SORCS Round 9 2007

Richie Brown Steals Paradise

To say Richie Brown won round 9 would be an understatement. Richie "Superman" Brown dominated! In what was the hottest race of the year, Richie took the holeshot and never looked back. The Paradise Raceway course had a good variety of terrain, a little something for everyone; wide open, tight twisty woods sections, and some good jumps and elevation changes. That's the part that everyone enjoyed. It was the blinding dust and extreme heat that had everyone fighting all afternoon.
Richie set a blazing pace all race long, putting several minutes on second place and the entire field. Actually, every time he came by the pits, he was making it look easy. Richie has such a smooth riding style, his speed is deceiving, he really doesn't look as fast as he is going. Even though Richie took the win in convincing fashion, he told Scott after the race that Paradise was one of the hottest races he has run. In fact, almost everyones lap times got slower with each consecutive lap. Both Richie and Scott picked it up on the last lap. Our congratulations go out to Richie, if you gotta get beat, you don't mind seeing someone like Richie out in front!
Placing 2nd in the ATV Pro class was Scott Rogers. Scott got a bad start and had to fight his way through the kaolin dust to fourth place on the first lap. He stated that for the first couple of laps, you were basically riding blind. It was hard catching the rider in front of you with the dust they were putting up. Running 3rd for a couple of laps before finally getting the second spot. Scott pulled out to a comfortable cushion in spite of the extreme heat. Scott was fighting the heat for the entire race, but he hung on for a good finish. His first and last lap were his fastest. During the middle part of the race, he was really fighting to stay in position. His Hydrapak was almost empty and the remaining fluids were too hot to drink by the second lap, and I was pumping fluids in him on the other laps. Congratulations go out to Scott for his finish, and for hanging tough and beating the heat! Trevor Schrantz had a great race finishing 3rd. I don't know how the heat affected him, but he hung in and got a great finish. Congrats Trevor on a great finish. Osborn Morgan and Jason Stovell finished 4th and 5th respectively.

In the Quad A Class, we had GNCC Pro Jennifer Albright. It is always good to see Jennifer and Phil at the races, they are really nice people and great competitors. Jennifer charged hard all day long finishing 2nd. In fact Jennifer and Phil both got a top five overall finish. Phil had a great race, finishing first in the ATV Vet class. Congratulations to the Albright's on their finishes. Austin Allen had a tough race at Paradise, but hung in for a 4th place finish. John Jovanovic had a tough day finishing 5th.

Cam got a bad start, coming off the line dead last. He had to deal with the choking dust to fight his way up through the field. As you can tell from the photos, it was hard to see the course, and hard to
pass. Cam never gave up eventually finishing a solid third. Cam has had a very consistent series this year. He is looking forward to a good overall at the end of the season.

In the Quad B class, it was Dustin Miller taking the win with Brad Thompson finishing 2nd. Jared and Justin Seabolt rounded out the top four. In the Quad C class, it was Danny Mcelwaney taking the win with Michael Tatum charging back from a first lap crash to finish 2nd. Michael came into the pits on the first lap with a bent tie rod, but he hammered it out and kept charging. We saw a lot of busted bikes at this race. Good job Michael! Finishing 3rd was Joe Goodman, and Lucas Walker taking 4th.
The Quad Vet class was won by Phil Albright, with Brian Schrantz having a great day finishing 2nd. 3rd was Kenny Payne, 4th belonged to Heath Warlock. 5th place was Bryon McCalter, and sixth place was Billy Payne. The Quad Senior class winner was Johnny Pilkey, with Al Colter finishing 2nd and David Aman taking 3rd.

The Quad Beginner class saw Cody Taylor taking the win, Ben Jenkins taking 2nd and Jacob Coffey getting 3rd place. For 4th it was Hunter Renfroe, 5th was Tim Johnson and 6th Michael
Gilbert. Seventh place went to Jake Colter.

Kristy Fortenberry captured another win in the Quad Womens class. Finishing second was Kristen Deloach with Kelly Deloach taking 3rd. Kristen showed up at Paradise with a new ride, sporting a new Suzuki. Nice ride Kristen!






Brenda got some really good pics until the heat got to her! Check out the picture gallery for Round 9.

It was good to see all our friends at the race. Zach Lovell and Mark Coffey were working this race and I think Mark fell in love with the deep south weather. In fact, I think he is thinking about moving down here! Sorry we didn't hang around very long after the race, I just had to get out of the heat, and get a good cold glass of sweet tea!

Remember to pray for rain before Aonia. Hopefully it will cool down a little and the heat won't be such a factor.

Until next time, take care, God Bless, later........