Quick Fill #27: This Week in GNCCJuly 10, 2020Welcome 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.
The Wiseco John Penton GNCC Women’s Race ReportJuly 10, 2020Round seven of the 2020 Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship, took place June 27th and 28th in Millfield, OH, with The Wiseco John Penton GNCC. The Penton is one of the oldest rounds on the series circuit, with a ton of history as well as lots of existing trail to work with when building the track. The ground here is the classic southern Ohio red clay – slippery when wet, slippery when dry, and amazingly tacky and rutted when conditions are perfect.
RLT Competition Bulletin 2020-14: Update to Pro Motocross, Loretta Lynn, GNCC and ATVMX SchedulesJuly 8, 2020The upcoming Round 8 of the GNCC Racing Series previously announced as the Hoosier in Crawfordsville, IN, has been relocated to the High Voltage in Maidsville, WV. This move was necessitated as a result of the postponement of the Ironman Pro Motocross National previously set for July 18 at Crawfordsville, IN.
Photo Gallery: The John Penton Youth BikesJuly 7, 2020Images from The John Penton youth bike race.
Photo Gallery: The John Penton Youth ATVsJuly 7, 2020Images from The John Penton youth ATV race.
Photo Gallery: The John Penton Morning BikesJuly 7, 2020Images from The John Penton morning bike race.
Photo Gallery: The John Penton Morning ATVsJuly 7, 2020Images from The John Penton morning ATV race.
Photo Gallery: The John Penton Afternoon BikesJuly 7, 2020Images from The John Penton afternoon bike race.
Photo Gallery: The John Penton Afternoon ATVsJuly 7, 2020Images from The John Penton afternoon ATV race.
Tuesday Toolbox: Rich/Dickerson FamilyJuly 7, 2020GNCC Racing has always been a family sport, accessible to all ages. However, the Rich/Dickerson family, from Warsaw, Ohio, takes that to an extreme, with six GNCC ATV racers spread across three generations. The oldest, Kenny Rich SR, races in the Golden Masters (60+) class and is currently third in points. His two children are both racers as well: his son, Kenny Rich JR still races intermittently, in either Sportsman or Vet B. His daughter Amy and her husband, Dustin Dickerson, are former racers, but both stepped back from their own racing so that their children Raelynn and Bryson Dickerson could begin. They race in the MXC1 (5th in points) and MXC2 (4th in points) classes, respectively. I spoke primarily with Amy and Dustin, but also talked to Kenny and the Dickerson kids as well about their mutual passion for GNCC racing.
Zach Osborne Set to Compete in GNCC's XC1 Class This Sunday in West VirginiaJuly 7, 2020Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team’s Zach Osborne has announced that he will compete this Sunday at Round 8 of the Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series in Maidsville, West Virginia as a way to bridge the gap until the AMA Pro Motocross Championship resumes later this month.
Trail Jesters KTM Racing – John Penton GNCC Race ReportJuly 7, 2020Round 7 of the 2020 GNCC racing series brought us to the longest running event on the circuit, The John Penton GNCC in Millfield, Ohio. As the green flag waved Johnny Girroir had less than an ideal start as the XC2 class headed out into the woods.