GBC's Nic Granlund Podiums at Quad X & Dirt Series
GBC Motorsports Nic Granlund Race Recaps
Anaheim, CA (2/19/2016) - After a successful first time outing with a podium finish at the round 1 of
the Worcs series Nic Granlund set his sights for his passion of driving on
Motocross tracks. Round 1 and 2 of the 2016 QuadX series would be a
doubleheader with round 1 on Saturday and round 2 on Sunday. With this
being a Motocross style format it meant that Nic would have 4 Moto's to
compete in over the weekend.
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GBC Motorsports' Nic Granlund piloting his Yamaha YXZ |
With only a few minor changes to the settings
of the Fox shocks and mounting up a set of smaller GBC mongrel tires on his
DWT wheels he was anxious to try out his new Yamaha YXZ1000R on a motocross
track. Pulling into the pits Nic realized he would have stiff competition
as the reigning Pro UTV champion of David Hagsma was eager to defend his
title. After a successful morning practice and a few more tweaks to the
shocks Nic was ready.
Round 1 (Saturday)
When the green flag dropped Nic would exit the first turn in third place.
Within a few laps Nic found himself in second place keeping up with the
defending champion. While still learning about shift points and handling of
the Yamaha Nic was extremely pleased with finishing on the podium in second
place in both Moto's behind the champion on the first day.
Round 2 (Sunday) Moto 1
Green flag drops and with Nic shifting through the gears he got the
holeshot going thru turn one in first place. While in the lead Nic got too
much traction with his GBC tires and that caused the car to two wheel.
Nic's quick reaction managed to save the car from rolling over but it did
allow second place to sneak by. A lap later Nic a caught back up to the
leader and while applying pressure the leader made a small mistake
allowing Nic to make the pass into first. From there was a few laps of
clean driving giving Nic his first Moto win.
Moto 2
Again Nic got the holeshot but made a mistake in a muddy corner that
allowed the champion to slip by. Nic would finish in second place securing
another 2nd place podium finish. It was a great weekend with two second place finishes.
QuadX Round 3 (Saturday)
With most of the two weeks between rounds the focus was based on dialing in
the new Yamaha YXZ1000R. It did not allow for any driving practice but the
efforts would pay out in dividends. Got Sand Performance modified and
strengthen the roll cage, installed new seats from ProArmor, some shock
tuning, a new tune from Weller and changing the Torco racing fluids the
Yamaha was ready to go. Again the defending champion was the there and
looked ready for a battle.
Moto 1
It was a tight race for the holeshot and after exiting turn one in 3rd
place Nic quickly made some moves and halfway through the first lap had
taken the lead. From there it was just a matter of smooth and fast driving
to the finish line for the win.
Moto 2
After a second place start and moving into the lead again he finished in
first place securing the overall victory and Nic's first win of the 2016
season driving the all new Yamaha YXZ1000R.
Dirt Series round 1 (Sunday)
It was a fairly uneventful day while the competition was having some
mechanical issues Nic had two great Moto's finishing on the top step of the
box in both of them and now adding to the win tally for the 2016 season.
Now the preparations are in full effect to go compete at the UTV world
championships in Laughlin Nevada this weekend. This will require a
completely different set up and several new challenges for Nic.
As always none of this would be possible without the support of his Great
sponsors, family and friends.
2016 Nic Granlund Sponsors:
Nic G Motorsports, Fox Shox, GBC tires, DWT wheels, Yamaha, Torco oil, GSP,
Motoactive, Weller, ProArmor, STV, Got Tools racing,teixeiratech, Fly,
Skat-Trak, Fullerton Sand Sports, Fasst, Hinson, Immortal Atv, AME grips, CT
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