ROUND 2 / MARCH 5, 2023
HOG WALLER RACEWAY / PALATKA, FLORIDA
OFF-ROAD I GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
P78
Ben Kelley got back
to his winning ways
at the Wild Boar
GNCC in Palatka,
Florida. He's won
the last three races
at this venue.
WORDS BY SHAN MOORE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN HILL
A
fter finishing second to Tely
Racing Rocky Mountain ATV-MC
KTM's Steward Baylor at the series
opener in South Carolina two weeks ago,
FMF/KTM's Ben Kelley claimed his first
win of the season at the Wild Boar GNCC
on a sandy, whooped-out course at Hog
Waller Raceway, round two of the 2023
U.S. Grand National Cross-Country Series
in Palatka, Florida, dominating the race
while nursing a leg injury. The win was
his third straight at the Florida venue.
Kelley appeared unstoppable during the
first half of last year as he won the first
six rounds of the 2022 season. However,
Kelley spent the final seven rounds on
the sidelines recovering from a leg injury
GAINS
