Introducing the 2021 Trail Jesters KTM Racing GNCC TeamFebruary 8, 2021Trail Jesters KTM Racing is pleased to announce our 2021 roster of professional and amateur athletes. Our primary focus is the Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series where we field two XC2 250 Pro, one WXC and one 250A rider.
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Behind The Bars - 2006 Big Buck ATVFebruary 4, 2021William Yokley and Michael Houston swap lead through race with Bill Ballance sneaking into second place. Houston wins over Ballance with Yokley third. Chris Borich and Duane Johnson rounded out the top five, less than five seconds out of the lead!
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Quick Fill #5: This Week in GNCCFebruary 4, 2021Welcome to Quick Fill. The off-season is officially beginning to wind down as we now approach the two-week point from the start of the 2021 GNCC Racing season. The time crunch is on as these final two weeks will fly by and it’s going to be time to go racing in just the blink of an eye. That means the time is now to get your machines in order and ready to go because time is running out. A lot of folks are ready, are you?
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Tuesday Toolbox: Ben FricksFebruary 2, 2021This week’s featured rider, Ben Fricks, is one of those people. He’s “one of our own” as the phrase goes. A student, a worker and a rider. A rider that finished 8th in the 250 C College (18-24) class last season that also happens to be a recipient of the Kurt Caselli Scholarship courtesy of The Kurt Caselli Foundation. We had a chance to catch up with Ben about how he balances an education, work-life and still manages to run a full season of GNCC.
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Michelin Joins 2021 Grand National Cross Country Racing Series as Featured SponsorFebruary 2, 2021Michelin announced a multi-year feature sponsor agreement with Racer Productions Inc., producer of the 2021 Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship.
FactoryONE Motorsports and MCS Racing to Collaborate on GNCC & IXCR – New Team MCS Racing ShercoFebruary 1, 2021FactoryONE Motorsports announced today a collaboration with MCS Racing to race in the XC3 class at the Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series. Rod Marshall of MCS Racing, is known for discovering talent at a young age, and bringing them along to challenge for championships in the top classes.
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Behind The Bars - 2010 John Penton BikesJanuary 28, 2021In a super sloppy mud race, Cory Buttrick and Josh Strang battle back and forth through the final laps before Buttrick is able to open up a lead and claim a race win in his rookie XC1 season, in front of his hometown crowd.
Competition Bulletin 2021-6: RFP Class SponsorsJanuary 28, 2021GNCC Racing is seeking title sponsors for the WXC and 4x4 classes for the upcoming 2021 national championship season.
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Quick Fill #4: This Week in GNCCJanuary 28, 2021Welcome to Quick Fill. Another week down and another week closer to kicking off the 2021 GNCC Racing season. Crunch time is pretty much here as we’re now just three weeks out from the start of the new race season. In some ways it seems like the off-season just began because he sure has flown by, but at the same time I was sitting back and thinking that I had really only been to one race since the last GNCC event, and that was the NECXC Buddy Race back in November. It’s been a while but that time in between races is really starting to wind down and we’ll be back into the swing of the race season before we know what happened.
DP Brakes’ Dominating ATV/UTV Lineup for 2021 throughout North America!January 28, 2021DP Brakes, world leader in sintered brake technology, has announced that they will again be sponsoring an impressive number of ATV/UTV riders and teams in 2021.
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Competition Bulletin 2021-5: 2021 AMA Racing Rulebook UpdateJanuary 27, 2021On December 14, 2020 the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) issued the following Competition Bulletin below. Ultimately this new rule will be in effect for all ATV, Bike, and eMTB classes in the Grand National Cross Country Championship.
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Tuesday Toolbox: Mark NotmanJanuary 26, 2021Johnny Gallagher, Drew Landers, Cole Richardson and the obvious one, Walker Fowler. Just a few of the big names this week’s featured interviewee has worked with as a mechanic over the years. Obviously, we’re talking about Mark Notman. Many who attend the GNCC’s regularly are well aware of who Mark is and what he means to Walker Fowler’s success. We had a chance to catch up with Mark and learn a little bit more about him, his success as a rider and his journey as Walker Fowler’s right-hand man in all six of their GNCC Championships. Oh yeah, he also had a very big life-event just a few weeks ago!
