Wild Boar was drier than normal this year. Although the dust wasn’t bad, many of the normal mudholes were dried up, and I would argue there was nowhere on the youth course where it was really possible to get stuck. Usually the heat and humidity prove to be a major obstacle as well, but this year the mostly overcast skies and temperatures in the low sixties were a relief for many.  Out of the 125 riders in the youth bike race, Grant Davis was the overall winner, while Colby Goodman took the overall win in the 50-rider micro bike race 

In YXC1, the top four riders all stayed extremely close together during the first two laps. Cole Forbes initially took the lead, but by the second lap he had been passed by Trevor Colip, a newcomer to the GNCC series. Not to be left out, Grant Davis passed for the lead on lap three and within a couple laps had checked out on the rest of the field, taking home his second win of the season. By this time, Jack Joy had worked his way into third, but with Forbes still on his tail. Joy and Forbes both passed Colip when he went down on lap four. Colip was able to pass Forbes back before the end of the race, giving him a third-place finish in his first YXC1 race, with Joy taking second. When asked about his win, Grant Davis told us “I didn’t have a great start but ended up passing everyone to get the win. I love the Florida sand and the awesome track the GNCC crew made!”

Andrew Segars took home his first win of the season in YXC2. He passed Nicolas Defeo for the lead on lap two, when Defeo fell back to third place behind Matthew Hallenback. Defeo was never down further than thirty seconds from Segars, though Segars was slowly pulling away with each passing lap. Though a mistake on lap two dropped Owen Barnes back to fifth place, on the last lap he was able to catch and pass Hallenback for the final podium position. 

The overall non-YXC rider in the bike youth race was Riley Bender (HQV) racing in the 85 (12-13) class. He placed 17th overall. 

Colby Goodman had an excellent ride, taking the win in MXC1 by just over three minutes. He led from the first lap to the last and remained mostly unchallenged. On the other hand, Landon Husted and Gavin Harwell had an intense battle for second and third place. Until the last lap they never came through the scoring zone more than eight seconds apart, and were often much closer than that. On the last lap, Husted charged hard and ran a thirty-second faster lap time than he had previously, leaving Harwell in third. These three were the only YXC1 riders to complete six laps. When asked about his race, Goodman said “Wild Boar was one of the most fun races I’ve had! It wasn’t wet like last year so I could lean back and keep it pinned on all the sand whoops. I also really liked the new cut sections of trail with the big roots – I feel like that’s where I was able to build most of my lead. Sand, sun and dirtbikes … perfect race weekend!”

In MXC2, Tatum Michaels earned his first win of the season after leading the race from start to finish. Last race’s winner, Hunter Hawkinberry looked like he would put up a good fight early on, but slowly slipped back as the laps wore on. These two both stayed on the lead lap, while everyone below then only got five in. Abram Shields took third place after battling back and forth with Ace Tokar most of the race.

The overall non-MXC rider in the Micro bike race was Wyatt Johnson (KTM) racing in the 50 SR (6-7) class. He placed 13th overall.

Round three of the series will take place on March 14th and 15th in Washington, Georgia, with The General GNCC. ATV, Micro and eBike racing will take place Saturday while Bike racing will take place on Sunday.