Kelley Tops Camp Coker Bullet GNCC
I
t seems there's no stopping
Ben Kelley. The FMF/KTM rider
rode away to his fifth win of the
season, this one coming at this
weekend's Camp Coker Bullet
GNCC in Society Hills, South
Carolina, April 10. That's five in a
row now for Kelley and it appears
that there's a trend developing.
"This track last year, it beat me
down," said Kelley. "I dropped
the anchor heavy and just had a
rough race. Coming into it today,
I did all the right things and I felt
good. I was ready for the start
this time."
After passing Jordan Ashburn
(Magna1 Motorsports/Husqvar-
na), Kelley ran down Coastal
Racing GasGas' Ricky Russell on
the first lap to take the lead and
then, despite a couple of falls,
steadily pulled away to a two-min-
ute-11-second margin of victory.
Ashburn, who came into the
race riding a wave of momentum
having posted three straight po-
dium finishes, also passed Rus-
sell and ran a solid second until
lap four when a mechanical glitch
left him sitting on the side of the
trail for nearly two minutes before
he could rejoin the fray just inside
the top-10.
"It was an ECU issue, and the
bike just shut down and wouldn't
restart," Ashburn said.
Ashburn managed to salvage
a few precious points with sixth
overall.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
teammates Trevor Bollinger and
Craig DeLong were hooked in
a back and forth that would see
the two battling over third place
midway into the race. Bollinger
eventually claimed second over-
all, while DeLong dropped to fifth
at the finish.
"I had a bit of an issue when
I pulled my gas cap," Bollinger
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THE
WIND
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Ben Kelley seems to be
the new ruler of GNCC
racing. He won again, this
time at the Camp Coker
Bullet GNCC in Society
Hill, South Carolina.
PHOTOS: KEN HILL
