Another weekend full of racing has come and gone, and with it came several more class wins for GBC Motorsports riders.

This time, GBC earned five GNCC class wins and one WORCS class win. More importantly, however, is the fact that as we near the halfway point of both series it is evident that all riders are putting in strong performances while staying healthy.

GBC Riders Rock the Limestone 100 GNCC

Hopes were high rolling into the second consecutive brand new facility for the Limestone 100 in Springville, Indiana, and both the track and the team of GBC Motorsports riders delivered.

Leading the way this weekend was sophomore XC1 rider Kevin Yoho, who led early and kept himself within the lead pack through the race, even setting the fastest lap on Lap 3.

Yoho finished the race in a season best 6th place and has been steadily improving with each round. It appears that Kevin may be right on the verge of a breakthrough performance, serving notice that this quiet speedster from Ohio is the real deal.

Johnny Gallagher put in another consistent run for 8th place and remains in the 6th position in the XC1 season standings.

Braden Henthorn’s rough start landed him in 13th at the completion of Lap 1, but he overcame these early difficulties and climbed all the way to a podium spot.

Henthorn finished 2nd in the XC2 Pro-Am class, helping him maintain a slim points lead in the class standings. Randy Hamilton earned his first ever Pro-Am Top 5 finish and continues to improve rapidly in only his second year of GNCC competition.

Brycen Neal delivered his 3rd class win of 2012 in the ultra-competitive College A division, while Kevin McKeown took top honors in the College B class.

In some morning race action Bryan Buckhannon made it 5 wins in 6 races in the 4×4 Open class, enhanced by an impressive 2nd place Overall out of more than 230 riders.

Forrest Whorton also earned his 5th win of the season in the 4×4 Senior class on his GBC Dirt Commander equipped Can-Am Outlander.

Ashley Barbee must have liked the feeling of winning in Kentucky just two weeks ago, because she made it two in a row by grabbing another Amateur Women’s class win. Kylie Ahart finished 4th in the Pro Women’s class, and is in 3rd in the season standings.

The GBC Motorsports team will return to GNCC action May 26-27 in Masontown, West Virginia for the Can-Am Mountaineer Run.

Kayla Smith a Class Winner at Race Town 395

WORCS ATV Racing traveled to Adelanto, CA for Round 5 of the 2012 season this past weekend, and one GBC Motorsports rider made an impression.

Kayla Smith not only made her third appearance on the podium at Race Town 395 – she won her class and posted the 5th best overall time out of more than 40 SXS Production racers. The victory puts Smith in 4th place in the season standings in the SXS Production 700 class.

Fellow GBC driver Mitch Guthrie Jr. put up a season best 5th place finish in the SXS Production 1000 class, moving him up into a 5th place tie in the standings.

WORCS Racing will take competitors to On the Edge Raceway in Enterprise, UT for Round 6 of the season.

Can-Am X-Team racers earned four 4×4 class overall wins at the inaugural Limestone 100 in the Can-Am / Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series event and also won both the Pro and Pro-Am classes at round five of the Texhoma Quad Racing Association (TQRA) series.

Can-Am ATV and Commander side-by-side racers also competed In the World Off-Road Championship Series in Southern California.

“Can-Am racers had a busy weekend with mixed results. We competed in three different racing series in three different states. Chris Bithell put in a good effort to finish fourth after he started the Pro class race at the back of the pack at the Limestone GNCC,” stated Jimmie O’Dell, Race Manager, Can-Am. “Our Can-Am 4×4 racers tamed the new course, as Bryan Buckhannon, Cliff Beasley and Forrest Whorton each posted convincing wins their classes. In the WORCS series, Dillon Zimmerman put in another top-five performance on his Can-Am DS 450 while Josh Frederick salvaged a top-10 finish and still sits second in the points chase. And in Texas, Hunter Miller had a great weekend in the TQRA series winning two classes and finishing third on the UTV Pro class podium.”

Can-Am / GNCC Racing

Round six of the Can-Am / GNCC series made its first stop to The Limestone 100 outside of Springville, Ind. Bryan Buckhannon edged Team UXC / Can-Am X-Team racer Michael Swift to win the 4×4 Open class and finish second overall on the morning podium.

“It feels good to have a little more cushion in the points lead. I can’t say I’m going to relax though, because the competition is still really tough and I want to win as many rounds as I can,” said Buckhannon.

Cliff Beasley remained perfect on his Team UXC Racing / Can-Am Renegade 800R Xxc in 2012, winning the U2 class by more than three minutes. Tanner Bowles won his fifth in a row, taking the 4×4 Novice class victory.

Forrest Whorton (Can-Am X-Team) earned his fifth victory in six rounds with a win in the 4×4 Senior 40+ class.  Motoworks / Can-Am DS 450 pro racer Chris Bithell took fourth in Indiana.

After a slow start, Bithell fought his way through traffic and into sixth place. He caught a break late in the race and moved up to fourth. He’s currently fifth in the XC1 Pro class point standings.

WORCS

Racetown 395 in Adelanto, Calif., hosted round five of the 2012 WORCS schedule. Motoworks / Can-Am DS 450 racer Dillon ZImmerman finished fifth in the Pro class. Zimmerman started the race in sixth and rode steady, to post another top-five finish in 2012. He’s currently fourth in the Pro class point standings.

“The track was rough in some areas and wet in others, but my quad held up great, even with it being so hot.” said Zimmerman.

Josh Frederick finished ninth after battling the heat, dust and a mechanical issue. Frederick, who worked his way up to second place and started to pull away from the third-place rider, battled fuel issues and lost several positions as his team corrected the matter.

Frederick was at the back of the pack, but rode hard to notch a top-10 finish. He’s currently second in the Pro class points race after five rounds of racing.

TQRA

Hunter Miller raced his Can-Am DS 450 ATV to wins in both the Open Expert and Pro-Am classes at round five of the TQRA motocross series held at Village Creek MX in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Miller outran his Louis Powersports / Can-Am teammate Cody Miller and the rest of the field during his 1-1 moto sweep in the Open Expert class. In Pro-Am class action, Hunter took the win in the second moto to give him the overall.

The Miller brothers each piloted a Commander 1000 X to a podium finish in the UTV Open class, as Cody finished second and Hunter was third.

For more information on Can-Am racing, the entire 2012 schedule, the ’12 contingency program and DS 450 amateur racer support program, please visit www.can-amxteam.com.

Spring is in the air and already GBC Motorsports is looking forward to the first of several exciting ATV & UTV events that are quickly approaching over the coming months. Next on the list is the 2012 Arctic Cat Rally on the Rocks, starting Tuesday, May 15th and wrapping up Sunday, May 20th.

GBC Motorsports will have representatives out at Rally on the Rocks with tires on display and the answers to any questions, so be sure to find them at SideXSide Performance and Discount Tire.

Additionally, Pro Armor will be there with GBC tires on their vehicles, showing off a variety GBC Motorsports UTV tires. Stop by to take a sneak peak look at GBC’s newest model of UTV tire.

The Arctic Cat Rally on the Rocks is shaping up to be a must for UTV and Side-by-Side enthusiasts. Located at the Old Spanish Trail Arena just south of Moab, UT, the Rally on the Rocks offers drives trail rides of all skill levels accompanied by some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable.

In addition to organized trail rides, vendor booths and concessions, there are several manufacturer demos and a nightly bonfire raffle. Be sure to come out and visit GBC Motorsports at the 2012 Rally on the Rocks.

To see GBC Motorsports’ full selection of UTV and Side-by-Side tires visit www.gbcmotorsports.com.

For the second consecutive round the 2012 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series enjoyed the opportunity to explore some brand new terrain.

The sixth stop of 13 on the schedule this year found the ATV competitors and their supporters in Springville, in the south-central part of Indiana, for the first Limestone 100.

While many of this large crowd had never plied the woodsy, hilly trails of this venue – centered around the Lawrence County Recreation Facility – they found the conditions to be similar to what’s found at The Ironman GNCC which takes place not far from here every October.

That’s a race that Team ITP’s Adam McGill knows very well, and he put his extensive experience to good use by nearly winning at Limestone.

McGill (Hon) worked his way up from a mid-pack start to hold fifth place at the end of the first 10-mile lap, then kept the pressure on to jam into first place on lap two.

The West Virginia native led the majority of the race from that point (three laps) but on the last lap he physically ran out of gas – “I started to hit a wall,” as he described it – and had to settle for a safe second overall.

It was McGill’s fourth runner-up finish of the season, and kept him in second place in the premier XC1 Pro division point standings.

The start of the XC2 Pro Am class nearly spelled disaster for Patrick McGuire (Yam). A pileup in the first turn collected the class championship contender and he was forced to play catch-up for well over two hours. He ended the day in tenth, but it was still good enough to hold onto second place in points.

True misfortune struck our main man in the Masters 50+ class, Glenn McConnell. An abrupt encounter with a tree in the morning race snapped a spindle, putting a damper on his day and title aspirations despite having won the last four in a row.

Nobody and no thing were slowing Dave Simmons (Yam) in the morning’s wave of racing, which featured nearly 230 amateur athletes in a variety of classes. Simmons scorched the course for his fourth overall morning victory of the season and easily claimed his sixth straight Super Senior 45+ class win.

Sharing the top-three overall podium after the morning race was fellow Team ITP rider Angel Atwell (Hon). This former class champ out of Pennsylvania scooped up her third Women’s GNCC triumph of the season on her way to third overall. She remains in second in points for the year, just two out of the lead.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is some compelling competition. The next event takes place in Masontown, West Virginia, with the Can-Am Mountaineer Run, May 26-27.

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