Dave Smith of www.racedaypix.com did an interview with me at the John Penton in Ohio. Check it out!
 

With it raining nearly everyday the week prior to the 2008 John Penton GNCC in Millfield, OH we headed to the track prepared for some seriously muddy conditions. It started raining on Saturday night and only quit a few brief times on Sunday meaning some of the wettest and muddiest conditions in GNCC history. My mechanic Hollywood had my bike prepped for the mud with big old elephant ear covers on my  barkbusters and strategically placed pieces of foam to prevent mud from getting packed in. Mud races are all about your mentality and I headed to the start ready to get muddy and most of all have a good time.

The race started out awesome as I pulled the holeshot which got me two awesome things: clear vision and $100 from Thumpertalk.com! Unfortunately the start was the highlight of my race. I slipped back to 4th place on the first lap behind Josh Weisenfels, Thad DuVall, and motocrosser Kevin Hoge. It was really a survival race with down riders everywhere, and the course becoming nearly 200ft wide at times with lines going everywhere. It was one of those races where you don’t know where you are, where anyone else is, or what’s really going on. When it was all said and done I ended up 7th in the XC2 class and 17th overall. It definitely wasn’t the finish I had hoped for with such a great start, but in mud races anything can happen and I am just happy to have escaped healthy and with some points. 

2008 John Penton GNCC XC2 Class Results
1. Thad DuVall
2. Scott Watkins
3. Ryan Echols
4. Eric Bailey
5. Josh Weisenfels
6. Dustin Gibson
7. Kailub Russell
8. Kevin Hoge
9. Johnny Barber
10. John Bennett