Articles by Rachel Fluharty

Crawfordsville, Indiana (October 25, 2009) - At the Klotz Ironman GNCC, the final round of the 2009 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country series, Shock Doctor KTM's Nate Kanney was the best at battling the steepest hills of the 13-stop circuit. After an intense battle that saw Kanney, and FMF Makita Suzuki's Charlie…
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Can-Am's Bryan Buckhannon and Scott Kilby are in a battle to the end in the 4X4 Open class. When Bryan was hurt in Somerset, he gave up a six win streak to Scott. But now, the two are both back in action. Whoever wins this weekend's race will be Open 4x4 Champion. We talked to Bryan and Scott to find to what it's like…
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Everyone sees him at the races. "Big" John Knox and his booming voice keeps everyone safe and in line at the GNCCs. But not many of you probably know much about the big guy, like the fact that he was a tennis coach or an NFL football player. "Big" John got back from the Motocross of Nations and a South African Safari…
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Trail Boss Buren found some items in the woods following the Ohio GNCC Race.  Buren will have the items with him at the Ironman if they want to retreive them. Muffler from a Quad lost in the morning race - Call to identify the name on it.Rear Axle for the UTV that lost it.Buren's cell # 704-477-3375
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Doug Howarth just won his first GNCC championship. The 14-year-old high school freshman just tied up the ATV Youth championship, and what makes this even more impressive is that this is his first year racing GNCC. Howarth, who races in the 90 Modified (12-15) class, spent some time after school to tell us about his…
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After almost sitting out the 2009 season, Angel Atwell was signed to FRE KTM just weeks before the season started. And boy, it's a good thing Tim Farr came along to sign her! Atwell just won up her first GNCC Championship by tying up the women's class with two races to go. Angel took time out to share about her most…
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Yadkinville, NC (September 26, 2009) - Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Chris Borich did what no other racer has been able to do in almost a decade. In the rain of the Moose Racing Yadkin Valley Stomp, round 11 of the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series, Borich was able to clinch the 2009 series after an intense battle…
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Yadkinville, N.C. (September 27, 2009) -- Geico/JG Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki's Paul Whibley took a definite leap toward tying up this year's Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Championship when he took a decided victory at round 11, the Moose Racing Yadkin Valley Stomp. His two main competitors, FMF Makita…
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Things are progressively getting better for Husaberg's Jesse Robinson. At the beginning of the 2009 season, before Husaberg came along, Robinson was still on his 2008 bike. Then, Husaberg showed up and offered Robinson had a brand new ride. He started an intense training program, lost weight and now that he's on a…
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Shock Doctor KTM's Nate Kanney is one of the most confident riders in the GNCC Series, but he's had his fair share of setbacks along the way. Photographer Theresa Ortolani captured his rise to factory rider through her book Endurance. Kanney took a few minutes out to talk about his experiences with the book and what…
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Contact: Rachel Fluharty RachelF@mxsports.com   For Immediate Release   Borich Sits Pretty In Points Lead Going Into 10th Round of Can-Am Grand National Cross Country SeriesBorich may topple Defending Champion Ballance's Nine Year Win Streak   New Berlin, NY (September 8, 2009) - After a more than two-month…
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After years of bum luck in the final rounds, Chris Borich may finally have his chance to take home the ATV Championship. This year, Borich has his Suzuki figured out and is sitting on top of the points with a comfortable margin between him, Taylor Kiser, Adam McGill, and more importantly Bill Ballance- his stiffest…
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Brandon Sommers just returned from his second trip to France to race the Pont de Vaux with Bill Ballance and Taylor Kiser, and while his racing improved, his opinion of French food did not. Sommers took some time out from getting ready for GNCC to tell us a little bit about his French experience.
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Walker Fowler seems to have made the right decision to stick to quads. After battling it out on both bikes and ATVs each weekend, he finally decided to stick to quads for 2009, hoping to make a name for himself. And this year Walker has grabbed the Top Amateur Award numerous times and he's poised to wrap up the…
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A few years ago, Bruce Vermeulen was injured in a harescramble. Luckily, the nature of his job allowed him to keep working, but he knew other riders weren't so lucky. Now, after almost 5 years, the organization he founded, RiderDown, is doing everything possible to help injured riders back on their feet, from…
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Chris Bach has done it all, GNCC, WORCS, Motocross, Regionals, OMA's, you name it, he's raced it. Despite some hard knocks from the economy along the way, Bach is back again in GNCC. He suffered a few problems during the year, but he finally got the Top Amateur Award at Snowshoe, beating out his hardest…
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Cory Buttrick is about to realize an almost life-long dream. From October 12-17, 2009, Buttrick will be competing in the International Six Days Enduro, something he's hoped to do since he was 6 six years old. Now Buttrick has his chance and he tells us about the road to Portugal.
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Don Ockerman wrapped up the XC2 title last year in time to ruffle some feathers in the XC1 class, taking second place in the last two races of the season. Ockerman hasn't been able to repeat the same success in 2009 but he says he's making some changes to his program to help. Ockerman is 30 soon, and in Tuesday…
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Steward Baylor, Jr., a third generation racer has just finished winning the 200 A Class in GNCC. Baylor dominated the GNCC Youth ranks last year, but now after turning 15 and getting a big-bike title, he has all summer break to plan his next move, which may include a new bike and a try at the XC2 class after a summer…
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Brian Wolf just set a GNCC record. He's the first XC2 Pro-Am ATV rider to win the afternoon overall. An added plus is that it was at the MotorcycleUSA.com Snowshoe GNCC, so he took home a cool $10K. Wolf works a full time job and even though he's on the path to take the XC2 Championship this year, he might not come…
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