Honda Xr 100 2003

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Honda Xr 100 2003

Grand National Cross Country   by jekky

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.

Current GNCC Tracks

Round one usually takes place at a different track each year in Florida. Due to the race being during the week because of Daytona Bike Week, for the past few years different tracks have been used due to land use issues. Additionally, this race uses a different format than typical GNCC races. It includes practice sessions with the ATV race on Sunday and Bike race on Tuesday.

Maxxis General- Washington, Georgia

Steele Creek- Morganton, North Carolina

Pirelli Big Buck- Union, South Carolina

ITP Loretta Lynn- Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (featured at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn)

Weekend Warrior Titan- Lafayette, Tennessee

Wiseco John Penton- Millfield, Ohio

Parts Unlimited Snowshoe- Snowshoe, West Virginia

Mountain Ridge- Somerset, Pennsylvania

Moose Unadilla- New Berlin, New York

Elka Yadkin Valley Stomp- Yadkinville, North Carolina

FMF Power Line Park- St. Clairsville, Ohio

Klotz Ironman- Crawfordsville, Indiana

XC1 Class

Barry Hawk: Team Am-Pro Yamaha (2003 GNCC Bike Champion; 7-time GNCC ATV Champion)

Charles Mullins: Team FMF Suzuki (2005 GNCC 250 A class Champion)

Glen Kearney: Team Husqvarna (Australian Enduro Champion)

Paul Whibley: Team Geico Kawasaki (2009 GNCC Champion)

Nathan Kanney: Team Shock Doctor KTM

Jimmy Jarrett: Team Geico Kawasaki (3 Time OMA Champion)

Shane Watts: Privateer KTM (2000 GNCC Bike Champion)

Jesse Robinson: Privateer Husaberg (2006 250-A Class GNCC Champion)

Jason Raines: Team AM-Pro Yamaha (2-time AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion)

Joshua Strang: Team FMF Suzuki

Thad Duvall: Team Am-Pro Yamaha (Two-Time GNCC Youth Overall Champion, GNCC 200 B Champion 2008 XC2 Class Champion)

XC2 Class

Kailub Russell: Team Shock Doctor KTM

Cory Buttrick: Team Shock Doctor KTM

Scott Watkins: Team Geico Kawasaki

Andrew Matusek: Kawasaki Privateer

Jake Korn: KTM Privateer

Women's Class

734 JACQUELINE D ROSS PALM BAY, FL KTM

137 SEGRID GUMP FAIRVIEW, WV HON

207 MANDI MASTIN WHITEHOUSE, OH YAM

861 KELSEY ODONNELL DELAND, FL KAW

366 NICOLE BRADFORD GYPSUM, CO KTM

328 CASEY CAMPBELL VERO BEACH, FL KAW

481 KELLY HALL ALEXANDRIA, OH KTM

727 LEEANN M BANGE SPRING GROVE, PA YAM

326 ASHLEY CROUCH PITTSBURG, TX HON

807 TONYA ARRINGTON HARRISBURG, NC KTM

507 DEBORAH G BRODERICK TITUSVILLE, FL KTM

397 JORDON L MILBAUER ARGYLE, TX KTM

535 DAWN K LAIDO DELAND, FL YAM

915 CLAUDIA A DANIELEWICZ OXFORD, MI YAM

071 NIKKI WATSON DELEON SPRINGS,FL SUZ

895 AMANDA BOYK WILDOMER, CA KTM

429 'KIMI D STEINDL LONGWOOD, FL KTM

GNCC Legends

-Ed Lojak (4 time 100 miler series champion) (5-Time GNCC Champion)(6 Time National Hare Scambles Champion), (1984 and 1989 Black water champion), (4 time isde trophy team 3 time gold medal 1 silver medal) Lojaks Yamaha

10 Fred Andrews: Team Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki (1993 GNCC Bike Champion)

111 Juha Salminen: Team KTM Factory Off-Road (2005 and 2006 GNCC Champion, 12-time World Enduro Champion, 2006 ISDE Overall Champion)

222 Randy Hawkins: Team Am-Pro Yamaha (7-time AMA National Enduro Champion)

-Scott Summers: Team Parts Unlimited/Moose Honda (5-time GNCC Bike Champion, 4-time AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion, 1991 and 1992 Blackwater 100 Overall Champion)

-Mark Hyde (4-Time Blackwater 100 Overall Champion)

-Scott Plessinger (2-Time GNCC Champion)

Rodney Smith: 5-time GNCC champion Team Suzuki

Riders (ATV)

1 Bill Ballance: Team Yamaha (9 - Time GNCC ATV Champion)

2 Chris Borich: Team East Coast ATV (GNCC Amateur ATV Champion)

3 William Yokley: Team Yoshimura Suzuki

4 Chris Jenks: Team GT Thunder (Runner-up, 2004 GNCC Pro AM Championship)

5 Matt Smiley: Team Safari Motorsports/Polaris

6 Brandon Ballance: Team Ballance Racing Yamaha

7 Bryan Baker: Team K&K ATV

8 Andris Lagzdins: Team Dirt First/Duncan Racing

9 Adam McGill: (2005 GNCC Pro AM Champion)

Teams

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

Team KTM Off-Road

Team Am-Pro Yamaha

Team Suzuki Off-Road

Team Geico Kawasaki

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 600.

Blackwater 100 and GNCC History

The Blackwater 100 was a GNCC race that was first raced in 1975 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 known as "America's Toughest Race","The Indy 500 of off-road racing" or "The Father's Day Massacre" due to its rugged terrain and other obstacles.

When the Blackwater was first raced in 1975 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 were added in 1983 and ATVs became popular a few years later. By this point, the Blackwater 100 was one of the most famous races in America and its reputation only grew when film producer Jeffrey Grubert produced "Blackwater 100 The Video" in 1990, "Blackwater Revisited" in 1991 "Blackwater Trilogy" in 1992 and "Blackwater Blackout" in 1993. Some of the most insane shots in the videos were of the infamous Route 93 stream crossing. It was a near vertical assault on muddy clay banks and it was even worse when it was raining. The fans would form a human wall on the top of the banks and would catch bikes and ATVs when the riders could not make it all the way up the bank, these fans became known as the "Mud Fleas". Year after year, the fans became more rambunctious. They were in the parking lot mud bogging with dune buggies and 4-wheelers. They would also splash water on the riders as they went through the river crossings. In the video of the 1993 event Dave Coombs said that the party at the race was "an insane asylum, and the patients are running it" he also referred to the campground as "Derelict Drive". After the 1993 event, a study found that e-coli levels in nearby creeks and rivers had risen to unhealthy levels. The local power company, whose land encompassed much of the track, did not want an e-coli outbreak on their property. Once this private land was no longer available the legendary race was history.

In 1990 Tommy Norton won the Blackwater riding a 125cc KTM he was the only rider to win on a 125. Rod Bush was the first person to complete all 100 miles on 125cc machine, 9 years after the initial race. Scott Summers won the Blackwater in 1991 and 1992 riding a Honda XR600 which was the biggest bike to ever win the Blackwater.

Past GNCC Bike Champs

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

Past GNCC ATV Champs

2009 Chris Borich SUZ 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, 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

External links

Official website

Official Juha Salminen website

Official Team AM Pro Yamaha website

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