OffroadMotorsports/Wicked Bilt's Steve Matko Podiums Powerline Park
David Plavi Looks to Rebound from Bad Luck in XC2
2015
GNCC Racing
Powerline Park - Round 12
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Twinsburg, OH (10/22/2015) - Steve
Matko just joined the Wicked Bilt/ Can-Am team and
made his presence known by finishing third in the
GNCC XC1 Side-by-Side race at Powerline Park in
St. Clairsville, OH. Teammate David Plavi was in
the running for a win in the XC2 class when he was
hit by another UTV and nursed his machine to an
eleventh place finish.
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Steve Matko finished third int he Pro SxS Class at the Powerline Park GNCC
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Matko didn’t even know he’d have a GNCC ride
for the rest of the season after his own machine
blew an engine at the last round before the summer
break. The Wicked Bilt squad brought him onboard,
and he immediately shined, finishing on the podium
in two AWRCS races including a win, a podium at
the Eastcoast UTV Nationals, as well as the most
recent Powerline Park GNCC podium finish.
“It blew up at the last race and they came to
me to see if wanted to race with them,” said Matko.
“A lot of people said, I wouldn’t like switching
to the Maverick, but I like the Can-Am a lot better
than the Polaris.”
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Steve Matko grabbed the holeshot in the Wicked Bilt Can-Am Maverick |
Matko ran a GBC Mongrel tire on his Can-Am Maverick
here and it propelled him to the lead on the first
lap after starting on the second row. An off-course
excursion during the race moved him back to third
at the finish.
“The course was really hard packed and the GBC
Mongrel is a lot like a truck tire, so we took
a gamble,” said Matko. “The Mongrels worked awesome,
along with our PR2 tuned Fox shocks, and the Trail
Armor kept the underside safe. Any time you can
get on the podium in GNCC, it’s an achievement.
There is a lot of strong competition out there.”
Plavi recently wrapped up the AWRCS UTV Championship,
so he was coming off the GNCC summer break on
a high note. He was second out of the gate and
was running in the top three in XC2 for most of
the race. Unfortunately, contact by another competitor’s
UTV late in the race took away any chance at a
podium finish.
“I got hit late in the race, and that was
it,” said Plavi. “It was just bad
luck. I know we had a buggy to beat, but we’re
still in decent shape in the points and we’re
looking to run up front at the last race, glad
to be running a WickedBilt steering rack, and
OMF wheels, otherwise I wouldn't have been able
to limp the 555 to the finish.”
Both Matko and Plavi will be ready for action as the GNCC Championship wraps up the 2015 season October 31st at the Ironman in Crawfordsville, IN.
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