Mike Benson has been around for a long time in GNCC racing-nearly 30 years, in fact. For the last three, he's been battling in the GNCC U2 class in the ATV morning race, battling for class and overall wins. Mike came close over and over, but he finally pulled one out at Mountain Ridge. Here's more on Mike.
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Gary Belbeck has a lot on his plate this season. Along with assisting with the website at www.QuadZone.com and helping XC2 rider Brian Wolf run a successful season, Belbeck races himself. This weekend, Belbeck and the Quad Zone team will organize a benefit cookout on Friday night at the Mountain Ridge GNCC. The…
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Monster Energy/ Andrews Yamaha's Jason Thomas is looking for a few things. First of which, is a GNCC XC2 Championship and secondly --a girlfriend. Thomas came over to the U.S. all on his lonesome after growing up basically in the Welsh Forest in Wales. He is doing consistently well in the XC2 ranks. What's his…
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Chris Meadows juggles life as an 8th grade student while racing in the Super-mini(14-15) class. Meadows had a rough year last season, filled with bad luck. But this season, things have changed for the 14-year-old. He's taken first overall in the last three rounds. Meadows' goal is to win the Youth Championship and…
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50-year-old Glen Pritchard has been first in the Super Senior class all five rounds of the 2009 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series. Pritchard has only been racing since 2005, and has a full-time job. He just accomplished one of his main goals at the Acerbis Loretta Lynn by winning the Morning Race ATV overall,…
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Bill Ballance has overcome a lot this season. First he had a cancer scare, which ended in surgery to have a tumor and ribs removed. Then, while still recovering from surgery, he DNFed in Florida and Georgia. He finally got on the podium at Steele Creek and has been there since, getting on the top spot of the podium…
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Angel Atwell almost sat out this season after racing for a few years without factory support. KTM swooped in to sign her on and three weeks later she was in Florida with a new quad. Four rounds into the season, and she has yet to lose a race. Can she keep it up to win the championship?
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At the Big Buck GNCC, Shock Doctor KTM's Kailub Russell achieved what only one other XC2 rider in the history of GNCC has been able to do-cross the finish line in the top three overall. The son of AMA National Enduro Champion Jeff Russell, he was born into racing-starting competitively at age 4. But don't think it's…
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After an unlucky start at the River Ranch GNCC, Josh Strang is coming back full force, taking 3rd at the General GNCC and 1st at Steele Creek. He looks to win again at Big Buck this week to tighten up the ranks. Can he keep his momentum going and come out with the 2009 GNCC Championship?
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Bryan Cook had up and down results in his first few years racing in the GNCC pro ranks, but now, as a privateer riding for childhood friend Santo Derisi, he's moving up in the ranks - winning the weekend's Steele Creek GNCC and moving into fourth overall in the early-season standings. Cook doesn't have factory…
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Husqvarna's Glenn Kearney had high hopes for a GNCC Championship this season, but he broke his leg just 19 days before the season started in Florida. Amazingly, he scored 10th in the XC1 Class at the opener, anyway, riding in pain. This weekend, this Australian transplant gets to race in his adopted home of North…
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While Paul Whibley might wear the number-two plate on his bike based on his runner-up finish in last year's GNCC tour, him taking to the championship throne vacated by David Knight is no guarantee. Whibs had to switch to a new team and a new bike brand in the off-season, and also deal with a motivated pack of…
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The matriarch of GNCC Racing, Rita Coombs, hasn't been heard from in awhile. Here in the office, her considerable presence is never far, because Rita still works here every day and, over the last few weeks, has been putting in her typical overtime hours to get ready for Florida. These are strange times in our industry…
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Mike Penland is the man many credit with launching GNCC Utility ATV racing into the serious business it is now. With 11 GNCC Utlity Championships, Penland packs quite a resume, and his dedication to his sport gets him a lot of respect in the pits. Penland represents the true GNCC Utlity racer, because he literally…
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In the unpredictable world of GNCC Racing, Barry Hawk has proven to be one of the few things you can count on. Beginning with his ATV title wins in the early 1990s, to his annual threats for bike wins and titles in the 2000s, no one has raced GNCC at such a high level for as long as Barry. But after a tough 2008…
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Taylor Kiser is a pro GNCC ATV racer from Florida. That's a good place to live during this time of year, because Taylor can train during the winter and get ready for the opening round in the sand of River Ranch. But he's also working on his game in other terrain, and thanks to friends like Johnny Gallagher and Brandon…
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Kevin Johnston wears a lot of hats at the races. He's a racer, of course, taking the Utility Unlimited Championship a few years back and then contending for wins in the 4x4 Lites class while helping develop product for Kymco. On the side, he has created a new contingency and support program for GBC tires and has even…
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Canadian Jeffery Pillon is the 2008 GNCC 35+ C bike Champion. Sounds like he had a good year, right? Well, not quite. While training for his 2008 run last January, Jeff woke up one morning in an Arizona retirement village to find his bike stolen. Luckily, his compassionate wife sent him money to buy a brand new bike…
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GNCC bike racer Charkie Huegel has an interesting story to tell. After a few years racing the B and A classes in our series, he decided to take a year off and move to Sweden with his girlfriend. But Charkie couldn't shake the racing bug, of course, so he bought a bike and found some GNCC-type off-road races to compete…
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Big personalities come and go, but no one can match the character of William Yokley in the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series. Still one of the top ATV pro racers, he has built a legend around his rebellious "Hell Yeah" attitude. But behind his Kentucky boy rep lies a calculated rider who understands the…
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