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Jeremy Rice returned from retirement on
a KTM 525XC and dominated the Morning
with nearly a 4 minute Overall lead |
Bomb
Squad Freestyle / Motocross Racer, Caleb
Moore, attempting his first GNCC on a
Polaris Outlaw after back-flipping at
Steel City just one week prior |
In the two-hour ATV morning race, Team Warnert
Racing Can-Am swept the top three overall positions
with three different machines. Limited 4x4 Winner
Michael Swift took his first overall win over
Open 4x4 Winner Scott Kilby and Lites 4x4 Winner
Cliff Beasley, who actually tied for the second-place
position. Jeremy Rice won the Sportsman class
on the all-new KTM 450XC.
LTERacing.com’s Angel Atwell won the
Women’s class for the second-straight
race, with Yamaha’s Traci Cecco struggling
with some bad luck to finish fifth, with Kristen
Atwell, Jennifer Albright and Stephanie Parton
in front of her.
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Warnert
Racing Can-Am Podium Sweep (left to right)
(Scott Kilby - 4x4 Open, Michael Swift
- 4x4 Limited, Cliffton Beasley - 4x4
Lites) |
Seth Mumford topped Dylan Bradford and Kyle
Riley for a Cobra sweep of the top overall positions
in the ATV Youth Race.
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After a string of six quad failures, Seth
Mumford finally has the Cobra dialed in
with three consecutive Podium finishes
and a last lap pass for the win at Somerset,
which had the crowd going wild |
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CVT (6--11) Winner Brayden Shick needed
nearly every second of his 2:45 Lead heading
to the last lap when he was forced to
push his quad across the finish line only
5 seconds ahead of Allie Slate |
A total of 1419 riders competed throughout
the weekend at the Mountain Ridge GNCC, which
included a catered dinner for the racers on
Saturday night courtesy of GEICO Motorcycle
and ATV Insurance.
About GNCC Racing:
The AMA/ATVA-sanctioned Can-Am Grand National
Cross Country series is America’s premier
off-road racing series. The 13-round series
is produced exclusively by Racer Productions.
Cross-country racing is one of the most physically
demanding sports in the world. The nearly three-hour
long GNCC races lead as many as 1,800 riders
through tracks ranging from eight to twelve
miles (should also mention the kilometers for
English Canada)in length. GNCC Racing airs weekly
television shows on Versus (formerly Outdoor
Life Network) every Saturday at 3 p.m. and Thursday
at 4 p.m. beginning on April 14. With varied
terrain including hills, woods, mud, dirt, rocks
and motocross sections, GNCC events are tests
of both survival and speed. GNCC featured sponsors
include BRP Can-Am, Parts Unlimited, Moose,
Maxxis, Pirelli, Wiseco, Acerbis, Elka, Geico,
Klotz, FMF, ITP and Weekend Warrior, and riders
compete for over $3 million in series prizes
and contingency money. Associate sponsors include
Alpinestars, Cometic, EK Chain, HiPer Technology,
Laegers, Motion Pro, Moose Utility Division,
Powersport Grafx, Pro Clean, Race Tools, REM,
Scott, Thor, Tire Balls, Twin Air, Weekend Warrior,
and MotoTee’s. Media Sponsors include
Racer X Illustrated, ATV Rider, ATV Sport, ATVRiders.com,
Dirt Rider and ATV Insider. For more information
log on to
www.GNCCRacing.com.
www.gnccracing.com
122 Vista Del Rio Drive,
Morgantown, WV 26508
304-284-008
