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Many are aware that First Nations peoples were present when European settlers arrived, but few recognize the important role that they played in the forging of the nation we now know as Canada. The relationships amongst these groups were often fractious and unfair, but First Nations still made enormous sacrifices alongside the British and their allies, successfully defending our collective borders at huge cost. These battles, often fought in allegiance with First Nations warriors, produced enormous benefits for settlers sympathetic to the Crown.
Though these important partnerships were initially recognized in the form of covenants and treaties, the spirit of these agreements was not always respected in the long term, and the pivotal roles of First Nations in the building of Canada were diminished in our collective conscience. Written narratives and built monuments of the settlers supplanted the oral histories and nature-based symbolism of the native peoples. Economic and political marginalization and misguided attempts at cultural assimilation further diminished our understanding of the enormous contributions that First Nations peoples made to the founding of Canada.
Canadians are starting to realize the vital importance of recognizing, acknowledging, and honouring the contributions of First Nations, and of the critical importance of reconciliation with First Nations communities.
To help accomplish these goals, this project integrates a physical monument encompassing traditional aboriginal motifs and modern architectural symbolism, First Nations oral and visual storytelling traditions, and a state of the art digital interpretive experience within a historically important and beautiful landscape setting.
The small but highly symbolic limestone monument will amplify upon a well-known Canadian story to generate a deeper understanding of the important role First Nations played in the building of Canada.
The monument will stand in DeCew House Heritage Park in Thorold, Ontario, close to the site Canadian heroine Laura Secord first encountered First Nations warriors in DeCew’s Field late in her fateful journey. They escorted her the final kilometer of her courageous trek to DeCew House to warn the British forces of an impending American invasion. Following her warning, British and First Nations forces were able to mount an offensive that resulted in a definitive defeat of the American invaders in the Battle of Beaverdams, arguably changing the course of Canadian history.
But instead of merely re-telling the familiar but very incomplete Eurocentric narrative of Laura Secord’s famous trek, this monument helps reveal the central role of the Haudenosaunee and other allies in the pivotal Battle of Beaverdams. The battle was fought almost entirely by First Nations forces from Kahnawà:ke and the Grand River who took on the numerically dominant and better-armed American opponents in defence of Canadian territory. These intertwined narratives dramatically illustrate how the often uneasy relationship between First Nations peoples and European settlers could be galvanized, under common threat, into a powerful and genuine allegiance to defend their collective national boundaries.
Douglas Cardinal (Siksika [Blackfoot]), is celebrated for his signature architectural style comprised of curvaceous lines, organic forms, and nature-inspired aesthetics. He has generously donated his detailed design concept to this project, and will oversee the development of the monument to completion.
Cardinal’s design is a distinctive and highly symbolic circular monument made of solid limestone. The circle is a powerful symbol of welcoming, inclusion, and protection in many Native cultures. The protective curved walls are abstract symbols of Haudenosaunee longhouses that open to the East and West, with a central hearth. The fire, a translucent sphere, also represents the sun. The glowing orb that symbolizes the fire will emit rays of light in all directions reminiscent of the campfires of the Haudenosaunee and First Nations allies and the energy of the sun.
Embedded within the walls of the monument will be two graphic wampum belt symbols - the Hiawatha Wampum Belt, which expresses the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace, and the William Claus Pledge of the Crown Wampum Belt which symbolizes the restoration of peace and relations among Native allies and the British following the War of 1812.
GNCC Vs Silverstone - by James Rudd at Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 30 April 2016.
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GNCC Vs Towcestrians - by James Rudd at Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 23 July 2016.
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Towcestrians vs Greens Norton CC - by James Rudd at Greens Norton Road, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 21 May 2016.
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Race splitting on Redstone Rig.
TMW (GNCC), Veli Matti Raikkonen (Granite City RT), Jamie Kennedy (Glasgow Couriers)
Not sure who took the photograph I'm afraid, maybe Bob Marshall?
Lammermuir RR
Sep 16th, 2008, 1:03am
I love road racing.
Well to be more accurate yesterday wonderfully rekindled my adoration of the sport and justified everything, but everything, that it demands of you.
We had ourselves a magnificent sweep through the wild and bare border hills on a classic late summer day.
6 cattle grids, a ford and over 1600m of climbing were involved on a course of just 50 miles (+ 10 back to the strip).
We rolled south out of Haddington and headed for the circuit that debuted on the first Sup6r Six on that chilly and wind scraped day in April.
This time round though we had a warm sun on our backs, dry roads and only 2 1/2 laps to complete before swinging off on the Duns road SE out of Gifford. Not much had happened at this point, an ERC rider or 2 had sat off the front for reasons known only to themselves and Barry McGurk (Team Icarus) had made a powerful but (whisper it) pointless attack on legs that had taken him to 10th spot at the Crit Champs the day before. Anyway he was back in the fold by the turn-off and darn it was good to break away from the tyrrany of the circuit. I know this is not a fashionable thing to say with the undoubted sucess of the Sup6r Six series but I dislike whizzing round lanes in circles hanging onto Elite/1st cat wheels till I'm dropped. I see why circuit racing makes sense and I recognise I'm in a minority but I like to race up and over the hills that form this nation, I like to go places, I like to ride up into the clouds and to rattle down single track and to roll metronomically alongside the rivers. I like to study the map of where I am going and where I have been and I want to pit myself against other racers on the hardest and most beautiful roads we have. I got all of this yesterday, in great, grand gulps and groans and grins and grinds - this is the best of races and despite another less than winning performance from myself I was, absolutely, in heaven.
The road kicked just minutes out of the village and we went from a compressed bunch to a wheezing knotted rope to a stretched out string before the gaps grew, the groups formed and the pattern of the race was set. By the time we had crested the rearing whaleback of Redstone Rig the 'Ascent of man' had given us a lead group of 8 and a chasing group of 5 which included me and, well that was it as far as I was concerned - we didn't see any other riders all day.
I could see Aiden Mcilroy (ERC) and Callum Wilkinson (Bicyleworks) pulling away up ahead and I plunged into the pedals to get up to them but by the time we got over the top they were well ahead and so I settled into a steady effort with Veli-Matti Raikkonen (Granite City),Alastair McNicol (Velo Ecosse), Tim Blathwayt (ERC) and Andy Matheson (Musselburgh) - well matched we pressed on and soon enough Keith Smith (Glasgow Wheelers) came back to us. I lead up the next hill still in pursuit mode till the darn cramps flickered and i had to drop back to shake them out on the long descent into Longformacus where I rejoined the guys for the painful ups and twisting downs to Ellemford. Now we were rolling, spelling and making good time past Whiteadder reservoir but for incoherent ERC 'tactics'.
McGurk had cracked and by the time Redstone Rig hove into view again he was gone and the final push began for the summit 1km in front & 150m above us - 5 of us were riding for 7th place. I'd ridden these roads with my brother before so had an idea about how to pace the climb. Blathwayt jumped, McNicol, Raikkonen and Smith followed whilst me and Mathieson elected to keep a rhythm that i certainly felt would see us overhaul them by the line. But it was infernal and though i was pulling out all the stops it was only Smith I could reel back in before giving everthing up for the line in a sprint that I am feeling in my thighs as i type. I held on for 10th and 1st vet.
Aye it was a day for the young men but I was satisfied and content with my ride.
I love road racing.
GNCC Vs Marston St Lawrence CC - by James Rudd at Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 01 May 2021.
Copyright 2021 owned by James Rudd
GNCC Vs Hinton in the Hedges - by James Rudd at Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 04 June 2016.
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PROFILE: SCOTT SUMMERS
Scott Summers is a rarity among motorcycle racers. He's been at the top of his game for more than a decade and shows no sign of letting up. The owner of nine AMA championships--five in the brutally competitive Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series and four in the far-reaching National Hare Scrambles Series--Summers has earned the respect of all those who have tried to beat him over the years, and the admiration of fans all over the country.
Actually, he has fans all over the world. He's been a key member of America's International Six Days Enduro team four times, racing against the world's best enduro specialists in what's considered the Olympics of off-road motorcycle racing. He earned a coveted gold medal on three of those trips abroad. He's also jumped completely out of his element and into the fast, desolate world of desert racing a few times, finishing as high as third overall at the Baja 1000.
The GNCC series remains the focus of his considerable talent, though, often to the chagrin of his many competitors. Since winning his first GNCC title in 1990, no one has approached his consistency. Despite being a veritable one-man team against multi-rider squads armed with the latest factory equipment from other manufacturers, Summers and his XR600R--a machine that went fundimentally unchanged for nearly a decade--have been the combination to beat more often than not.
Fast, strong, approachable, intelligent and articulate in the subtleties of his sport, Summers is generally acknowledged as the rider who helped elevate cross-country-style racing to a higher professional level, attracting major media attention, outside sponsors and greater involvement from the factories. Over the years he has helped bring younger competitors along with advice and technical assistance, riders who-ironically-he later would come to face on the track. Off the track, Summers participates in several charity causes, and he actively fights to keep land open for OHV recreation. He is, in the simplest sense, one of the good guys.
The past two seasons haven't been good to Summers, however, with injuries and bad luck keeping him from winning more GNCC titles. Last year he won the third race of the series, putting himself in the hunt for a record extending 10th championship. Unfortunately he suffered a broken femur and other injuries in a training crash that kept him out of racing the remainder of the year and the beginning of the 2000 season.
This might be a comeback season for Summers, but few would bet against him-especially this year. For the 2000 season he'll be riding Honda's all-new aluminum-frame, liquid-cooled XR650R, the most innovative machine he has raced. "The bike is real strong," says Summers. "It's everything we always hoped the XR would become." Widely acknowledged as one of the strongest, fittest racers on the circuit, he credits much of his long-running success to extensive physical training. "I push myself really hard," he says. "I don't have all the natural talent in the world, so I have to try to make up for that by spending more time in the gym.
"I like the physical aspect of this sport. Not only is it about mechanical preparation, it's a very physical game. I spend about three or four days a week training, isolating different muscle groups." Of course, riding is also a key part of his physical preparation, though he insists, "Riding is a great way to train, but you have to do it at a racing level of intensity to get sustained benefits." With a variety of practice tracks laid out around his 100-acre ranch in Petersburg, Kentucky, Summers can ride virtually any time he wishes. Normally, he'll ride at least three days a week, matching the effort of a GNCC event.
Another characteristic Summers exhibits is the result of 16 years of racing experience, and that's his savvy approach to any given race. Asked what part of his experience is most beneficial, he replies, "Predicting what elements are going to be the most important at a given event. One day it might be vision; that might be the limiting factor. Another day, it might require a special suspension setup. So the guy who can predict what factors are keeping him from going faster will be the one who's toughest to beat."
When he's not prepping for a race or honing his 6-foot-1 physique to cope with those grueling three-hour events, Summers participates in several worthy causes. He has helped develop plans to reopen trails in the nearby Daniel Boone National Forest to motorcycles, and has become a sponsor of the Honda-supported National Youth Project Using Minibikes (NYPUM). This unique program employs minibikes to help motivate at-risk inner-city kids. Summers puts on an annual NYPUM riding camp at his ranch. "The kids have to be genuinely motivated to participate, but we show them a good time and really open their eyes to some new possibilities," he says. "It's amazing to see the transformation in these kids-some of them have never even been to the country-when they get on a motorcycle for the first time."
Political activist, youth worker, physical-training demon and feared competitor-Scott Summers will bring all of these facets together for a 2000 racing campaign that promises to go down in the record books.
STATISTICS: SCOTT SUMMERS
¥ AMA Grand National Cross Country Series Champion: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997
¥ AMA National Hare Scrambles Series Champion: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
¥ AMA GNCC Series Rider of the Year: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996
¥ AMA Sportsman of the Year: 1990
¥ Second overall, AMA GNCC Series: 1995
¥ Third overall, AMA National Hare Scrambles Series: 1994
¥ Fourth overall, AMA GNCC Series: 1998
¥ Fifth overall, AMA GNCC Series: 1994
¥ Four-time U.S. ISDE team member, Gold medalist in 1989, 1996, 1998
¥ Third overall, Baja 1000: 1988
BornMarch 21, 1967
Bowling Green, Kentucky
ResidencePetersburg, Kentucky
National # 19
Began riding1972, age 5
First race1974, age 7
TrainingRunning, weight lifting, bicycling, motorcycle riding
HobbiesRiding personal watercraft, water skiing, board sailing, inline skating
Height6' 1"
Weight185 lb.
Marital statusSingle
Current race bikeHonda XR650R
MechanicCorey Parlin
Paul MacInally (EKRC), TMW (GNCC), Chris Smart (Glasgow Couriers)
Following report from GNCC forum:
TLI Trossachs RR 30/09/07
Oct 1st, 2007, 11:26pm
A great race to round off the 2007 road race season - Jimmy Rae's Trossachs Road race or the 'Race of the Falling Conkers', either way its twice round the Callandar, Dukes, Aberfoyle, Menteith, Braes of Greenock circuit - tough enough for anyone.
A quality turnout for the race on a fine early autumn day with clear skies and dry roads for uninterupted fast riding. 2 races, faster and fast, faster off first and bang, off it went with Callum Wilkinson (Pedal Power) and Arthur Doyle (Glasgow Ivy) up the road as soon as we'd cleared the humpback bridge and hit the A81. Phenomenal, but you presume presumtious and get on with easing yourself into the pace which was lurching and uneven though purposeful and probing as the endless attacks were rapidly thinning the bunch. And so on to the Dukes which was dispatched with little obvious distress (maybe racers should play poker in the off season) our group spelling sensibly whilst watching the 2 leaders climbing up ahead. You can't simulate racing down the Dukes, the real thing is just such a thrill! Those magic tight sweeps of tar as you plummet down into Aberfoyle get taken at astonishing speed and the cars - well the cars get the message and tuck well in to let the bikes sweep past. The sketch is the sprint down the street as everyone tries to maintain momentum/get on the wheel but regrouped we worked hard up the drags east and formed a convincing alliance of shared labour that we felt sure would bring back the leaders. 1 minute down on them. By now we were down to 10, but 10 strong. 2 Edge Racing, 2 Couriers, 2 EK, Prasad, Whitehall Jnr, MacGregor and me, all piling it on, short spells, through and off. Steady over the Braes but a bit ragged up to the Brig O'Turk. Some suffrin' for sure and a lot of missed spells and shouting are breaking the rhythm. I'm not feeling that, I'm deadly serious now, I'm doing what I do and I'm not for slowing at all, tis obvious what must be done. Whitehall goes off the front - MacGregor in pursuit. Dukes X2. Its tough, we can't see Doyle nor Wilkinson and haven't had a time check for ages. Whitehall shows amazingly fresh legs and rides MacG off his wheel - the years tell today. We ride right through him and he drags Tom Dempster and Paul MacInally down with him. But Paul is just too tough and fights it, clawing back up to and past me right at the summit where horrors, I'm cramping. The downhill has commenced but I'm shaking a lactic infested leg not pressing on down. I stretch, drink and tuck to hit speeds that get me a bend away from the bunch but never back in there. The street is complex with traffic and I'm bursting myself trying to get back on.
But I'm off the back, the bunches chase is still on, they don't need me and as has so often been the case this year I'm finishing a race on my own, TTing to the finish, missing out on the habble for the line but holding a place by just keeping from getting caught. Its actually quite horrible back over the Braes, my legs are wobbly and Krabbe black and I'm dimly aware of MacG and Dempster a few hundred meters back. Of course I've worked out that this is for 10th and in a field like this thats good enough for me and its what i get at the line. The Doyle express got caught - on the very last straight. Whitehall toasted him and Prasad and Murdoch swept him up too. But no-one could match Wilkinson who is a magnificent rider - though I sometimes think he rides so well and keeps us all at so many bike lengths because he dislikes us all so much...
I am going to miss the racing over the winter - roll on 2008!
TMW (GNCC), Chris Smart (Glasgow Couriers)
Following report from GNCC forum,
TLI Trossachs RR 30/09/07
Oct 1st, 2007, 11:26pm
A great race to round off the 2007 road race season - Jimmy Rae's Trossachs Road race or the 'Race of the Falling Conkers', either way its twice round the Callandar, Dukes, Aberfoyle, Menteith, Braes of Greenock circuit - tough enough for anyone.
A quality turnout for the race on a fine early autumn day with clear skies and dry roads for uninterupted fast riding. 2 races, faster and fast, faster off first and bang, off it went with Callum Wilkinson (Pedal Power) and Arthur Doyle (Ivy) up the road as soon as we'd cleared the humpback bridge and hit the A81. Phenomenal, but you presume presumtious and get on with easing yourself into the pace which was lurching and uneven though purposeful and probing as the endless attacks were rapidly thinning the bunch. And so on to the Dukes which was dispatched with little obvious distress (maybe racers should play poker in the off season) our group spelling sensibly whilst watching the 2 leaders climbing up ahead. You can't simulate racing down the Dukes, the real thing is just such a thrill! Those magic tight sweeps of tar as you plummet down into Aberfoyle get taken at astonishing speed and the cars - well the cars get the message and tuck well in to let the bikes sweep past. The sketch is the sprint down the street as everyone tries to maintain momentum/get on the wheel but regrouped we worked hard up the drags east and formed a convincing alliance of shared labour that we felt sure would bring back the leaders. 1 minute down on them. By now we were down to 10, but 10 strong. 2 Edge Racing, 2 Couriers, 2 EK, Prasad, Whitehall Jnr, MacGregor and me, all piling it on, short spells, through and off. Steady over the Braes but a bit ragged up to the Brig O'Turk. Some suffrin' for sure and a lot of missed spells and shouting are breaking the rhythm. I'm not feeling that, I'm deadly serious now, I'm doing what I do and I'm not for slowing at all, tis obvious what must be done. Whitehall goes off the front - MacGregor in pursuit. Dukes X2. Its tough, we can't see Doyle nor Wilkinson and haven't had a time check for ages. Whitehall shows amazingly fresh legs and rides MacG off his wheel - the years tell today. We ride right through him and he drags Tom Dempster and Paul MacInally down with him. But Paul is just too tough and fights it, clawing back up to and past me right at the summit where horrors, I'm cramping. The downhill has commenced but I'm shaking a lactic infested leg not pressing on down. I stretch, drink and tuck to hit speeds that get me a bend away from the bunch but never back in there. The street is complex with traffic and I'm bursting myself trying to get back on.
But I'm off the back, the bunches chase is still on, they don't need me and as has so often been the case this year I'm finishing a race on my own, TTing to the finish, missing out on the habble for the line but holding a place by just keeping from getting caught. Its actually quite horrible back over the Braes, my legs are wobbly and Krabbe black and I'm dimly aware of MacG and Dempster a few hundred meters back. Of course I've worked out that this is for 10th and in a field like this thats good enough for me and its what i get at the line. The Doyle express got caught - on the very last straight. Whitehall toasted him and Prasad and Murdoch swept him up too. But no-one could match Wilkinson who is a magnificent rider - though I sometimes think he rides so well and keeps us all at so many bike lengths because he dislikes us all so much...
I am going to miss the racing over the winter - roll on 2008!
The 2017 GNCC Racing Series is a 13 round series beginning with the VP Racing Fuels Big Buck Race at Big Buck Farm in Union, South Carolina. The GNCC Racing format features three ATV racing sessions on Saturday, and three motorcycle racing sessions on Sunday.
ATV and motorcycle courses run 8-12 miles long with standard race times of 2 hours for ATV’s (1 hour for youth) and 2 or 3 hours for motorcycles (90 minutes for youth). GNCC Racing has a total of 107 classes: 56 Bike classes, 41 ATV classes and 10 UTV classes – so yes, there is literally a class for every age and every skill level. Some races have more than 1,000 motorcycles at the starting line!
GNCC Racing is an invigorating family lifestyle that racing families enjoy from March through November, travelling up and down the east coast, passionately calling themselves the “GNCC Racing Nation.”
GNCC Vs Evenley - by James Rudd at Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 16 June 2018.
Copyright 2018 owned by James Rudd
Tom Worthington (Glasgow Nightingale CC), Tom Anderson (Falkirk BC), Stuart MacGregor (Velo Ecosse)
www.veloveritas.co.uk/2008/08/17/scottish-vets-road-race-...
Photo by Ian Adams @ veloresults.co.uk.
Following report from the GNCC forum:
Vets RR Champs Alford 12/08/07
Reply #3 - Aug 12th, 2007, 10:26pm
An early start and long drive made most pleasant, informative and amusing in the excellent company of Cammy. Twas wet all the way up the road to Aberdeen - and wet most of the way through the race, the dampness only relenting once the riding was over and tea was being drunk...
Isobel and the GS Corsa had found a good field for this race, which doesn't in any way feel less competitive or pacey than any other of the big Scottish races. Quite the contrary - this was a fast and tough ride in the company of some very excellent, wise and strong racers - no switching or stalling or moaning or bawling going on today. I got off to a good start - though it was a long way off the plan for the day! Riding up front with my eye on the favourites I found myself on the hill north out of Keig matching the seasons genuine sensation John Kermode (Dundee Thistle). So together we upped the ante and struck off up Brindy Hill with just McGarrity (Edge Racing) for company and then up popped MacGregor (Velo Ecosse). We had already done enough to distance ourselves from the pack which gave us real impetus to dig deep and consolidate our lead on the road west to Ardmore distillery where we picked up Randal Shenton (Team Swift Allsports) who had made a solo break earlier. The 5 of us spelled honestly and worked well for the rest of the lap building up a gap which was, at one point 45 seconds. I was loving it, the simplicity of it all after the clamour of the bunch, the excitement of being in a hard working break with the race favourites parted the pain of the effort and I found enough in my legs to play my part in the venture as we sped through Rhynie and Lumsden and down to the Don. But it was not to last - McGarrity put our getting caught down to ‘I think we all thought that we were the break of the day and got a bit complacent’, Kermode said ‘nobody gave-up in the group behind,’ whilst McGregor reckoned ‘we weren’t working as a cohesive unit.’ Anyways we were caught...first by Cusick (Glasgow Couriers) and Barclay (Kirkcaldy) and then by the 24 other riders still in the race. So it got a bit crowded for the second lap and I just sat in for a lot of it. Kept my eye on the front as the usual suspects plus Peter Ettles (Forres CC) and the Granite City boys were looking frisky. Cusick went off on his own and then a wee group went off the front for a few miles but big efforts from Ken Thomson (Dunfermline CC), Ettles, myself and Shenton brought them back for what was to be a sprint finish between 31 of us...After a futile attempt to attack early I tucked in behind Kermode and waited for the habble to commence. When it did I picked up good speed only to be cut off from the gap K. had gone through which cut my sprint in 2 and put me about 12th on the line (given =7th with most of the rest of the guys in the results). So what - it was a good enough race. Kermode won it pipping McGarrity fair and square. Really nicely run race. Really horrible weather. Really welcome coffee and banana bread afterwards.
Results here I think
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Photos here
www.granitecityrt.co.uk/vets_champs.htm
Ed Hood/VeloResults report here
www.veloresults.co.uk/results/2007/08%20August/Scottish%2... mps/Scottish%20Vets%20RR%20Champs.html
The 2017 GNCC Racing Series is a 13 round series beginning with the VP Racing Fuels Big Buck Race at Big Buck Farm in Union, South Carolina. The GNCC Racing format features three ATV racing sessions on Saturday, and three motorcycle racing sessions on Sunday.
ATV and motorcycle courses run 8-12 miles long with standard race times of 2 hours for ATV’s (1 hour for youth) and 2 or 3 hours for motorcycles (90 minutes for youth). GNCC Racing has a total of 107 classes: 56 Bike classes, 41 ATV classes and 10 UTV classes – so yes, there is literally a class for every age and every skill level. Some races have more than 1,000 motorcycles at the starting line!
GNCC Racing is an invigorating family lifestyle that racing families enjoy from March through November, travelling up and down the east coast, passionately calling themselves the “GNCC Racing Nation.”
After a four-month hiatus, anticipation was at all-time high when the famed “10 seconds” was called and the green flag waved. The season opener for the 2017 GNCC Series was celebrated at Big Buck Farm on Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5 – conditions were perfect for a full weekend of ATV and motorcycle racing.
The off-road course at Big Buck Farm is over 12 miles long and is full of tricky stretches of tight woods, muddy creek crossings, exciting jumps, and challenging hill climbs. GNCC Racing is the country’s largest off-road racing series and when 700 competitors race at one time, the sights and sounds grab your attention.
GNCC Vs Hanslope - by James Rudd at Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 25 May 2019.
Copyright 2019 owned by James Rudd
Cross Country photographer grabbed some great shots at this year's GNCC Round 3. HMF Team Pros
HMF Exhaust Team Riders at GNCC Round 3. Photos by Amy McConnell of Cross Country Photos.
HMF Team Riders at GNCC Round 3 in 2011. Photos by photgrapher Amy McConnell of Cross Country Photos
GNCC Vs Silverstone - by James Rudd at Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, on 20 May 2017.
Copyright 2017 owned by James Rudd
The 2017 GNCC Racing Series is a 13 round series beginning with the VP Racing Fuels Big Buck Race at Big Buck Farm in Union, South Carolina. The GNCC Racing format features three ATV racing sessions on Saturday, and three motorcycle racing sessions on Sunday.
ATV and motorcycle courses run 8-12 miles long with standard race times of 2 hours for ATV’s (1 hour for youth) and 2 or 3 hours for motorcycles (90 minutes for youth). GNCC Racing has a total of 107 classes: 56 Bike classes, 41 ATV classes and 10 UTV classes – so yes, there is literally a class for every age and every skill level. Some races have more than 1,000 motorcycles at the starting line!
GNCC Racing is an invigorating family lifestyle that racing families enjoy from March through November, travelling up and down the east coast, passionately calling themselves the “GNCC Racing Nation.”
Castlethorpe vs GNCC - by James Rudd at Castlethorpe Playing Field, Castlethorpe, Northamptonshire, England, on 08 August 2015.
Copyright 2015 owned by James Rudd
The 2017 GNCC Racing Series is a 13 round series beginning with the VP Racing Fuels Big Buck Race at Big Buck Farm in Union, South Carolina. The GNCC Racing format features three ATV racing sessions on Saturday, and three motorcycle racing sessions on Sunday.
ATV and motorcycle courses run 8-12 miles long with standard race times of 2 hours for ATV’s (1 hour for youth) and 2 or 3 hours for motorcycles (90 minutes for youth). GNCC Racing has a total of 107 classes: 56 Bike classes, 41 ATV classes and 10 UTV classes – so yes, there is literally a class for every age and every skill level. Some races have more than 1,000 motorcycles at the starting line!
GNCC Racing is an invigorating family lifestyle that racing families enjoy from March through November, travelling up and down the east coast, passionately calling themselves the “GNCC Racing Nation.”
After a four-month hiatus, anticipation was at all-time high when the famed “10 seconds” was called and the green flag waved. The season opener for the 2017 GNCC Series was celebrated at Big Buck Farm on Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5 – conditions were perfect for a full weekend of ATV and motorcycle racing.
The off-road course at Big Buck Farm is over 12 miles long and is full of tricky stretches of tight woods, muddy creek crossings, exciting jumps, and challenging hill climbs. GNCC Racing is the country’s largest off-road racing series and when 700 competitors race at one time, the sights and sounds grab your attention.
Worthington attempts to get back on after getting caught up in crash - tries hard, fails...
Photo by Ali Low
Following report from the GNCC forum:
British Eagle 9/7/6
Jul 12th, 2006, 4:50pm
Almost didn't bother telling you all about this effort but in the spirit of balanced reporting on my season here goes...
Got a lift over to this East Lothian race with my friend Ali, who was immediated co-opted to sit in the Commisars car to take notes during the race.
60 plus riders set out onto an overcast circuit from East Saltoun. The wind was having a go from the South west and rain threatened. The course wound its way towards Humbie on some gritty surfaces. Breaks went, breaks got reeled in, then right in front of me some weaving in the peloton on a hill caused wheels to touch and with a clatter there was a low speed pile-up right in front of me. I stopped in time but was caught up in the tangle for long enough to find the bunch receeding over the crest of the hill by the time i was back in the saddle. I pulled and pushed and huffed and puffed. I tucked in I breathed deep, dug hard and tried to bridge that gap. But I was all alone - apart from friendly jibes from the tannoy on the commisars car - and I just couldn't do it in the wind. I did probably 8 or 9 miles with the bunch in sight / out of sight / then gone before sitting up on the first time back through the start village. It was really depressing frankly, my race was lost before half a lap (of 4) was completed. I think I did my best but i wonder if I couldn't have worked harder, and more pertinantly, quicker to get back on with the bunch. I should have jumped when I instead dug in hoping to haul my way back up to them. Oh well. So i was joined by Stephen Sheridan from Glasgow Wheelers, an Ivy and some of the many EBC riders and we had our own wee race from then on. Nothing much really but good hard training for us all. We spelled well enough, some dropped out and riders directly involved in the crash got on and round we went, contemplating jacking it in but hammering on instead. The rain came on on the last lap rendering the downhills a worry but our bunch, now down to 7, made it to the line intact and the best thing i can say about a lacklustre race for me was that I won the sprint for, who knows? 37th place?
Worst news of the day was Aidan from Auchencrow Thistles fall within 1/2 a mile of the finish. He was on for 2nd place but ended up off the road on a bend due to some darn car.
Results here
I didn't really like the course, the weather nor the baking.
The 2017 GNCC Racing Series is a 13 round series beginning with the VP Racing Fuels Big Buck Race at Big Buck Farm in Union, South Carolina. The GNCC Racing format features three ATV racing sessions on Saturday, and three motorcycle racing sessions on Sunday.
ATV and motorcycle courses run 8-12 miles long with standard race times of 2 hours for ATV’s (1 hour for youth) and 2 or 3 hours for motorcycles (90 minutes for youth). GNCC Racing has a total of 107 classes: 56 Bike classes, 41 ATV classes and 10 UTV classes – so yes, there is literally a class for every age and every skill level. Some races have more than 1,000 motorcycles at the starting line!
GNCC Racing is an invigorating family lifestyle that racing families enjoy from March through November, travelling up and down the east coast, passionately calling themselves the “GNCC Racing Nation.”