After a good week back in Cali I was ready to get back out to NC and try and get another good result at Yadkinville for the 6^th round of GNCC.

After walking some parts of the course on Sunday morning, I was ready to go and excited to get out onto the track.

With a short uphill and tight start I managed to sneak around the inside the first turn and grab the holeshot, I led going into the woods and actually had to slow down about half a mile in because I thought I took a wrong turn and I couldn’t hear anyone else, after working all that out I stayed in the lead for the first lap.  The track was good and my bike felt like the best it has been since I switched from the 09’ to the new 10’ RMZ 450.

I also led the second lap, Charlie and I started to pull away from the rest of the guys and had our own little race going on. At the start of the third lap I knew I had to gas so I picked up the pace a little and had pulled a little gap so I could have pulled in back behind Charlie once I was done, not far out from the pits I hit a bump and it sent me a little sideway, I clipped a little tree on my left and it pulled me back and I grabbed a handful of gas and just drove myself straight into anther tree.  I hit pretty hard and was down for a little while, I’d like to thank all the guys that stopped to make sure I was good and also stop in the pits.

After working out I wasn’t broken I got up and went to the truck and stopped for a little bit to get sorted out and then after a little bit I got back on the track.  I lost 10 minutes on the third lap so any chance at even a top 5 was gone.  I kept riding around and I managed to make up a few places to finally finish the race in 9^th.

9^th is not where I want to be but I’m thankful I was able to walk away with no broken bones and a few championship points.  Thanks again to the guys that stopped to make sure I was all good and thanks to everybody who helped me get back out to finish.

I look forward to the next round.

Josh Strang
www.joshstrang.com