Articles by Rachel Fluharty

The Welch siblings, Charlie and Sadie, have wondered what it would be like if they both won a race on the same day in their respective classes. Well, at Loretta Lynn's they finally did it! Charlie and Sadie may be separated by a few years, but they are very supportive of each other, even if they have the usual…
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Charlie Mullins has been a busy guy since 2009, with an engagement, a team and bike switch, and he even added on another series-the National Enduros. Mullins just took a thrilling win last weekend, his first of the year, so we decided we'd catch up with him in this week's Tuesday Toolbox to see what it's like to be…
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19-year-old Jordan Ashburn is on a roll this year. He's won all four of his races in the Open A class and even ran in the Overall lead at Big Buck. According to Ashburn, this is the start to the career he's wanted his entire life. Check out his story in today's Tuesday Toolbox.
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"Bad" Thad Duvall has had a rough two years. That all changed this weekend at the Pirelli Big Buck GNCC with a thrilling, down to wire race that put DuVall on the podium. DuVall was close to hanging it up after mechanical problems in North Carolina, but after spending a week at home, decided to dig in and keep trying.…
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Josh Strang is on fire. The FMF Makita Suzuki rider has had an impressive start to the season, with three-for-three wins, and he sits 30 points ahead of the rest of the XC1 field so far. Before Strang went back to Australia for a "recharge" during the off-season, he moved from Hickory, North Carolina to Murrietta,…
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Amy McConnell found a career by attending GNCC races. Twenty-two years ago she attended her very first GNCC race with her husband Glenn, and was instantly hooked. She started taking photos of her friends, and then 5 years ago, started her very own company, X Country Photos, where she sells the photos she takes every…
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Buttrick is back. After a bit of slow start to the 2010 season, Buttrick battled until the end with FMF Makita Suzuki's Josh Strang to make his first podium appearance since moving into the XC1 class after a successful 2009 season in XC2. Buttrick lets us in on what happened on that muddy Steele Creek hill, and how…
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There will be a new face on Pro Pit row this weekend in North Carolina. Chris Bach, last year's top amateur and the biggest surprise this season so far, is moving on up. Bach surprised many by landing on the podium at both the Florida and Georgia rounds and was rewarded with new sponsors and a new place beside the KTM…
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Jesse Robinson lost his factory Husaberg ride over Christmas but instead of letting it get him down, he came roaring into the 2010 season on a new bike and in a new class. While he finished the 2009 season 13th in the XC1 class, this year Robinson has taken the XC2 class by storm with two podium finishes on his KTM.…
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Brandon Sommers threw us a curveball when we called him up for this week's Tuesday Toolbox. Sommers found out just last Friday that he has mono and might not be able to race the first round of the season in just a few days. For someone who had a solid 2009 season, that had to have been bad news, but Sommers finds the…
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AmPro Yamaha's Paul Whibley is used to change. Whibley said he's back at square one, and in many ways he is. With a new team for the 2010 season and annew bike, Whibley is getting ready to defend his first GNCC Championship . We'll check in with Whibley to see how he's doing with his new set-up and how he feels about…
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Glenn Kearney is back for the 2010 season with all kinds of exciting stuff to look forward to. His brother Ben will be joining the Husqvarna ranks as his mechanic, he's on an all-new bike, the TXC 250 4-stroke and he's newly engaged. This year, Glenn will also be racing the National Enduro series as well as the GNCC…
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After Round 9 of the 2009 season, XC1 Pro Santo DeRisi decided he needed a break. The DeRisi's welcomed a new addition to their family in September and Santo really wanted to focus on his family and his business, DeRisi Racing Incorporated. But he and his wife soon realized they missed racing too much! Instead, DeRisi…
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Justin Williamson has had a few ups and downs in his GNCC career. The Florida native started out as a privateer at age 16, and worked his way up to a factory KTM ride and the XC2 Championship in 2007. Then, Williamson switched bikes and started to struggle. In 2009, he essentially fell off the map. In Tuesday Toolbox,…
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XC2 Pro-Am Champion Josh Kirkland says he doesn't talk a whole lot. Maybe you won't hear a lot from him when he's on the podium, but if you read today's Tuesday Toolbox, you'll see how much the native West Virginian will open up, especially after a hard workout! Kirkland talks about what it took to take the…
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Due to two other major events occuring in Union, S.C., during the Big Buck GNCC April 10-11, hotel rooms are filling fast. Racer Productions, and Henry Turner, owner of Big Buck, urge you to book your rooms now to ensure a place to stay during the race.
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Plymouth, Mass., native Bob Santheson grew up around bikes while working at his dad's shop. Through the years, Santheson raced NETRA but came over to the GNCCs in 2003. Since then he's left to race for a local championship and for an injury, but last year he came back to race the XC2 Pro-Lites bike class for the…
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There's a new face on the GNCC Racing scene. Jeff Canfield was recently appointed as Technical Director for the series. Canfield knows a lot about racing. He grew up racing bikes in upstate New York and spent several years in Pro Racing, as an observer and then as Series Manager of Motocross and Supercross. In Tuesday…
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Remember Andy Lagzdins? Andy got his start in the Blackwater days when he was 20. After spending years racing GNCCs, the Baltimore, Md. native switched to desert racing, taking the Overall Title in the Score International Series and going for his second run in the Baja 1000. Lagzdins is moving to LA from his hometown…
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This is Jarrod McClure's fourth year of racing GNCCs. Newly mounted on a Polaris on the National Guard Polaris Team and under the tutelage of William Yokley, the XC1 Pro said he hopes this is the year he'll bring home a win. Jarrod takes some time out from traveling to Florida to tell us why this might be his year.
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