GNCC Racing

Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki Team Race Report

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 | 2:00 PM

Lightening would cause a delay in the start of the AM race and the green flag was in the air after a slight weather delay for the WXC competitors.  This was the first time our GNCC series visited the Moree Hunting Preserve and Mother Nature fired the first shot of excitement.  Mackenzie Tricker would exit the first turn near the front of the field and would be in 2nd place at the end of first lap.  With course conditions quickly deteriorating, race officials determined the next lap our leader would receive the checkered flag.  Mackenzie would make up a 1:05 deficit to take her second WXC win and overall win for the morning event. 

The weather continued to be a factor causing the XC1 Pro riders an extra hour of wait time before they would be able to launch off the line.  Ricky Russell entered the first woods section in second place.  At the end of lap one Ricky was only 12 seconds away from the lead.  Early in lap two, Ricky found himself buried in a bottomless mud section for over seven minutes, effectively ending his run for the podium.  Chris Douglas, was running in the seventh position when he would experience a similar issue on lap four. 

Duell Murphy led all of the Open A competitors from the start with Vincent Smith in the eighth position at the end of lap one.  Duell would end up on the podium in 3rd place and Vince would move up one spot to finish 7th.  All of our Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki RMZ250’s and RMZ450’s survived the extreme track conditions without any issues. 

The Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki Team is looking forward to the next stop in the series with it being a home state location.  GNCC Round 6, Limestone 100 May 14th/15th, Springville IN. 

WXC results:

  1. Mackenzie Tricker - Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki
  2. Brooke Cosner
  3. Tayla Jones
  4. Becca Sheets
  5. Kacy Martinez
  6. Sarah Baldwin
  7. Allie Spurgeon
  8. Shelby Rolen
  9. Kendall LaFollette
  10. Mandi Mastin 

XC1 Pro results:

  1. Kailub Russell
  2. Jordan Ashburn
  3. Thad Duvall
  4. Chris Bach
  5. Steward Baylor Jr.
  6. Josh Strang
  7. Daniel Milner
  8. Ricky Russell - Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki
  9. Chris Douglas - Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki
  10. Cory Buttrick 

Open A results:

  1. Cole Kirchoff
  2. Brady Myers
  3. Duell Murphy - Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki
  4. Paul Petrin
  5. Conner Smith
  6. Dylan Rash
  7. Vincent Smith - Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki
  8. Tyler Soriano
  9. Zach Tussel
  10. Cory Neely 

Mike Brown - Team Manager - Obermeyer/MCS Racing Suzuki Team