Yamaha Raptor, but Danny McGraw, also Raptor mounted passed him through the S-curves and take over the lead. As Williams faded in later laps, Jeffrey Hillian (Honda 400EX) made his way around and took the win followed by McGraw, Brain Steele on his Cannondale and Brain Hughes (Honda 400EX). Watt (Cannondale) guarded his position in front of Butler since it was the series overall spot. Butler tried to slip the Cannodale he borrowed from Kory Ellis past Watt but couldn't make it stick. Watt held on to his fifth place spot and cashed in enough points from the two events to win the championship.

The series was scored in motocross fashion, (round one in Iowa and round two in Kentucky).
The overall results for the class are as follows;
1. Jason Watt (1-5)
2. Danny McGraw (6-2)
3. Scott Butler (2-6)
4. Norris Quinn (3-9)
5. James Shields (5-10)

Special sponsorship thanks for the Fast-Trak production class go to Lonestar Racing, HSD Racing (contributing a trick looking set of Strong Arm A-arms), Wiseco Piston and Maxxis Tires.

Pro:
1. Shane Hitt
2. Jeremiah Jones
3. Tim Farr
4. Kory Ellis
5. Keith Little

Open Pro-Am:
1. Tim Farr
2. Jathan Seale
3. Dustin Wimmer
4. Bryan Chaler
5. Scott Morris

250 Pro-Am:
1. Tim Farr
2. Kory Ellis
3. Shane Hitt
4. Zac Willet
5. Jimmy Elza

4-Stroke Pro-Am:
1. Kory Ellis
2. Chris Gary
3. Dustin Wimmer
4. Mike Walsh
5. Brad Covington

90 Youth Superstock:
1. Mitch Reynolds
2. Shawn Gooch
3. Justin Screws
4. Zachary White
5. Michael Norris

Women:
1. Angela Moore
2. Hollie Shartzer
3. Christine Morton
4. Bethany Clayton
5. Mandy Brodil

Fast-Trak Production:
1. Jeffrey Hillian
2. Danny McGraw
3. Brain Steele
4. Brain Hughes
5. Jason Watt

16-24:
1. Jathan Seale
2. Bryan Chaler
3. Brain Steele
4. Jesse Desrochers
5. Jonathan St. John

Plus 25:
1. Kenny Marcou
2. Corey Matthews
3. Matt Bullock
4. Seth Fligge
5. Ryan Barnes

70 Youth:
1. Jacob Brattain
2. Tyler Wiles
3 . D. J. Spurling

Open A:
1. Jathan Seale
2. Bryan Chaler
3. Scott Morris
4. Brandon Watts
5. Ron Brandt

Open B:
1. Matt Bullock
2. Ryan Barnes
3. Chad Stevens
4. William Ball
5. Dillon Cain

Open C:
1. Quinn Michael
2. Jerry Partee
3. Tony Hicks
4. James Berger
5. Craig Scholle

250 A:
1. Dustin Wimmer
2. Mark Kendall
3. Glenn Bailey
4. Brain Steele
5. Zac Willett

250 B:
1. Jonathan St. John
2. William Heroth
3. Todd Harell
4. Sean Berkey
5. Matt Bullock

250 C:
1. Troy Heroth
2. Chris Pereza
3. Jason Witzeling
4. Spence Morrisette
5. Robert Kollar

4-Stroke A:
1. Scott Reifenschneider
2. Manley Jones
3. Terry Pope
4. Ron Brandt
5. Adam Pence

4-Stroke B:
1. Jeffrey Hillian
2. Jason Fuller
3. Wesley Heatherly
4. Charlie Glover
5. Ryan Wilson

4-Stroke C:
1. Troy Heroth
2. Jason Sams
3. Samual Harris
4. Keith Gunter
5. Michael Johanijame

Air-Cooled:
1. Jason Brugger
2. Bruce Levings
3. Keith Kinkerd
4. James Palmer

90 Youth Mod:
1. Bobby Couch
2. Mitch Reynolds
3. Jay Burgin
4. Justin Brit
5. Collin Maurer

Plus 30:
1. Kenny Marcou
2. Scott Morris
3. Tim Williams
4. Marc Noreuil
5. Shawn Detavernier

Plus 40:
1. Kenny Marcou
2. Todd Harrell
3. Jackie Steele
4. Jeff Hillian
5. Jim Brown