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GNCC Racing

GNCC Racing was founded in the early 1980s. It is the premier off-road motorcycle and ATV series in North America. The type of racing is most comparable with that of a hare scramble or an enduro. Mainly raced on the East coast of the United States, the GNCC series features many tracks with terrain including mountain/hill climbs, creek crossings, log crossings, open dirt roads, and in the case of the Yadkin Valley Stomp GNCC (located in Yadkinville, NC) an old abandoned house is rode through.

Some professional motocross racers have raced GNCCs, including Doug Henry (winner of the 2005 Orange Crush GNCC), Travis Pastrana, Broc Hepler and John Dowd.

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[edit] Race lengths

  • ATVs: 2 hours
  • ATV Youth: 45 minutes
  • Bike Youth: 90 minutes
  • Bikes AM: 2 hours
  • Bikes PM: 3 hours (and no less than 2 hours and 45 minutes)

Course lengths vary from track to track, but generally ATVs run an 8-10 mile course, ATV Youth run a 2-3 mile course, Bike Youth run a 3-5 mile course, and Bikes run an 8-12 mile course.

[edit] 2006 season

[edit] Tracks

  1. March 4 - 7: Suzuki Orange Crush De Leon Springs, Florida
  2. March 11 & 12: Maxxis General Washington, Georgia
  3. Mar 25 & 26: Steele Creek Morganton, North Carolina
  4. April 8 & 9: Pirelli Big Buck Union, South Carolina
  5. Apr 22 & 23: ITP Loretta Lynn’s Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (featured at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn)
  6. May 6 & 7: Showtime! Seymour, Missouri
  7. May 20 & 21: Wiseco John Penton Millfield, Ohio
  8. June 10 & 11: The Tire Balls Spartan Sparta, Kentucky
  9. June 24 & 25: The Parts Unlimited Wisp McHenry, Maryland
  10. Sept. 9 & 10: Yadkin Valley Stomp Yadkinville, North Carolina
  11. Sept. 23 & 24: Moose Unadilla New Berlin, New York
  12. Oct 7 & 8: FMF Powerline Park St. Clairsville, Ohio
  13. Oct 21 & 22: The Klotz Ironman Crawfordsville, Indiana

[edit] Riders (motorcycles)

  1. 111 Juha Salminen: Team KTM Off-Road (2005 GNCC bike Champion, 11-time World Enduro Champion)
  2. 2 Barry Hawk: Team Am-Pro Yamaha (2003 GNCC Bike Champion; 7-time GNCC ATV Champion )
  3. 3 Glen Kearney: Team Suzuki (Australian Enduro Champion)
  4. 4 Charles Mullins: Team Am-Pro Yamaha (2005 GNCC 250 A class Champion)
  5. 5 Robbie Jenks: Team KTM Off-Road
  6. 6 Mike Lafferty: Team KTM Off-Road (7-Time AMA National Enduro Champion)
  7. 7 Steve Hatch: Team Red Baron KTM (1994 AMA National Enduro Champion)
  8. 9 Shane Watts: Team Fun Mart Cycles KTM (2000 GNCC Bike Champion)
  9. 10 Fred Andrews: Team Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki (1993 GNCC Bike Champion)
  10. 20 Scott Summers: Team Parts Unlimited/Moose Honda (5-Time GNCC Bike Champion)
  11. 31 Rodney Smith: Team Suzuki (5-Time GNCC Bike Champion)
  12. 100 Jason Raines: Team AM-Pro Yamaha (2-time AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion)
  13. 117 Josh McLevy: Team Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki
  14. 222 Randy Hawkins: Team Am-Pro Yamaha (7-time AMA National Enduro Champion)

[edit] Riders (ATV)

  1. 1 Bill Ballance: Team Yamaha (6 - Time GNCC ATV Champion)
  2. 2 Chris Borich: Team East Coast ATV (GNCC Amateur ATV Champion)
  3. 3 William Yokley: Team Yoshimura Suzuki
  4. 4 Chris Jenks: Team GT Thunder (Runner-up, 2004 GNCC Pro AM Championship)
  5. 5 Matt Smiley: Team Safari Motorsports/Polaris
  6. 6 Brandon Ballance: Team Ballance Racing Yamaha
  7. 7 Bryan Baker: Team K&K ATV
  8. 8 Andris Lagzdins: Team Dirt First/Duncan Racing
  9. 9 Adam McGill: (2005 GNCC Pro AM Champion)

[edit] Teams

There are several big name manufacters of off-road bikes that have a factory GNCC racing team including;

While Honda does not have a factory racing team, Scott Summers, a 5 time GNCC champion, has raced Hondas for a long time running, mostly racing the Honda XRs, typically on the Honda XR 650.

[edit] Juha Salminen cliches 2006 GNCC title

Team KTM rider Juha Salminen cliched the 2006 GNCC championship with a win at the Yadkin Valley Stomp GNCC in Yadkinville NC on September 10 2006. This is his 2nd GNCC championship in as many years. He will return to Europe next year and David Knight will come race the GNCC series on the KTM Factory Off-Road team.

[edit] Blackwater 100 and GNCC History

The Blackwater 100 was an GNCC race that was first raced in the mid 1970s and was last raced in 1993. Dave Coombs Sr. started the race which took place in the small town of Davis West Virginia

The name "Blackwater" comes from nearby Blackwater falls and 100 for the number of miles in the race. The Blackwater was know as "America's Toughest Race" due to it rugged terrain and other obstacles.

When the Blackwater was first raced in the 1970s the GNCC series had not yet started up, and after a few years the AMA started the National Hare scramble Series with different promoters throughout the country. Meanwhile Dave and Rita Coombs were holding several 100 mile long events and became know as the Wiseco 100 Miler Series, which eventually became the GNCC series. The GNCC series has experienced much growth, 3 wheelers where added in 1983 and ATVs became popular a few years later. The Blackwater 100 was raced for many years up until the early 1990s when the EPA shut down the race due to damage done to the environment.

[edit] Past GNCC Bike Champs

2006 Juha Salminen KTM Vantaa, Finland
2005 Juha Salminen KTM Vantaa, Finland
2004 Rodney Smith SUZ Antioch, CA
2003 Barry Hawk, Jr. YAM Smithfield, PA
2002 Rodney Smith SUZ Antioch, CA
2001 Rodney Smith SUZAntioch, CA
2000 Shane Watts KTM Maffra, Australia
1999 Rodney Smith SUZ Oakley, CA
1998 Rodney Smith SUZ Oakley, CA
1997 Scott Summers HON Petersburg, KY
1996 Scott Summers HON Petersburg, KY
1995 Scott Plessinger KTM Hamilton, OH
1994 Scott Plessinger KTM Hamilton, OH
1993 Fred Andrews YAM Salem, OH
1992 Scott Summers HON Petersburg, KY
1991 Scott Summers HON Petersburg, KY
1990 Scott Summers HON Petersburg, KY
1989 Ed Lojak YAM Tarentum, PA
1988 Ed Lojak HUS Tarentum, PA
1987 Ed Lojak HUS Tarentum, PA
1986 Ed Lojak HUS Tarentum, PA
1985 Jim Maltba KTM Mount Clare, WV
1984 Ed Lojak HUS Tarentum, PA

[edit] Past GNCC ATV Champs

2006 Bill Ballance YAM Oakland, KY
2005 Bill Ballance YAM Oakland, KY
2004 Bill Ballance YAM Oakland, KY
2003 Bill Ballance LRD Oakland, KY
2002 Bill Ballance LRD Oakland, KY
2001 Bill Ballance ROL Oakland, KY
2000 Bill Ballance ROL Oakland, KY
1999 Barry Hawk, Jr. LAE Smithfield, PA
1998 Barry Hawk, Jr. LAE Smithfield, PA
1997 Barry Hawk, Jr. LAE Smithfield, PA
1996 Barry Hawk, Jr. LAE Smithfield, PA
1995 Barry Hawk, Jr. LAE Smithfield, PA
1994 Barry Hawk, Jr. LAE Smithfield, PA
1993 Barry Hawk, Jr. LAE Smithfield, PA
1992 Bob Sloan HON Martinsville, IN
1991 Chuck Delullo HON St. Marys, PA
1990 Chuck Delullo HON St. Marys, PA
1989 Bob Sloan HON Martinsville, IN
1988 Chuck Delullo HON St. Marys, PA
1987 Tom Tokay HON Webster, PA
1986 Tom Tokay HON Webster, PA
1985 Tom Tokay HON Webster, PA
1984 Ted Trey HON Frederick, MD

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