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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.
Tuesday Toolbox: Brycen NealJune 30, 2020Brycen Neal took home the overall win at The Wiseco John Penton this weekend. It’s his second win in a row here, his first win of the season, and for the Ohio native, it’s always nice to win in front of the home state crowd. Though he had a rough start to the season with a 12th place at Big Buck, he still sits second in points.
Tuesday Toolbox: Brody JohnsonJune 23, 2020The South Carolina based Johnson brothers have always been standouts in the GNCC series, but Brody Johnson is having an exceptional season even by those standards. He’s leading the 250A class and has won every Amateur Overall so far this season. He hopes to have a perfect season, something no other rider has accomplished yet. Either way, he’s certainly a rider to watch and the current favorite for Top Amateur this season.
Tuesday Toolbox: Ricky RussellJune 16, 2020Ricky Russell was showing a lot of promise heading into the 2020 season. His switch to the Coastal Racing/Husqvarna team seemed to be agreeing with him, judging from the second and third place finishes he earned at the first two rounds. Unfortunately, he had a massive crash at the Bulldog GNCC, severing his femoral artery and breaking his hip. He got to the hospital in time to save both his life and his leg, but he is facing a long road to recovery. We talked about the new team, his season up until now, the injury itself, and when we can expect to see him back on the starting line at a GNCC.
Tuesday Toolbox: Josh StrangJune 9, 2020After signing his first pro contract in 2007, Josh Strang has become one of the veteran riders in the XC1 Open Pro class at the GNCC races. Strang has earned one National Championship, back in 2010, but is looking to make a statement this year. Strang earned the FMF Camp Coker Bullet GNCC overall win on May 31, and sits just 23 points being Kailub Russell in the hunt for the Championship.
Tuesday Toolbox: Drew LandersJune 2, 2020Over his past two seasons in XC2, Drew Landers has posted some great finishes in the GNCC series. It looks like the third time is the charm though, as he is having a fantastic start to the 2020 season – he has won four out of five races, has a 25-point lead over second place, and on top of that is 10th overall in the points standings. The twenty-year-old was born and raised in Monterey, Tennessee and has been racing GNCCs since he was on minis.
Tuesday Toolbox: Trevor BollingerMay 26, 2020Sometimes things don’t go according to plan, as pretty much everyone can attest to right now. While things are slowly getting back to normal, and fortunately we are racing again, we still had one rider left in our original series of injured pros left to interview. Last up on the list is Trevor Bollinger.
Tuesday Toolbox: Ben KelleyMay 19, 2020Sometimes things don’t go according to plan, as pretty much everyone can attest to right now. Over the next couple weeks, until we go racing again, I’ll be talking to several of our GNCC pro riders who were injured very early in the season, to see what their road to recovery has been like and what they’ve been up to while everything is on hold. This week I spoke with Ben Kelley, last year’s XC2 champion, whose XC1 debut was derailed by a shoulder injury
Tuesday Toolbox: Josh TothMay 12, 2020Sometimes things don’t go according to plan, as pretty much everyone can attest to right now. Over the next couple weeks, until we go racing again, I’ll be talking to several of our GNCC pro riders who were injured very early in the season, to see what their road to recovery has been like and what they’ve been up to while everything is on hold.
Tuesday Toolbox: Thad DuvallMay 5, 2020Sometimes things don’t go according to plan, as pretty much everyone can attest to right now. Over the next couple weeks, until we go racing again, I’ll be talking to several of our GNCC pro riders who were injured very early in the season
Tuesday Toolbox: Barry WrayApril 28, 2020Barry Wray is a fifty-nine-year-old father of two and college professor. He is also longtime motorsports and bicycle enthusiast, who has recently gotten into the GNCC eBike scene. Though he only did a handful of races last year, he came out swinging in the Master’s class – he won the first round, which makes him the current points leader. He plans on pursuing the full Specialized eMTB GNCC National Championship Series, depending on what the schedule looks like once we get back to racing again.
Tuesday Toolbox: Nick Dearing, Charlie Stewart & Tyler CoxApril 21, 2020Nick Dearing, Charlie Stewart and Tyler Cox are currently the top three riders in the ATV YXC1 class. One of them will almost certainly be the 2020 YXC1 champion and win the Youth Overall title. The YXC1 class is very competitive – both Dearing (points leader) and Cox (third place) have won overalls this season, and after three races they are only separated by four points. Since we have some downtime from GNCC Racing, I thought it would be a good time to get to know some of the potential future stars of our sport.

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