2020 GNCC Round 3 The General Bikes - MAVTV

caleb russell with an incredible start to the 2020 season the farewell tour starts it with two wins in just the first two rounds who is going to step up and knock caleb off the top spot gncc racing coming up next are you ready to go [Music] the specialized general gncc here at aeonia pass in washington georgia hi folks i'm mikey waynes and i'm going to be walking you through today's racing action but first let's take a look the specialized race recap early on as our xc1 riders jockeying for position it was caleb russell who found himself out front early capturing the whole shot right there in front of lane michael with jordan ashburn in the number three position later on ashburn able to work up into that number two spot pretty solid day for him early on we'll have more on that in a moment there's lane michael right there in the number four spot early it was a bad day for the factory one sureco team both baylor brothers into the pits with mechanical errors spelled bad news for stu grant able to overcome but as the race wore on a shot of ricky russell right there trying to catch up to that pace of caleb russell there were battles all over the place and it came down to this moment right here ashburn goes down and that ended up being bad news for jordan ashburn throughout the rest of the day caleb russell maintains that lead and is able to hang on and capture a win there in the florida swamps yeah it was a tough day got a great start fortunately and uh just kind of did my own thing just i tried to do the same thing that i did a big buck just ride really good just ride smooth and patient not make any mistakes and um yeah i just kept that pretty steady pace there the first three four laps and really throughout the whole thing but um yeah i was able to get that buffer and just kind of buy my time and ride mistake free laps and you know it's easy to do that when you're not under pressure you can kind of do your own thing and pick your lines and get around the lappers a little bit stress-free so it was a good day a brutal course it wasn't as bad as it has been in years past i don't know why but um i don't know why that is but it just seemed a little bit easier this year than normally but uh still nonetheless my hands are killing me man they're they're smoke so i'm gonna be feeling it tomorrow taking a look now at the top ten from the moose racing wild boar strong start to the season for both string and ricky russell and how about the finish for grant baylor that tough break in the pits able to hang on and salvage some points there but we're back gncc racing round three [Music] rodney tomlin with the call all balls racing hole shot award up for grabs who is going to take it not the best start for caleb russell off the line there ricky russell captures the whole shot and it's ash burning second behind him not the best start again for caleb russell who snagged the hole shot in both rounds one and two at the start of the season as the xc1 class make their way into the woods it's jordan ashburn up front this has got to feel good for him coming off that heartbreaker in round two that we just saw in the recap he's got to feel good can he maintain it though throughout the entire three hours of this race we'll see if he can keep it going we head back to the start now for the starting line of our xc2 250 pro class full shot award up for grabs again this time courtesy of hot cams and things getting a little tangled up there in the xc2 who is going to take it that is the 513 of ryder lebland and how about the shot from the yamaha racing sky cam that never gets old it's definitely changed the way that we watch racing here at gncc without a doubt our riders moving into the woods section now as our xc1 riders did and we'll be heading back to the start line for the start of that fmf xc3 pro am class the 125s and off they roll listen to them sing it never gets old riders working their way around reigns going wide and ends up taking it jason reigns takes the whole shot out of the fmf xc3 class and boy good lead for jason raines early on in this one into the woods section jordan ashburn jumping back to our leaders jordan ashburn still out in front now but it is single file behind him with ricky russell in second stu baylor third lane fourth caleb in fifth and straying back in the number six spot look how close these guys are it is anyone's race at this point gncc continues after this [Music] coverage of the 2020 grand national cross country series on mav tv is brought to you in part by specialized turbo e-bikes it's you only faster rocky mountain atvmc get ready and by yamaha revs your heart [Music] welcome back to gncc racing the babbitt's online team green monster energy kawasaki jordan ashburn still out in front ricky russell in the number two spot but i gotta say we have got some incredibly tight racing action here today through the fmf powerpoint you can see these guys single file same thing here in the monster mile no rider wants to mess up right now it can cost you one two three maybe four positions if you make the littlest error right now and how about this a new leader the 2-1-2 coastal racing husqvarna of ricky russell now out in front of ashburn that is tight racing ashburn in the number two spot we look at these guys battle from the yamaha racing sky cam it doesn't get much better than that how about that so these two guys trying to put some distance between them and the rest of the pack but from third back to about sixth place we've got ourselves a battle it's still early not saying these guys are gonna pull away with it and they're not there's two baylor in the lead right there so another lead change here today i believe this might be what our third lead change uh here this afternoon jordan ashburn maintains that number two spot but now you gotta wonder where is ricky russell not on screen yet i believe that's caleb russell on screen there in the number three spot sure enough and how about it there popping on the screen ricky russell falls back into the number five position so big mistake layman excuse me lane michael now behind him in the number six spot can he catch up so stew your leader working into this section no problem for stu baylor aboard the factory one shurco machine we'll see if the second place oh look at this caleb russell into the number two spot now uh gets a little off the peg there no problem for caleb no problem for straying in the number three spot and ashburn looking like he's in fourth fifth ricky russell and lane michael right behind him chomping at the bit so still seeing some single file racing from these guys but how about it off to the races caleb russell with the pass on stu baylor for first place our fourth lead change of the day this is what gncc racing is all about string maintaining that number three position now we reach that point in the race this grueling three hours we start to see more of those lappers playing a factor for some of our front runners into the 10 mile marker is stu baylor how far behind is caleb one lapper in between them different line choice there for caleb and it's it's putting them back a little bit of time on stu baylor can he catch up there's straying on screen [Music] stu baylor still out in front of caleb russell in this one that gap seems to be diminishing a little bit as these guys roll on third place who's it gonna be strang still in that number three spot [Music] right behind him though is fourth place rider ricky russell he says not so fast guys i had that lead i want it back i'm coming for you can stu baylor hang on and capture his first win this season gncc continues after this [Music] well in its second full season with us here at the gncc emtb racing takes place on saturday nights and wow as it continued to grow in numbers i think back to 2018 we ran a few of these races not a full season uh and not the largest numbers but steady progress if you look at the starting line there now that's your row number two incredible incredible to see how large it's gotten brings out guys john ayers charlie mullins on screen right there charlie mullins your defending 2019 champion by the way uh but yeah it's just incredible to see how much this sport has grown in the world of gncc racing i've got to tell you if you haven't thrown your leg over a specialized e-bike and you find yourself at a gncc stop by the booth talk to those guys talk to this guy right here taking a win charlie mullins what an incredible rider he is and man is it good to have a guy like charlie mullins back out running in the gnc seats well we jump back into the racing actions here in the vp racing fuels pro row the factory one sureco team getting stu baylor some fuel still in that number one spot pretty flawless uh pit stop pursue right there maintains that uh first place position and into the pits is caleb russell expect to see him get goggles and fuel right here and a lot of folks this is your first time watching at gncc without a doubt the pitts strategy plays a huge factor out there how about that johnny gallagher on the screen right there folks would have seen him on the atv side of things uh out there doing some pit reporting so stu baylor still out in front caleb in the number two spot right there couple lappers in between them should be quick work for caleb sure enough it is but the race is on caleb russell now out in front in this one how about it so another lead change i'm running out of breath here stu baylor though not letting him out of his sights he says not so fast i want this one you've had enough wins it's my turn strang meanwhile in the number three spot kind of on that island scenario there's no one in front to key off of there's no one behind him pushing him it's just straying riding in his own helmet just thinking am i gonna catch up to these guys in the number one and two spot how far back is number four there's just all question marks for straying right now he's just gotta focus and maintain his ride right now stu baylor with a little trouble caleb with a little trouble as well doesn't really make much of a difference in the big scheme of things as they both struggled through there i say struggled for those guys it was easy strength making quick work of it as well on the number three spot and ricky russell says man i had the lead in this one i want to get at least back in that top three spot so ricky russell's got his job cut out for him his work cut out for him if you will trying to catch up to the number three spot that's held by josh strang grant baylor working through the other factory one sure co rider three one four and there is the five one four of stu baylor out in front caleb russell in the number two spot so flip-flopping back and forth back and forth this one folks may come right down to the wire stu baylor walking working through the wood section no problem for him caleb russell right behind him the goggles are off how about it goggles are off for uh caleb russell strang's still there in the number three spot what a consistent start to the 2020 season for josh strang though um been expecting that out of him for a while seems very comfortable on the babbitt's online monster energy kawasaki seems to be a good fit for him and speaking of good fit the coastal racing husqvarna of ricky russell seems to be a good fit for him seen some great things out of him early on in this season and expect to see more before it's all said and done speaking of which there's ricky russell on the screen making his way through here they come our leaders stu baylor our fleece on screen getting some extra cheers from those guys mud fleas i'll see you guys at snowshoe mountain caleb russell in the number two spot still a few seconds off stew but this thing's heating up to an incredible finish look at there josh string in third baylor has his eyes on capturing his first win here at the specialized gncc coverage of the 2020 grand national cross country series on mav tv is brought to you in part by specialized turbo e-bikes it's you only faster rocky mountain atvmc get ready and by yamaha revs your heart [Music] well stu baylor still out in front here at the specialized general gncc caleb russell cool calm collected got a lapper to get around he says no problem i've got this how about it caleb russell a veteran with a lot of wins and boy we said it may come down to something like this and here we go stu baylor out in front they're playing inside outside who's gonna take it caleb russell gets a little wide can he get around him and caleb russell around the inside stu baylor goes wide and it's caleb russell out in front and look at the sense of urgency in stu baylor he knows that was the mistake that might have cost him the race just a few more turns now before the checkered flag and i believe that is gonna be at stu baylor if we could be in his helmet right now we'd have to use the bleep button caleb russell how about it captures win number three wow what an incredible finish in this one caleb yeah it was um rode the struggle bus all day pretty much it was um it was tough man i couldn't get going and uh i was i had a little bit of a cold this week and just didn't feel 100 uh like physically ready to go but i still got a little bit of a cough i might have this corona virus but um i uh yeah i'm just happy to get out front there at the very end but man it was a tough race and as many lines were it was really hard to pass like it was um they're all pretty equally fast and there was definitely some questionable lines out there that guys made but it just it's crazy some of them they're going left right like i was like never even saw that pet on the track i've held the track four times so um yeah we need to chill out on some of that but um yeah like i said i just couldn't get going and stu was riding really good but i was crashing like once or twice getting stuck making dumb mistakes making a really hard on myself so i kept catching them i was just like i might run out of time here so i was going to give it a hard charge and throw it in there on him in one of these corners and um luckily he's a little uh doesn't have much moto background he just went wide for me and made it easy so it was nice caleb russell with his third win today in just three rounds of racing a look here at the top ten from today before we head back down to stew baylor are we ready to hear what happened there at the end for stew you know i uh i got off to uh a another terrible start um we just can't get the get get the thing figured out on starts but um you know it was uh it was a struggle there the first little bit but you know luckily caleb caleb had a few mistakes a few crashed that first lap and i knew that he was right there so um i wanted to push and get to the lead and kind of control the race and you know i got up there and got up front and kind of made a break for it because we don't have a quick fill so um i know it was a screw tap screw cap hit and uh that was a lot of time you know that's the time we needed to win but um you know i had to make my pushes early which kind of sucks you know in a gncc it's a lot of pacing that goes on and uh you know once after after i i pitted the second time caleb and i hooked up we kind of cruised for a little bit and he made that mistake and i knew when he made the mistake um it was it was time to go and you know i gave it everything i had um it just a a few mistakes from uh from a win and a few and uh and a little bit of unorganization but um you know all in all i can't i can't be upset with a second place um normally but this one was on me uh you know three three turns from the finish we went a little wide and um left the door wide open and and he was able to take it and you know it should have been my day should have been my race but you know it was uh the the the deck stacked against us so to do what we're doing you know i'm happy with it but we've got a lot to improve on all right and look at josh strang there he's about to make our podium and talk about today's race i don't know we'll see uh just just uh like i've been saying man just racing my own race and i really enjoyed it today so uh i think uh two laps to go i center punched a tree and that's when i lost the side of those guys i think i may have been able to keep up a little bit more but you never know so i lost sight of them and then i and then it started raining a bit so i got slippery and i was just happy to ride around and stay safe i'll be sore tomorrow i know that but uh man i had a blast today the track was good and i got off to a good start and and ran with those guys man it's crazy there's people making lines that just off the main track that don't work and then that they're front runners and it sucks because they're taking these lines they don't work so they're i mean it's just it's just funny they spend all this time walking the track and doing that it just frustrates me and i know i know stu said something about it and i mean it's just silly we just raised the track and uh there's always going to be cut lines that get made during the race and i feel like that's fine but man there's there's lines getting taken on the first lap that are just just too far out of the way but uh but beside besides that i had a good race and uh uh i was happy to run with stu and caleb there and i felt a couple times they got me and i kind of started to catch back up so i i feel like i got some pretty good speed uh when when they get together at the end of the race they just they just put the hammer down so and then if i'm not with them there's there's not much point trying to catch up to someone already going uh that that much faster so uh overall is a good day congratulations to our top three riders here today as we look now to the specialized race [Music] recap [Music] well as our riders were jocking for position it was ricky russell taking the whole shot and the lead early in this one throughout the day we saw more than four different lead changes everybody wanted a piece everybody wanted to be that rider who took out caleb russell for the number one spot [Music] a track with plenty of line choices but in the end it was caleb russell making this smart pass on stu baylor around the inside as stu baylor went wide for the lead and ultimately the win here at the specialized general gncc [Music] [Applause] [Music] and a big congratulations to our winner in the xc2 craig delong on behalf of gncc thanks for watching and we'll see you at the races [Music] you

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Length: 22min 56sec (1376 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 18 2020