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Tuesday Toolbox: Brycen NealMarch 27, 2018Bidwell, Ohio native Brycen Neal took his first-ever overall ATV win last round at The General. The 22 year old is a full-time racer who has been competing in the pro class since 2014 and chasing the series since he was still in the youth ATV division. It took five years of hard work in the ATV XC1 pro class that put him here, and we’re excited to see if he will be able to continue his momentum and contend for a championship.
Tuesday Toolbox: Jesse AnsleyMarch 20, 2018Jesse Ansley won his first ever XC3 event at his hometown race of Wild Boar two weeks ago. Many of you may remember him from his overall youth championship several years ago, but now the 17-year old from Bradenton, Florida is beginning to make waves in the pro ranks. After a podium finish at The General last weekend, he has moved up to 3rd in points, in what is shaping up to be a tight battle and a very competitive class.
Tuesday Toolbox: DeRisi RacingMarch 13, 2018DeRisi racing is a fixture in the GNCC ATV scene. Their North Carolina-based shop performs a number of different services for ATV and side-by-side riders. Although well-known, their expansion into 4x4 pro racing is a relatively recent one. This weekend I spoke with the shop and team owner Santo DeRisi as well as their three 4x4 pro riders about their program. Both 4x4 riders who competed this weekend turned in good finishes, taking second and fourth in 4x4 pro.
Tuesday Toolbox: Ben KelleyMarch 6, 2018Ben Kelley originally hails from New England, though he has since moved to North Carolina. He and fellow New England rider Josh Toth spend a considerable amount of time training together, and it is definitely showing in Ben’s results - he has steadily improved over the last several years since he started competing in the GNCC series, and if I were to guess, he will continue to be a regular on the XC2 podium this season.
Tuesday Toolbox: Henry TurnerFebruary 27, 2018Big Buck is one of the oldest rounds on the GNCC circuit. Established in 1997, the race turned 21 this last weekend. The man who owns the property, Henry Turner, has been a friend to the series for a long time. I sat down and had a chat with him about how he got started working with GNCC, why he wanted to hold races here in the first place, and some of his favorite moments over the years.
Tuesday Toolbox: Graham and Becky WiddicombeFebruary 20, 2018Graham and Becky Widdicombe, the GNCC’s favorite couple from the United Kingdom, are some of the friendliest people and most dedicated racers you will meet. As a matter of fact, although I asked them both the same questions, I had to conduct the interview with them at different times on different days nearly two weeks ago, due to the logistics of everyone being in different time zones and in Graham’s case, a completely different country! It is really impressive to see what all they have done to make their racing dreams come true.
Tuesday Toolbox: Eric SiratonFebruary 13, 2018Eric Siraton is a familiar face for anyone who hangs around the GNCC pro row on a regular basis He is the head mechanic for JCR Honda, and has been on the east coast running their GNCC program for over two years now. The 42-year-old from San Diego, California, is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet at the track! I caught up with him to ask what a mechanic’s “off-season” looks like, and learn a little more about his past and future as a mechanic.
Tuesday Toolbox: Dave Childers (Fuel Ministries)February 6, 2018Many of you have probably seen the big Fuel Ministries rig at the GNCCs. Some of you may have even stopped by. But I’m betting at least some of you don’t know that one of their major programs is a summer camp for kids who ride dirt bikes and ATVs. The ATV camp is a relatively new endeavor, and one of the major players involved, Dave Childers, contacted me and asked if I would be interested in doing an interview with him to talk about it. I was intrigued by the whole summer camp thing, and interested in what he had to say, so I agreed. Hopefully you all will be interested as well.
Tuesday Toolbox: Sean RoyallJanuary 23, 2018Ever since the season ended, the Tuesday Toolbox interviews have focused on the champions of the elite classes and the overall winners. Now it is time to get back to the riders that make up the backbone of the series – the everyman riders without factory-level support who love racing but have a real job to get back to on Monday. Sean Royall happened to be randomly assigned to my table at the GNCC banquet back in December. I struck up a pleasant conversation with him and his wife, and decided to make a Tuesday Toolbox out of it. Sean is 32-years-old, lives in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, rides a KTM 350cc, and won the Vet B (30+) Class championship in 2017.
Tuesday Toolbox: Cody MillerJanuary 16, 2018The top UTV racer of the 2017 season is Cody Miller, from Greenville, Texas. The 30-year-old started out racing ATV Motocross before making the switch over to a different type of four-wheeled racing. He competed on a Yamaha YXZ 1000R SS. Despite the major time commitment racing a UTV entails, he and his brother, Hunter, run a cattle ranch as well as an art glass company down in Texas.
Tuesday Toolbox: Drew LandersJanuary 9, 2018Eighteen-year-old Drew Landers is the ATV Amateur Overall winner for the 2017 season. He hails from Monterey, Tennessee, and competed on a YFZ450 for the Coastal Racing/Waynesburg Yamaha team. This season he will be moving up into the XC2 Pro-Am class. We caught up with Drew to hear about his success in 2017, and his plans for the upcoming year!
Tuesday Toolbox: Alex TeagardenJanuary 2, 2018Alex Teagarden is the Bike Amateur Overall winner for the 2017 season. He is 25-years-old, from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and won the 250 A class this season on a Husky FC 250cc. A recent college graduate, he plans to compete in FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class next season for Costal Racing.

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