Welcome to Quick Fill.

It’s time to go racing! We’re set up and ready to go here on the West Virginia/Pennsylvania state line for this weekend’s High Voltage GNCC. This is actually going to be a pretty fun track, and just because you may take a look at the map and think there’s a lot of field or think it’s pretty short, well, don’t be deceived by that map. I’ll have all the details on that coming up soon in this edition of Quick Fill.

But first, if you haven’t already heard the big news, we’ve got a couple of special guests who will be racing Sunday. Zach Osborne, who actually won the last round of Supercross, will be racing out of the Rockstar Husqvarna rig this weekend. ZachO is no stranger to GNCC as he actually raced several events in the past and landed three XC2 podiums in his three appearances in 2013. This time Zach will be stepping up to the XC1 class, and it will definitely be interesting to see how things go.

There’s be a big mix of discussion on how Zach will fair but keep in mind that not only does he have past GNCC experience, he also has competed in the ISDE as well. Zach is no stranger to off-road racing, no matter the terrain and he very well may surprise you at just how long he can hold on. We’ve also heard that Kicker Arenacross champ, Kyle Peters, will be coming to race XC2 with the Phoenix Honda squad.

It’s pretty cool to see these guys come out and give GNCC a shot and definitely makes things a little more interesting heading into the weekend. As for the course, well, as usual I’ll give you a quick rundown of what to expect. You’re starting less than a half-mile into the course; so all your laps will be pretty close to the same time. You’ll make your way up into the woods and the first section has a several up and down hill sections that work you up to the one-mile mark.

After the one, you’ll pick up some trail that will be pretty tight for the ATV guys. This tight stuff actually lasts a good way around the track, so for the quad racers, expect a tight trail with a few passing opportunities along the way. From the one to the two-mile mark is all woods with varying terrain going slightly up, slightly down and a few off-cambers as well.

That continues around to the three-mile mark where you’ll pop out into an open section for just a bit then drop back into another woods section. This section is a little more open and will bring you to the four-mile mark before popping out into a field section. In that field, you’ll cross a small creek and head back into another tighter section of woods with a cool uphill climb in it. This leads you through some more zigzagging trail over to the five-mile mark where you’ll hit a big field section.

At the end of the field you’ll work your way through some more tight trail with a couple of technical turns and a little off-camber that will take you to the six-mile mark. You’ll work your way through more woods and into a big field section that takes you past the seven-mile mark. That field continues back to the woods and into an open section that works its way up to the top of one hill, down the other side, then back up another hill before you get to the eight-mile mark. Once you pass the eight, the woods open up a little bit with some faster sections of trail that have some gently rolling hills all the way to the nine-mile mark. That trail will then bring you back out of the woods and into the finish line. 

There will also be a couple of bike-only sections added in just after the two-mile mark and another after the eight. These will add a little distance for the bikes and slow things down a little as they’re a even more twisty and technical than the other sections of woods, which are already pretty twisty and slow! 

Overall we’re looking forward to a great weekend of racing. That’s it for me this week, enjoy your weekend and we’ll see you at High Voltage!