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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.
Tuesday Toolbox: Johnny GirroirMarch 17, 2020Johnny Girroir recently won his first XC2 race at the Wild Boar GNCC and is the current points leader in a very stacked XC2 class. I talked to him immediately following The General, though the main focus of the interview was his first-ever XC2 win at Wild Boar last week. Johnny has been through a lot in the past several years, but if he can stay healthy he will definitely be a title contender in 2020.
Tuesday Toolbox: Skeet (Hog Waller Co-Owner)March 10, 2020Skeet co-owns Hog Waller Mud Bog and ATV Park along with his sister. This park takes up a small part of the larger property, which the family calls Rodman Plantation. Parts of the plantation have been in the family for twenty years now, long enough that they were involved in the original Rodman Plantation GNCC – The Hurricane. I sat down with Skeet the Friday before Wild Boar to talk to him about the land, its history, and how a ranching family ended up running an off-road park.
Tuesday Toolbox: Mike WitkowskiMarch 3, 2020Mike Witkowski is off to a promising start in the XC2 class. The 21-year old was signed by Am/Pro Yamaha this season, and it is clear the faith they put in him was not misplaced. Though originally from Indiana, he has since moved to South Carolina to be closer to his new team’s headquarters.
Tuesday Toolbox: Hannah HunterFebruary 25, 2020At last year’s Mountaineer GNCC, seventeen-year old Hannah Hunter took home her first WXC win, but I was already interviewing some of the 2019 champions, so I couldn’t fit her in right away. I told her I would catch up with her eventually. Then as I was getting ready to do her interview, she went and barely edged out Traci Pickens for the win at the opening round last weekend. So, here is her belated, yet still very timely Tuesday Toolbox interview.
Tuesday Toolbox: Allan BrownFebruary 18, 2020Allan Brown has worked in the motorcycle industry most of his life – as a mechanic, race team manager, and most recently a test rider and staff writer for Dirt Rider Magazine. Despite being a west coast guy from Riverside, California, he was also a dedicated GNCC racer last season, making the long trek to our side of the Mississippi for each and every round. His dedication was rewarded with several podium finishes and a class title in the Super Senior A class.
Tuesday Toolbox: Colby GoodmanFebruary 4, 2020Colby Goodman is a nine year old who hails from Olin, North Carolina. Goodman was only going to race a handful of GNCC events int 2019, but when he started winning and keeping up with the front of the pack the family decided to race the whole series. Goodman earned himself the Micro Bike National Championship after earning seven class wins and five micro overall wins throughout the season. This year he will be competing in the 65cc (7-9) class as well and hopes to reel in that championship.
Tuesday Toolbox: Tayla JonesJanuary 28, 2020For the third straight year, Tayla Jones is the motorcycle WXC National Champion. While she was again able to take home the title, a mid-season injury nearly derailed her year and turned the WXC championship into a nail-biter that came down to the last few races. Tayla will be with Husqvarna again this year, racing both the GNCC and Sprint Enduro series, as well as representing Team Australia at the ISDE.
Tuesday Toolbox: Khyler DavisJanuary 21, 2020Khyler Davis won the Micro ATV overall in 2019. The nine-year old from Bolt, West Virginia took home four overall wins this year and rarely finished outside of the top five, even though she spent most of the year starting from the second row in MXC2. This upcoming season will be her third year racing GNCC. She hopes to win another Micro Overall and plans to compete in the Youth Girls class as well – and hopes to someday race WXC. Keep an eye out for Davis, we expect great things out of her!

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