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- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Don OckermanApril 22, 2008With 2007 XC2 Champion Brandon Sommers moving to the XC1 class for 2008, the door is open for a new champion. Illinois� Don Ockerman was the runner up last year and the inherited Sommers GT Thunder Yamaha spot for this season, and he�s making good on it with three wins early in 2008. Who is Don Ockerman? You�ll see right here.
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Dustin GibsonApril 16, 2008The GNCC Bike XC2 Class has offered up great racing and a variety of winners over its first two seasons, and Dustin Gibson is one of the names that used the class to break through. Dustin scored the win over the weekend at the Pirelli Big Buck GNCC. By ending the four-race win streak of Thad DuVall, Dustin deserves some love here. Read on.
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Tommy NortonApril 8, 2008GNCC Racing prides itself on being the sport for the everyman, and never was that more clear than on June 17, 1990, when a completely unknown rider named Tommy Norton won the overall at America�s Toughest Race � The Blackwater 100 GNCC.
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Steward BaylorApril 1, 2008Three races into the 2008 Can-Am GNCC Series, and South Carolina�s Steward Baylor is undefeated in the Youth Bike ranks, with three overall wins. He's also last year's Big Wheel (12-13) Champion. Just so you can say �I knew him before he was big time,� we talked to him for this week�s Tuesday Toolbox. The kid has some hilarious answers to our questions. Read on.
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Thad DuVallMarch 25, 2008Thad DuVall may have been pegged as a GNCC star at an earlier age than anyone else. He was still in the middle of his youth racing career when he was picked up by the Am-Pro Yamaha as a bit of a mini-me version of its factory riders. Now in his eighth season with the team, DuVall is off to a roaring start by winning the first two XC2 Lites races this year.
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... John GallagherMarch 18, 2008John Gallagher Sr. is the reigning GNCC Super Senior ATV Champion, and he�s also the Polaris GNCC ATV Team Manager. Probably no one has been around the series as long as John, no one has raced as much as John, and no one is willing to talk about racing like John. So that makes him the perfect guy to ring up for this week�s Tuesday Toolbox.
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Adam McGillMarch 11, 2008Adam McGill delivered KTM's first GNCC ATV Overall win in dominant fashion. His six-minute margin of victory was one of the largest ever, and his teammate Taylor Kiser even took second just for good measure. McGill is never at a loss for words. This is what he had to say after the race.
- Exclusive Interview: Bill BallanceFebruary 27, 2008We called eight-time and defending GNCC Champion Bill Ballance to find out if he�s primed and ready to win another GNCC Title. We ended up with this interview. Is Bill pulling a psyche job on his competition? Has he really been training? You be the judge on Bill's plans for 2008 (or just wait until we go racing on Sunday!)
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Mike WebbFebruary 26, 2008We've already talked to Donnie Luce of Yamaha and Antti Kallonen of KTM here, so let's give some love to the Suzuki guys. We learned of Chris Borich's ATV plan last week, now let's dive into the FMF Suzuki bike program (including Charlie Mullins, Jimmy Jarrett, Paul Whibley and Josh Strang) with Team Manager Mike Webb.
- Tuesday Toolbox .... with Chris BorichFebruary 19, 2008All winter long, various riders, teams and manufacturers have been pushing the envelope on training and testing, all looking for an edge. It all sounds good, but you never know what�s going to happen until the riders hit the track two weeks from now. That said, you can bet good money on one rider being up at the front of the pack every week: Chris Borich.
- Tuesday Toolbox with .... Chris BithellFebruary 12, 2008Can it win? Can it last? There are a lot of questions surrounding the all-new Can-Am DS450 race ATV for 2008, and the man tabbed to answer those questions is Chris Bithell. The new member of the Warnert Racing Can-Am team speaks out on his new machine, his new team and his chances in 2008.
- Tuesday Toolbox with....Antti KallonenFebruary 5, 2008Red Bull KTM Team Manager Antti Kallonen is busy working on the 2008 season for the orange men, and with titles to defend and a new ATV team to develop, it's a lot of work. But he still found time for our phone call.