Trail Jesters KTM Racing – Big Buck GNCC Race Report

After a few days of rain, the weather cleared up in Union, South Carolina and welcomed our team to the Big Buck GNCC to begin the 2021 season. Jesse Ansley sat on the XC2 line awaiting the wave of the green flag when he mistakenly started his bike too early, after shutting his bike down and restarting Ansley found himself mid pack with his competitors and right in the mix with the lead group as they jockeyed for positions throughout the first lap. After being held at the end of lap one as a penalty for starting his bike early on the line, Ansley was out of the group he was battling with and found himself back to 8th place and on his own. This continued the rest of the race as he held onto his 8th place position and used this as an opportunity to just focus on hitting his marks and working on his consistency. Ansley ended round one with 8th in XC2 and 17th overall. Ansley is excited to move on from this race and head to his hometown race in Florida for round two, as he stated “I feel as if I’m in a better place mentally and physically. Everyone can expect better results in the future. It’s my home race and Florida always treats me well, so I’m excited to get after it.”