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Tuesday Toolbox: Jeremy LeDonneJune 6, 2017Jeremy LeDonne is only 20 years old, but he has already experienced a lot! Racing is in his blood – both parents were riders. He grew up watching Supercross and was actually named after Jeremy McGrath. He first started riding an ATV just after his third birthday. A few months later, Rich Hetrick, a family friend, talked them into racing moto, and the rest is history. He and his parents spent 13 years driving from Pennsylvania week in and week out, pursuing the ATV National Motocross series. Tragedy struck when Jeremy crashed during a race and was paralyzed from the waist down. He was able to fight through the injury and is now racing the GNCC series. He competes on both bikes and quads – riding a Honda TRX 450 ER on Saturday and then a KTM 250 SX on Sunday. Currently he leads the 19+ C class on ATVs and is third in Open College C. In addition to racing two classes every round, he is running a race team and works full-time. Fortunately, he had a few minutes to sit down and answer some questions for us
Tuesday Toolbox: Lucas and Logan GroundsMay 30, 2017Brothers Lucas and Logan Grounds are two GNCC regulars who hail from Martinsville, Indiana. The family has been pursuing the series since 2013, when the oldest brother was still on a 50cc bike. Both brothers were champions in their respective classes last year: The oldest boy, Lucas (age 12) won the 85cc 7-11 class, while his brother Logan (age 7) placed first in 50cc Junior 4-6 class. Both are seeking to defend their titles in 2017. Lucas is competing on a 2016 KTM 85cc, and is currently second in points. Logan leads his class on a 2013 Cobra 50cc. In addition, at the rounds where the Micro bikes do not compete, Logan has been moving up and competing on his 65cc for practice. We sat down with them for a group interview, two tribes style, after the X-Factor GNCC in their home state of Indiana.
Tuesday Toolbox: Johnny GallagherMay 23, 2017Johnny Gallagher is a familiar face for fans at the GNCC races. He has been pursuing the series for many years and competing in the XC1 Pro class for 23 of those years. In addition to racing his YFZ 450R at every round, he also fills in as an announcer for the GNCC LIVE bike race on Sunday’s in addition to being mechanic for defending WXC bike champion, Becca Sheets. This past weekend, at the muddy and brutal X-Factor GNCC, he finally captured his first-ever premier class win at the age of 39.
Tuesday Toolbox: Prestin RainesMay 16, 2017Prestin Raines definitely has some family history with the GNCC series! Both of her parents were GNCC racers: Her father Jason Raines is a six-time National Hare Scrambles Champion, with eight overall XC1 class wins under his belt; he is now in charge of the Yamaha Demo Ride program. His wife Emily formerly raced women’s professional motocross and competed in the WXC class here at the GNCCs. Now she focuses on teaching the RainesRacing.com riding schools.
Tuesday Toolbox: Robert KirchnerApril 18, 2017Robert is currently 12th in the Silver Masters A (55+) class. He has been racing since 1972 with 30+ local and regional championships, which include: Five AMA National Hare-Scramble Championships; One GNCC Championship; Five GNCC Series Top Five A class finishes; Alligator Enduro Vet A Class win with 17th Overall; Four Moose Run Vet A Class wins, Two Stoney Lonesome Team Race Overall wins; Five MSXC Winter Series Top Five in class for the series; MAXC Class Champion 2011 & 2012; 2014 GNCC Ironman Fourth in class and 2015 GNCC Ironman Third in class.
Tuesday Toolbox: Dustin HendershotFebruary 21, 2017Dustin Hendershot is a familiar face in the world of GNCC Racing. The 2016 Vet A class champion came into the series in 2009 and has been a mainstay ever since. We caught up with Dustin to chat about his racing career, real life, plans for the future and more!
Tuesday Toolbox: Brewer CawleyFebruary 14, 2017Brewer Cawley has established himself as someone to keep an eye on in the world of GNCC Racing. With his eyes set on claiming Top Amateur honors in 2017, we caught up with Brewer to find out more.
Tuesday Toolbox: Rob BrownFebruary 7, 2017Rob Brown has gained a lot of attention out on the track over the past few years. While 2016 marked his first full season of GNCC Racing, his signature “Moto Fro” has been seen at a few various rounds for nearly a decade. We caught up with Rob to talk about the ‘fro, his 2016 season, plans for 2017 and more!
Tuesday Toolbox: Katelyn OsburnJanuary 24, 2017Katelyn Osburn has been a front-runner of the WXC class for the past few years. Not only does she spend the morning racing, but she then turns around and helps her boyfriend, Marty Christofferson, in the afternoon which leaves us wondering how she handles it all! We caught up with Katelyn to hear about her off-season, plans for 2017 and more.
Tuesday Toolbox: Braxton McGeeJanuary 17, 2017Over the last few seasons Braxton McGee has established himself as a standout rider in the world of GNCC Racing. After claiming the Youth National Championship in 2013, Braxton moved up to a big bike in the 1PM race starting in 2014. He claimed the 4-Stroke B Lites championship in his first season aboard a big bike, then has followed that up by finishing runner-up in the 4-Stroke A Lites class in 2015 and 2016. This season, Braxton has his eyes set on the XC2 class. We caught up with Braxton to hear about his past career, plans for this coming season, and more.
Tuesday Toolbox: Mikey NickelsJanuary 10, 2017Mikey Nickels is knows around the track as an outgoing, fun-loving and super fast racer! He wrapped up the GNCC Youth ATV Championship this past year. GNCCRacing.com caught up with him to find out how the off-season is going and what his plans are for next year.
Tuesday Toolbox: Russell BobbittDecember 20, 2016This week we caught up with five-time AMA National Enduro Champion Russell Bobbitt to discuss his return to the FMF KTM Factory Racing lineup in 2017 to defend his title aboard the KTM 250 XC-F. Additionally, Bobbitt will be competing full-time in GNCC Series for the first time ever.

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