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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.
Tuesday Toolbox: Grant Davis & Jack JoyApril 14, 2020Grant Davis and Jack Joy are currently the top two riders in the bike YXC1 Super Mini Sr. class. One of them will almost certainly be the 2020 YXC1 National Champion and win the Youth Overall title. Both of them compete on KX100s with help from Team Green – Davis is backed by Team Babbits Kawasaki as well, while Joy gets additional help through B&S Cycles. 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.
Tuesday Toolbox: FactoryONE Sherco's Bryan Kraham & Eric SiratonApril 7, 2020In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t noticed, Sherco has made a huge push into off-road racing this season. For GNCCs and NEPGs they signed the Baylor Brothers, while making Cody Webb the face of their Extreme Off-Road and EnduroCross program. These are some big names, which is appropriate, given the big plans Sherco has in the works. I spoke with two Sherco representatives about these plans and the GNCC program in particular: Bryan Kraham, Sherco’s chief marketing officer, and a more familiar name to the GNCC crowd, Eric Siraton, the longtime Honda mechanic, now the new GNCC team manager and lead mechanic for FactoryONE Sherco.
Tuesday Toolbox: Jake FromanMarch 31, 2020Jake Froman is a promising 23-year old racer from Lynnville, Indiana. Despite racing and going to school full-time, he was able to earn a handful of podiums and his first FMF XC3 125cc Pro-Am class win last season. While off to a bit of a rough start this year due to a lingering knee issue, Froman should be a solid contender this year in the FMF XC3 class.
Tuesday Toolbox: Josh MerrittMarch 24, 2020Josh Merritt is an XC1 Pro ATV racer in the GNCC Series and off to the best start of his career. In addition, he tried his hand at a new form of racing several weeks ago – the ATV Supercross at the Daytona International Speedway. He plans to hit more ATV Motocross rounds, schedule permitting, though GNCC remains his main focus. Originally from Ohio, he now lives and works for the Glauda Family in the Carolinas, where he has a great group of people to ride and train with.

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