Whibley Leads Suzuki Sweep in OhioOctober 12, 2008New Zealand�s Paul Whibley completed a dominating Suzuki sweep of the top-four positions and earmed his third victory of the 2008 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) season Sunday at Power Line Park. Whibley started in the middle of the pack but he set a relentless pace to pass his teammate Josh Strang with an hour remaining and then pulled away to win the ITP Power Line Park GNCC.
Ballance Wins at Power Line ParkOctober 11, 2008Bill Ballance dominated Saturday's ITP Power Line GNCC at Power Line Park and, in the process, he clinched his ninth GNCC ATV Championship.. The Smiths Grove, Kentucky resident took the lead early in the two-hour event and was never headed en route to the checkered flag. The event was the penultimate round of the 13-race Can-Am Grand National Cross Country series (GNCC).
Knight, DuVall Claim GNCC ChampionshipsSeptember 28, 2008With New York favorite Nathan Kanney keyed up for a home state win, and heavy rain falling at the start of the event, Red Bull KTM's David Knight focused merely on surviving the Can-Am Unadilla GNCC at Unadilla Valley Sports Center. In the end, Knight ended up winning the race and claiming the 2008 GNCC Championship as well when FMF Suzuki's Paul Whibley ran out of gas on the last lap.
Bithell Bags First Can-Am Win at Unadilla GNCCSeptember 27, 2008
Rnd 10 - Moose Snowshoe Bikes: Knight Extends Points Lead with WinSeptember 14, 2008David Knight repeated as the winner of the Snowshoe GNCC, but not by the huge margin he did last year. XC2 Pro Lites racer Thad DuVall gave Knight a run for his money, actually passing Knight on the track on more than one occassion.
Rnd 10 - Moose Snowshoe ATVs: McGill Brings the NoiseSeptember 13, 2008Adam McGill got back to his winning ways at the Moose Racing Snowshoe GNCC taking 4th victory of the season over Bill Ballance and Jarrod McClure.
Rnd 9 - GEICO Mountain Ridge Bikes: Knight, DuVall, VictoriousJuly 7, 2008Red Bull KTM's David Knight and Am-Pro FMF Yamaha's Thad DuVall sent reminders to their competition at the GEICO Mountain Ridge GNCC. The duo won the XC1 and XC2 classes on a rough, rocky track in Pennsylvania to head into the summer break with solid points leads.
Rnd 9 - GEICO Mountain Ridge ATVs: Borich is BackJuly 6, 2008It took four months, but Rockstar/Yoshimura Suzuki's Chris Borich finally charged back into victory lane in the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series. On a wild race day in his home state of Pennsylvania, Borich found his old mojo and topped GT Thunder Yamaha rookie Branden Sommers and XCBob.com's Matt Smiley for the GIECO Mountain Ridge GNCC win.
Rnd 8 - Elka Yadkin Valley Stomp Bikes: Strang's FirstJune 22, 2008
Rnd 8 - Elka Yadkin Valley Stomp ATVs: Carolina CookJune 21, 2008The home state fans roared when North Carolina's own Bryan Cook grabbed the win at the Elka Yadkin Valley Stomp GNCC. The privateer Team Excell Motorsports Honda rider took advantage of a good start on a dry track to outlast Yamaha's Bill Ballance and ATVRiders.com's Jarrod McClure to take the win.
Rnd 7 - Weekend Warrior Spartan ATVs: Ballance Ballance BallanceJune 5, 2008The competition will have to say wait until next year (again) if they plan on Bill Ballance taking it easy on them. The eight-time Can-Am GNCC Champion said he would focus on having fun this year. But just past the halfway point, it's clear that not only is Ballance still trying, he might actually be more serious than ever.
Rnd 7 - Weekend Warrior Spartan Bikes: Down Unders On TopJune 4, 2008Don't hand the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Championship over to David Knight just yet. Now a groupd of determined racers from Down Under are on a roll, led by FMF Suzuki's Paul Whibley. The New Zealander logged his second-straight win by outlasting stiff competition at the Weekend Warrior Spartan GNCC.
