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Tuesday Toolbox: Layne McCormickDecember 19, 2017Layne McCormick does it all! Not only is he the 2017 ATV Youth Rider of the Year and an honor roll student, he also competes in a variety of sports for his school. Pretty impressive for a rider who isn’t even a teenager yet. This latest championship makes his fourth GNCC title, with many more likely to come. Be on the lookout for this rider from Hughesville, Pennsylvania tearing up the front row on his Yamaha 150 hybrid.
Tuesday Toolbox: Zach DavidsonDecember 12, 2017Despite being a relatively young 15 years old, this championship marks Zachary Davidson’s fourth GNCC championship. The rider from Iron Station, North Carolina is also the 2017 Youth National Champion. I caught up with Zach just after he accepted his award at the GNCC banquet to talk about his season, a recent knee injury, and his plans for next year, which include an Amateur support, ride with Husqvarna USA. Husky’s goal is to mentor Zack and provide him with all the tools he needs to get to the pro level. And that is something that Zach and his family is very excited about. We look forward to hearing more about this young man in the years to come.
Tuesday Toolbox: Jason ThomasDecember 5, 2017Jason Thomas, originally hailing from Machylleth Pow, Wales, United Kingdom, is a multi-time GNCC champion. The 34-year-old’s most recent title is in the brand new FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class, with two previous titles in the XC2 250 Pro Lites division. This will also be his last GNCC title in a premier class, as he has recently announced his retirement from full-time racing. Expect to see him around though – he does not plan on returning to Great Britain, but will instead remain in Charlotte, North Carolina and focus on his riding schools, while perhaps occasionally hitting a GNCC.
Tuesday Toolbox: Traci PickensNovember 28, 2017Traci Pickens is a 42-year-old physical therapist assistant from Shamokin, Pennsylvania, who has 10 WXC ATV titles to her name. Her most recent was a surprise, come-from-behind victory, this season. She is married to Jeff Pickens, a former ATV pro racer who now competes in Vet A and also won a championship this year. The two of them also have a son, JP, who comes with them to all of the GNCCs. She competes on a Yamaha 450cc.
Tuesday Toolbox: Devon FeehanNovember 21, 2017Despite this being his first year in the class, Devon Feehan just wrapped up the highly sought-after XC2 Pro-Am ATV championship. The 18-year-old from Windsor, New York, is a full-time student as well. We caught up with Devon to talk about juggling racing, school and more!
Tuesday Toolbox: Josh TothNovember 14, 2017Josh Toth, your 2017 XC2 bike champion, is a twenty year old from Winstead, Connecticut. Though he has been riding most of his life, he didn’t start seriously pursuing national-level events outside of New England until last season. For those who don’t closely follow the ISDE (meaning that they watch the club results too, not just trophy), he seemed to come out of nowhere, finishing fourth last year and then bringing home the XC2 title this season.
Tuesday Toolbox: Walker FowlerNovember 7, 2017Walker Fowler is a name we know all too well in the GNCC Racing Nation. Walker started racing in the youth ranks and worked his way up to the XC1 Pro ATV class where he now has three consecutive titles. Just this past season Walker set the record for the most wins in a season, both bike and ATV, with 12 victories. Once the final green flag waved on the 2017 season, we caught up with Walker to celebrate his success and get some insight on his UTV plans for next year.
Tuesday Toolbox: Kailub RussellOctober 31, 2017Kailub Russell is a familiar name for anyone who follows the GNCC series. He is 27-years-old and from Kingston, Ohio, though he currently lives in Booneville, North Carolina. Kailub has been involved in GNCC racing since he was on 65ccs, and currently has 11 titles in various classes, from Mini Junior all the way to XC1. He was kind enough to invite me into the KTM Factory semi for an interview after celebrating his 47th career win in the GNCC series this weekend at Ironman. He has now surpassed Scott Summers’ previous record to become the “winningest” motorcycle rider in the history of the series, as well as your 2017 XC1 champion.
Tuesday Toolbox: Tyler ShepardsonOctober 24, 2017Tyler Shepardson is a 24-year-old rider from Charlotte, North Carolina. He hasn’t been riding very long, but is already totally immersed in racing, especially the GNCC series. In addition to competing on his YZ 125cc in the 125 B/C class, Tyler has worked on the Racer TV crew and has since started up an off-road focused podcast with a fellow racer. Tyler is currently sidelined due to injury, so we won’t be seeing him at Ironman, but he hopes to be back in the early part of next season.
Tuesday Toolbox: Nate RigginsOctober 18, 2017Nate Riggins is a 33-year-old from Chesapeake, Virginia. He competes in the 30+ C ATV class, on a heavily modified 2006 Yamaha YZ 450cc. Why heavily modified? Because following a street bike accident almost a decade ago, Nate lost the use of his right arm. He actually did not start racing until after his injury, and is a true enthusiast, riding anything and everything he can get his hand on! While Nate was unable to compete for most of this year, he ran a majority of the series in 2016 and plans to return for the full 2018 season.
Tuesday Toolbox: Bryce KosterOctober 10, 2017Bryce Koster is an 18-year-old from Sorrento, Florida who races in the Open A class in the 1 p.m. bike race. He currently sits seventh in the points championship, following a season of mixed results, ranging from fourth to 17th. His highest overall finish was a 38th at Unadilla. These results are pretty solid, coming from a rider who is racing the full GNCC series for the first time ever this season. Bryce and I talked about his experiences this year, and some of the lessons he has learned in his first year of GNCC.
Tuesday Toolbox: Ryan SipesOctober 3, 2017Ryan Sipes is a well-known pro racer who has competed in a wide variety of disciplines and found success in everything he’s tried his hand at. After a successful pro motocross and Supercross career, Sipes became a full-time GNCC transplant where he was the first-ever American to take top individual honors at the ISDE. In 2015 Sipes was name Dirt Rider Magazine’s 2015 Rider of the Year in addition to being the 2015 AMA Athlete of the Year. Just this year Ryan secured the 125 Dream Race win at the Thunder Valley Pro Motocross National, but most importantly he just won his first GNCC at the Mountaineer Run in Masontown, West Virginia! I called Ryan to talk about his past accomplishments, first GNCC, and plans for the future.

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