Becoming top dog and staying top dog are two different battles. No one realizes this more right now than defending XC2 Pro Lites Champion and current points leader Kailub Russell. Russell has piloted his FMF KTM to 7 podiums including 5 straight race wins in 9 rounds of racing. Yet the championship is being…
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Just a few years ago, Brandon Sommers was considered the next big thing in GNCC ATV racing. But then came a big crash last year at the Ironman GNCC, leaving Brandon with a broken leg. This season has become more about rebuilding than winning races. His best finish so far is a 7th. How's summer break treating Brandon?…
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Usually when a racer is striving for a championship he tries to focus on the one goal. But sometimes those kind of pressures can build on an individual and force them to think way too much. 2010 brought a whole new team and whole new attitude for Charlie Mullins as he finally found what he was missing the last…
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A new day dawns in the GNCC Racing Nation and the sun that is rising this morning comes from the right and shining smile of Women's Novice ATV Champ Cheyanne Shadron. With the championship wrapped up, this rising star stepped up to her biggest challenge ever and beat the odds.
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After dominating the 4x4 Lites class for the last few seasons, Clifton Beasley has switched to the U2 class with major success. He's undefeated so far in 2010, and took the morning race overall at the MotorcycleUSA.com Snowshoe GNCC. Now we meet the man and the family behind him.
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When you hear about the great accomplishments people achieve in life, generally there is someone behind them serving as a driving force. In XC2 GNCC Pro Am ATV Racer Brian Wolf's life it is his wife Annie.
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It's been a long season for one of the world's top off road racers, Nate Kanney, but if you want to win one race, it is the Motorcycle-USA Snowshoe GNCC and Nate did just that. Does the win set the stage for Kanney to return from the break as the dominant rider? If history repeats itself, the XC1 class may just have…
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In an exclusive (and a first!), GNCCRacing.com talks to Josh Strang's RM-Z450, just a few minutes after Joe Geyer won it in a raffle to support RiderDown.org. Check out this interview for a side of racing you've never experienced before!
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2010 introduced a whole new world to the former 4x4 Open and U2 class ATV champion Rick Cecco. A new baby, a lost factory ride and a whole new look on racing from a grassroots perspective. From racing BMX to racing GNCC, Rick gives us a glimpse of what life is like in his world.
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Kristen Atwell is on fire in the ATV Women's Class of GNCC Racing, with three-straight wins. She also holds the points lead, but in a super-deep pack of talent in that class, she knows things can change quickly. We caught up with the girl who is proving tough to catch on the track!
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Barry Hawk Jr. is undeniably one of the greatest off-road racers ever. He has 8 total GNCC championships, 67 total overall GNCC wins and the fire still burns. What drives the oldest Pro on the starting line? And will he ever race a quad again? You may be in for a surprise!
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Chris Borich is one of the hardest working ATV racers in the world. He has built a career on chasing Bill Ballance and the GNCC Championship. And finally he is on top of the world, but still one of the most grounded individuals you will ever talk to.
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The Baylor boys are at it again! Steward dominated the Youth Bike ranks a few years ago, but in 2010 younger bro Grant has become the dominator-he's won the last three Youth Overalls, even though he's still racing in the younger (12-13) class! Here's more on Grant.
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Chris Bithell has been fast for the last few years, but seems to have bad luck thwart him at every turn. But he finally had things go his way over the weekend in Yadkinville as delivered his first win since 2008. Could it be the sign of more to come?
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The Welch siblings, Charlie and Sadie, have wondered what it would be like if they both won a race on the same day in their respective classes. Well, at Loretta Lynn's they finally did it! Charlie and Sadie may be separated by a few years, but they are very supportive of each other, even if they have the usual…
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Charlie Mullins has been a busy guy since 2009, with an engagement, a team and bike switch, and he even added on another series-the National Enduros. Mullins just took a thrilling win last weekend, his first of the year, so we decided we'd catch up with him in this week's Tuesday Toolbox to see what it's like to be…
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19-year-old Jordan Ashburn is on a roll this year. He's won all four of his races in the Open A class and even ran in the Overall lead at Big Buck. According to Ashburn, this is the start to the career he's wanted his entire life. Check out his story in today's Tuesday Toolbox.
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"Bad" Thad Duvall has had a rough two years. That all changed this weekend at the Pirelli Big Buck GNCC with a thrilling, down to wire race that put DuVall on the podium. DuVall was close to hanging it up after mechanical problems in North Carolina, but after spending a week at home, decided to dig in and keep trying.…
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Josh Strang is on fire. The FMF Makita Suzuki rider has had an impressive start to the season, with three-for-three wins, and he sits 30 points ahead of the rest of the XC1 field so far. Before Strang went back to Australia for a "recharge" during the off-season, he moved from Hickory, North Carolina to Murrietta,…
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Amy McConnell found a career by attending GNCC races. Twenty-two years ago she attended her very first GNCC race with her husband Glenn, and was instantly hooked. She started taking photos of her friends, and then 5 years ago, started her very own company, X Country Photos, where she sells the photos she takes every…
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