TIGER RUN – Highlights
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| 2023 GNCC Series Bike p.m. | ||||||||
| 01. XC1 Open Pro – Bike – Class Points | RND 1 | RND 2 | RND 3 | RND 4 | ||||
| Place | Make | Nbr | Name | Finish | Finish | Finish | Finish | Total Points |
| 1 | KTM | 514 | STEWARD BAYLOR JR | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 98 |
| 2 | KTM | 530 | BENJAMIN M KELLEY | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 92 |
| 3 | HQV | 342 | CRAIG B DELONG | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 85 |
| 4 | YAM | 212 | RICKY A RUSSELL | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 69 |
| 5 | HQV | 001 | JORDAN ASHBURN | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 64 |
| 6 | KAW | 314 | GRANT BAYLOR | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 55 |
| 7 | KAW | 017 | JOSH V STRANG | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 53 |
| 8 | KTM | 969 | JONATHAN GIRROIR | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| 9 | GAS | 989 | THADDEUS DUVALL | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 10 | GAS | 523 | LAYNE C MICHAEL | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | KTM | 125 | BENJAMIN NELKO | 13 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
| 12 | HQV | 739 | TREVOR BOLLINGER | 14 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
TIGER RUN – Full Race
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| 02. XC2 250 Pro – Bike – Class Points | RND 1 | RND 2 | RND 3 | RND 4 | ||||
| Place | Make | Nbr | Name | Finish | Finish | Finish | Finish | Total Points |
| 1 | KTM | 035 | ANGUS RIORDAN | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 83 |
| 2 | HON | 014 | RUY BARBOSA | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 81 |
| 3 | GAS | 010 | RYDER LAFFERTY | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 78 |
| 4 | KAW | 178 | LYNDON SNODGRASS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 75 |
| 5 | HON | 990 | CODY J BARNES | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 74 |
| 6 | YAM | 198 | LIAM DRAPER | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 73 |
| 7 | KTM | 118 | MASON SEMMENS | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 59 |
| 8 | BET | 347 | EVAN SMITH | 9 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 56 |
| 9 | KTM | 922 | GRANT W DAVIS | 12 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 48 |
| 10 | HON | 282 | MICHAEL WITKOWSKI | 8 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 47 |
| 11 | BET | 981 | JONATHAN T JOHNSON | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 44 |
| 12 | KTM | 328 | JESSE ANSLEY | 11 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 13 | KTM | 372 | PHILIPPE CHAINE | 14 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 14 | KTM | 053 | NATHANIEL TASHA | 15 | 12 | 10 | 26 | |
| 15 | HQV | 886 | ALEXANDRE GOUGEON | 12 | 14 | 13 | 24 | |
| 16 | HQV | 235 | BRODY JOHNSON | 13 | 13 | 16 | 21 | |
| 17 | KTM | 814 | STEVEN NICHOLAS | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | |
| 18 | GAS | 361 | CHRIS CANNING | 13 | 18 | 11 | ||
| 19 | KTM | 376 | CODY R GROVES | 16 | 5 | |||
The Grand National Cross Country Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship, (GNCC Racing) concluded round four, Dunlop Tires Tiger Run, on Sunday April 2, 2023, in Union, South Carolina. The day saw sunny and warm conditions throughout the day, a very different scene from the previous round of racing.
As the green flag waved and the bikes fired up, it was Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki Team Green’s Josh Strang grabbing the $250 All Balls Racing XC1 Holeshot Award. Yet it wouldn’t take AmPro Yamaha’s Ricky Russell long to make his way into the early lead. Russell would continue to hold the lead for the duration of the race, coming through to earn his first victory of the 2023 season.
Behind Russell the positions were constantly changing throughout the three-hour race, but it would be Rocky Mountain/Tely Energy KTM Racing’s Steward Baylor making a last lap pass for the second place position after working his way up front from a fifth place start to the day. Magna1 Motorsports/Husqvarna’s Jordan Ashburn would cross the line in third overall, rounding out the podium, after running second for majority of the race.
As he came through scoring in ninth on the opening lap, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Craig DeLong would battle his way towards the front only to crash and work his way back up through the pack. DeLong would go back-and-forth between third and fourth for the last couple of laps, ultimately coming through fourth to finish the day.
After making a mistake early in the race FMF/KTM Factory Racing’s Ben Kelley would find himself working his way up for majority of the race. Kelley would end up fifth overall on the day, maintaining his second place position in the points standings.
Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki Team Green’s Josh Strang would come through third on lap one after earning the holeshot, but he would have a setback on lap two forcing him to battle towards the middle of the pack for most of the race. Strang would come through sixth overall at the fourth round of racing. FMF/KTM Factory Racing’s Jonathan Girroir would finish seventh on the day after a rough start put him at the back of the pack. Girroir would continue to push for the duration of the race, as he continues to improve each week.
Making his way up to eighth overall after an eleventh place start to the day in his home state of South Carolina was the Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki Team Green-backed racer, Grant Baylor. Coastal GASGAS Factory Racing’s Thad Duvall would have an up-and-down day as he continued to push, crossing the line ninth in XC1 and 14th overall.
Rounding out the top 10 in XC1 was GASGAS/FXR/Scott Goggle’s Layne Michael. However, Michael was only able to complete three of the laps and was forced to push his bike back to his pit area. Michael was having a great run, coming through second and then in the third place position before his machine quit.
As the XC2 250 Pro class took off it was Trail Jesters KTM Racing’s Mason Semmens grabbing the $250 Steel City Men’s Clinic Holeshot Award, however the racing action behind him was heating up as the racers made their way through the woods on the opening lap. AmPro Yamaha’s Liam Draper would hold the early lead, but he would soon have Phoenix Racing Honda’s Ruy Barbosa right behind him ready to make a pass for the lead.
Barbosa would make a pass for the lead, but he would find himself engaged in a heated battle with Draper for majority of the race as the two swapped the lead position back-and-forth. Barbosa’s teammate, Phoenix Racing Honda’s Cody Barnes would enter the mix upfront and make a pass for the lead later in the race. Barnes would hold the lead for two laps, but a mistake on the last lap would let Barbosa make the pass stick for the first place position. As they emerged from the woods it would be Barbosa coming through to earn his first-ever XC2 class win. Barnes would finish second, with Draper coming through to round out the XC2 top three.
Current points leader FMF RPM KTM Racing’s Angus Riordan would finish fifth on the day, as the defending champion Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki Team Green’s Lyndon Snodgrass had a rough day coming through seventh in class. The Coastal GASGAS Factory Racing’s Ryder Lafferty, XC2 class front-runner earlier this season, would suffer from mechanical issues through the day.
Source: GNCC
