| Grand National Cross Country Series GNCC |
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| Area of jurisdiction | United States |
| Formation date | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Morgantown, West Virginia |
| Official website | |
| www.gnccracing.com | |
The Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series is America's premier off-road motorcycle, ATV and UTV racing series. Founded in 1979, the 13-round championship is produced exclusively by Racer Productions. Cross country racing is one of the most physically demanding sports in the world. The grueling three-hour GNCC races lead as many as 1,800 riders through tracks ranging in length from ten to twelve miles, competing for more than $3 million in prizes. With varying terrain through the woods riders also contend with hills, mud, rocks, roots, motocross sections and more. GNCC events are tests of both survival and speed. The GNCC events attract riders from all 50 states and around the world.
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River Ranch GNCC - River Ranch, Florida
The General GNCC - Washington, Georgia
Steele Creek GNCC - Morganton, North Carolina
Big Buck GNCC - Union, South Carolina
The Mammoth GNCC - Park City, Kentucky
Indy 100 GNCC - Springville, Indiana
Buckwheat GNCC - Masontown, West Virginia
Snowshoe GNCC - Snowshoe Resort, West Virginia
The John Penton GNCC - Millfield, Ohio
Unadilla GNCC - New Berlin, New York
Power Line Park GNCC - St. Clairsville, Ohio
The Ironman GNCC - Crawfordsville, Indiana
Loretta Lynn's GNCC - Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
List of all GNCC events since 1984
The GNCC Series attracts the top off-road and even motocross riders from all around the world. In any given weekend over 1,000 of the best off-road racers will compete in a GNCC event featuring classes for everyone from the top pros to kids as young as 7 years old and Masters class riders over 60 years old.
Charlie Mullins - FMF KTM
Paul Whibley - Am-Pro Yamaha
Josh Strang - FMF RPM KTM
Kailub Russell - FMF KTM
Nathan Kanney -
Cory Buttrick - FMF KTM
Thad Duvall- Shenandoah/OffroadChampions.com Honda
Jimmy Jarrett - Geico Honda
Jedidiah Haines - Keystone Offroad Racing Kawasaki
Mike Lafferty - Factory Husaberg
Chris Bach - Factory Beta
Russell Bobbitt - FMF KTM
Nick Fahringer - Factory Husaberg
Jordan Ashburn - Am-Pro Yamaha
Steward Baylor - KTM
Andrew Delong - FAR Husqvarna
Jason Thomas - FAR Husqvarna
AJ Stewart - Yamaha
Morgan Moss - Obermeyer/Raines Racing/OffroadViking.com Yamaha
Zack Smith - Keystone Offroad Racing KTM
Steven Squire - KTM
Zack Nolan - KTM
Brad Bakken - Obermeyer/Raines Racing/OffroadViking.com Yamaha
Maria Forsberg - RPM KTM
Ashley Crouch - Geico Honda
Mandi Mastin - Husqvarna
LeeAnn Bange - Obermeyer/Raines Racing/OffroadViking.com Yamaha
Hannah Otto - KTM
Samanta Steiner - WMR KTM
Nina Cobb - Honda
Jordon Milbauer - Obermeyer/Raines Racing/OffroadViking.com Yamaha
Rachel Gutish - KTM
Shelby Rolen - KTM
Chris Borich - Suzuki
Taylor Kiser - Yamaha
Adam McGill - Can-Am
Chris Bithell - Can-Am
Bryan Cook - KTM
Donald Ockerman - Honda
Johnny Gallagher - Yamaha
Brian Wolf - Honda
Walker Fowler - Yamaha
Gabe Phillips - Yamaha
Eric Hoyland - Honda
Aarol Bright - KTM
Parick McGuire - Yamaha
Matt Hanna - Yamaha
Michael Lancaster - Honda
Traci Cecco - Yamaha
Angel Atwell - Honda
Kristen Atwell - Yamaha
Lexie Coulter - Can-Am
Shanna Bradshaw - Honda
Kara Merritt - Yamaha
Throughout the series' history, the events have been visited by other well known Motocross and ATV competitors including Travis Pastrana, Doug Henry, Broc Hepler, Josh Summey, Joe Byrd, John Natalie Jr and country music star Craig Morgan among others.
Ed Lojak: 4-Time 100 Miler Series Champion, 5-Time GNCC Champion, 6 Time AMA National Hare Scamble Champion
Mark Hyde: 4-Time Blackwater 100 Overall Champion
Randy Hawkins: Team Am-Pro Yamaha Owner, 7-time AMA National Enduro Champion
Scott Summers: 5-time GNCC Bike Champion, 4-time AMA National Hare Scramble Champion
Scott Plessinger: 2-Time GNCC Champion
Fred Andrews: Team FAR Husqvarna Owner, 1993 GNCC Bike Champion
Shane Watts: 2000 GNCC Champion, Only rider to win ISDE Overall on 125cc bike
Rodney Smith: 5-Time GNCC Champion
Juha Salminen: 2005 and 2006 GNCC Champion, 12-time World Enduro Champion
David Knight: 2007 and 2008 GNCC Champion, World Enduro Champion
Barry Hawk: 7-Time GNCC ATV Champion, 2003 GNCC Bike Champion
Bill Ballance: 9-Time GNCC ATV Champion
The following are the current Factory race teams contesting the GNCC Series
Team FMF KTM Off-Road
Team Am-Pro Yamaha
Team Geico Honda
Team F.A.R Husqvarna
Team Obermeyer/Raines Racing/OffroadViking.com Yamaha
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki
Team FRE KTM
Team Ballance Racing Yamaha
In the mid-1970's Dave Coombs was contacted by a preacher from a church in a small West Virginia town. The preacher wanted to help the economy of his struggling town by hosting a motorcycle race. Dave Coombs saw major potential in the land and thought that a grand prix style race through the town and surrounding country side would be special enough to bring visitors to the town.
He named this race The Blackwater 100. The name "Blackwater" originated from nearby Blackwater Falls and the Blackwater River, while 100 for the number of miles in the race. The land was rugged, which would make the race itself one would be difficult for riders and their machines. The race became popular when Dave invited a group of magazine editors from California, who went back and wrote about their experiences with the rugged race. Eventually, Blackwater would become known as "America's Toughest Race"
Dave also promoted the first ever AMA National Hare Scramble which was held at High Point Raceway in 1979. With the popularity of this event and the Blackwater, the Wiseco 100 Miler Series was born. The series would then evolve into the GNCC series in the early 1980's. The GNCC series began experiencing more growth when 3 wheelers were added in 1983 and ATVs replaced them a few years later.
The famous Blackwater was shut down after the 1993 event but by this point the GNCC series had earned the reputation as being the Premier Offroad Racing Series in America. Throughout the 90s the series would still grow more and more. With domination on the bike side by riders such as Scott Summers, Scott Plessinger and Rodney Smith, while Barry Hawk dominated the ATV side, the series gained even more mainstream coverage in various media.
In 2000 the series saw its first non-American champion as Australian Shane Watts took the title. On the ATV front Bill Balance continued to dominate through 2008. Barry Hawk made the switch to bikes in the early 2000s and found success gaining many top 5s and wins. In 2005 Factory KTM brought 10-Time World Enduro Champion Juha Salminen over to contest the bike series, and he was on another level. This pushed the other pro class riders to train harder and become faster than ever. Salminen won two championships in the two years he raced the series. In 2007, KTM brought another world champion to dominate in the form of David Knight.
Since then the tracks and the racers have become increasingly faster. This has propelled the riders to becoming even higher level athletes and has also provided some amazing racing action for the fans. In today's GNCC series, Chris Borich continues to dominate the ATV side while Charlie Mullins claimed the 2011 bike championship.
The series is still going stronger than it ever has. With television coverage by the RacerTV program on the Versus Network, and the ever growing media coverage, the series still continues to grow.
Over the years the series has been contested by thousands of different riders across the world. Each year an Overall Champion is crowned for both the bikes and ATVs.
2011 Charlie Mullins KTM Hickory, NC
2010 Josh Strang SUZ Australia
2009 Paul Whibley KAW New Zealand
2008 David Knight KTM Isle of Man, UK
2007 David Knight KTM Isle of Man, UK
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
2011 Steward Baylor KTM Belton, SC
2010 Kailub Russell KTM Boonville, NC
2009 Kailub Russell KTM Kingston, OH
2008 Thad Duvall YAM Williamstown, WV
2007 Justin Williamson KTM Sanford, FL
2011 Chris Borich SUZ Sunbury, PA
2010 Chris Borich SUZ Sunbury, PA
2009 Chris Borich SUZ Sunbury, PA
2008 Bill Ballance YAM Oakland, KY
2007 Bill Ballance YAM Oakland, KY
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 LAE Smithfield, PA
1998 Barry Hawk LAE Smithfield, PA
1997 Barry Hawk LAE Smithfield, PA
1996 Barry Hawk LAE Smithfield, PA
1995 Barry Hawk LAE Smithfield, PA
1994 Barry Hawk LAE Smithfield, PA
1993 Barry Hawk 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
2011 Walker Fowler YAM Roger, OH
2010 Brian Wolf HON Medina, OH
2009 Josh Kirkland KTM Proctor, WV
2008 Donald Ockerman YAM Marshall, IL
2007 Brandon Sommers YAM Millersburg, OH