2020 GNCC Round 8 - High Voltage Bikes - MAVTV

seven rounds of gncc are in the books and in his final season as an xc1 pro caleb russell has won six of those seven can he add another win to his career total here today round number eight of the grand national cross country on mav tv starts right now are you ready to go [Applause] [Music] well hello again folks and welcome to round number eight the high voltage gncc located at the lilly family farm in mainesville west virginia i'm mikey waynes and i'll be taking you through today's racing action first things first though we'll look at the specialized race recap round number seven well it started a lot like every other round this season caleb russell establishing the early lead the rest of the pack looking for ways to get in front of him it wasn't all gravy for caleb though goes down right here as we'll see just a second there loses control able to get back on the machine pretty quick but it was enough to open up the window for ben kelly to make up some time in the number 530 ktm jumped out in front of caleb albeit not very long as caleb able to move in front of him here runs up the hill climb and pretty much from here it was the caleb russell show out front outside of some lap traffic that he would have to deal with later on in the race uh right there ben kelly still put his name in that number two spot but that would not last much longer as josh strang after a bad start was hard on the charge worked his absolute tail off and eventually able to move up into that number two spot and for a brief moment we thought he just might be able to catch up with caleb as lap traffic played a major factor in this one toward the end but caleb the old wily veteran that he is able to hang on to it and uh keep the win for himself despite the efforts of josh strang right there and there he is caleb russell making his way into the checkered flag johnson we look at the top ten from that one again string we know took the second place spot and how about the finish for the 314 sureco of grant baylor ben kelly after the strong start finishing in fourth and we had a chance to catch up with caleb after the race i'm not local anymore obviously but it's been i've been long removed from the area but it's it's nice to come back so we got a lot of family and friends around that are out here cheering me on so thanks thanks to everybody out there it was a tough race track it was uh you know had some traction here and there to be found but it was it was slim pickings for the most part it was really slick and i was hating life on the last lap and a half i was like damn not again but uh we got it done that's all that matters well today supercross meets gncc zach osborne will be lining up with the xc1 pro class to try his hand at some off-road gncc racing we had a chance to catch up with zach before today's race i'm zach osborne we're here at the high voltage gncc and um yeah this opportunity was basically afforded to me by the coronavirus crisis um because otherwise we'd be racing for motocross right now so for me it's just a way to continue racing and keep keep sharp you know i think it's there's not a lot of expectation from me um everyone supports me and it was a pretty easy decision so i'm just looking forward to going racing and having some fun [Music] [Applause] [Music] and we're off and rolling with the yamaha racing sky cam how about it boy what a start out of the 206 of josh toth snagging the early lead in what is a sea of orange ktms out in front believe caleb russell back there and about the number three or number four spot duking it out the top or the second through fourth battling into the woods right there jockeying for position toth able to stay out in front of these guys early and still the case is they're into the woods now fantastic best start of the season for the 206 of josh toth boy already a good lead as he looks over his shoulder and sees dante oliveira a great works rider from the west coast coming out and racing here on the east coast and a pretty cool sight to see uh some big names from the west coast and well even supercross uh zach osborne out here racing today uh not in the top five right now there is jordan ashburn bringing it up in the number five spot as we head back down to the start of the xc2 250 pro class and there they go and oh good battle going on between thorne devlin and the 328 ktm of jesse ansley uh thornton devlin and i'm not sure who got the whole shot on that one that one was tight and still tight as they head into the woods right here this is the kind of start jesse ansley has needed though a rider who's got a championship in the fmf xc3 but we have not seen the same kind of success out of jesse all season long on the 250. been quite the adjustment for him maybe today is the day you can put it together and put that thing up on the box i know it would be a major major confidence boost for jesse ansley as we head back down to the fmf xc3 125 pro am class and i feel like i need to be quiet you just want to hear those things sing no doubt about it jason reigns right there the number 100 yamaha out in front of this one the old wily veteran out there racing with the young guns and boy what a great start for jason reigns right there in control of that one early as they move their way it's going to be it was a dusty one to say the least later back on screen the 206 ktm of josh toth in control of this one can he snag his first win of the season dante oliveira fantastic start for him but there he is the one guy you don't want behind you caleb russell on the move right now who's gonna snag the win here today in round number eight the high voltage gncc return to mav tv in just a moment [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] josh toth still out in front and has a strong lead on caleb russell right now and boy if you are a josh toth fan if you're josh toth you got to feel good about the start of this race of course plenty of race left in this one but josh uh certainly his best start of the year in fact he missed the first three rounds of this season due to injury and comes in here today best finish of the season fifth place he's got a few of those and then one sixth place finish and all it takes for these guys is just one solid race for a rider to get their confidence back and then they know they can start competing for podiums and eventually start throwing their name in the hat for some wins but boy how about the lead josh toth has right now still no signs of second place there he is caleb russell i do gotta say and i know we've said it many many times if there's one guy you don't want behind you it is certainly caleb russell but boy right now the 206 ktm of josh toth riding on rails out there just won't be denied and now here is caleb russell on screen the number one couple of uh lappers in between those two riders uh lap traffic if you don't know if it's the first gncc you've ever watched refer to lapped riders uh it's not just the pro guys out there like you have at supercross no these guys are out there with a riders b riders uh all on different rows obviously but just another added element to grand national cross country racing certainly one that the pro guys can handle very very well but can certainly make or break a race for some pro guys as well ben kelly in the number four spot right now big big major time gaps between each of our top riders right now and there you go rounding out your top five the 127 babbitts online monster energy kawasaki of jordan ashburn rounding out that uh top five right there and how about it rolling is josh strain right there the 114 teammate of jordan ashburn as a matter of fact so again seeing some major time gaps in her riders right here there's the 5 30 of ben kelly on screen but seeing these major time gaps you got to think something is eventually going to give once the pit strategy comes into play these guys have to stop for fuel water all that stuff albeit quick combine that with uh that three year that uh after the two hour mark that last hour of a three hour gncc is really the make or break does toth have it to hang on for a win after three hours we don't know but we do know this caleb russell closing that gap now as you look at it you gotta think that is about a five to eight second gap between those two riders now we got ourselves a race toth moving through methodically caleb russell comes off the foot peg a little bit but certainly riding well behind josh toth right now down six there's your gap between first and second can tote hang on for his first win of the year or caleb russell get win number seven gncc on mav tv continues after this well bad news for the 314 factory one sureco machine of grant baylor he is off the bike and mechanic eric whoa eric takes one to the face right there uh he is all right and i know the folks at home watching are thinking that's the number one rule you don't do that you know it's hot you know it's gonna steam on you but i gotta tell you eric's number one thought there as a pro mechanic is what do i have to do to get my rider back out on the track so uh safety third uh at least top five on that one uh we'll give him a mulligan on that one uh boy uh frustrating to say the least for the factory one sureco machine josh heath was on screen there getting a pit stop some fuel new set of goggles and rehydrated as you're seeing the exact same thing as caleb russell says yeah yeah i want that water let's go i gotta roll so caleb russell off and rolling here pretty good pit stop for him uh pit strategy such a major part talked a little bit earlier about it but such a major part of these three hour gncc's when to pit uh what to do at each pit stop uh figuring out whether or not you've got enough fuel all of that such huge factors into a three-hour gncc and josh toth still in control of this one but boy that gap still six to eight seconds right there josh toth gonna have his work cut out for him in this one as caleb russell now has josh toth in his sights and you gotta wonder is the defending champ gonna jump out in front here he does caleb russell now out in front josh toth trails behind in the number two spot we got ourselves an absolute barn burner today between the two ktms so caleb russell we oh and he's the machine is smoking caleb russell's bike smoking right there how serious is that going to be as this one wears on again we talked about pit strategy how important it is one of those things will this come back to haunt caleb russell no problem right there as josh toth moving through in the number two spot different line choices for the riders and boy caleb russell that machine is now smoking quite a bit is the machine gonna hold out for three hours let alone the rider they're gonna pop out of the open field section here and we'll see if this doesn't create an opportunity for the 206 ktm of josh toth caleb russell got to be thinking right now man this just hang on just hang on till the end of this one i hate the term but it's one of those things salvage points you're looking for a win that's what you want but if you can't get that you want to finish as high as you can especially for a guy like caleb working on a championship and here we're going to see it shake down right here caleb russell out in front that machine still smoking can toth get around him as we're going to have to have some speed and he does around the outside and he's able to get around caleb russell caleb nothing for him right there look to see to pull away and he does toth putting a lot of distance between him and caleb russell right now and caleb just nursing that machine up on the foot pegs looks like he's trail riding right now this is bad news if you're a caleb russell fan can he duke it out and work his way back to the front what a wild race this has been josh toth now back out in front again still in control of this one [Music] josh toth regains the lead caleb russell in second looking over his shoulder right there and the machine smoking off and on how is this thing going to shake down gncc returns 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] well a look at the overall trophy for the high voltage gncc without a doubt a coveted trophy if you're an ac dc fan no doubt about it caleb russell out in front right there and uh boy this uh this racetrack giving these guys everything they want uh ktm not changing the air filter for caleb russell caleb russell blowing smoke earlier uh josh toth able to get around him in the open field section but right now caleb russell in control of this thing can he limp it into the finish line and snag a win right here a little bit of distance between him and josh toth but tow certainly not out of this one by any means as we take a look here again caleb russell out in front he is your leader in the xc1 pro class and you see that machine blowing smoke right now and the question is can it hang on for the race win something we talked about earlier uh which i can't stand the phrase is salvage points but as we see on screen there doesn't look like caleb's gonna have to salvage any points here today he will jump in here for the checkered flag and win number seven in just eight rounds of racing here in 2020. when you can see it in the eyes right there caleb russell gets the win but boy not happy right now the body language on caleb russell you can see the frustration in him right there as he rips the goggles and the helmet off and he's heading to his own pits he doesn't have time to be in the ktm pits right now a fist bump to a fan right there and the fans thinking dude you won what's wrong but uh that's the champion right there let's get at the uh the words from caleb russell the specialized post race interview tough day you know it was super dry and dusty and um was a third at the top of the hill at the start uh dante kind of pinched me off there going in the first turn so i got to shuffle back just a little and um i i was stuck behind him and he was kind of letting to kind of walk away from us there and um i knew it was going to be tough to close in on him there for the beginning the race and it was stayed at like you know that 30-second mark for a couple laps and i kind of inched my way up and um i made my pat made my move on them and uh yeah with what maybe going before just before the white flagger and um you know as dry and dusty as it was today i felt like we took a big gamble and not changing our filter you know we learned our lesson high point last year on these same exact conditions and we did it again so you know history has a funny way of repeating itself and i got the pit board on the last lap save the bike and as soon as i got that pit board i looked back and i seen it was smoking then i lost power and i was frustrated and i fell over and i broke my shifter so then i couldn't short shift and uh i was just cruising around and i kept looking back and toth was nowhere that not there so i think he was petering out or he was trying to save his bike too and um uh and he got up to me in the field and i couldn't race with him or i would have just tanked it right there so um i he he rode right around me and i stayed you know a little ways out of sight you know because obviously he was faster in the field and i was just putting around but um i kind of just snuck up on him over here on this section he did i don't think he was going to expect to see me and there's a lapper in front of him he tried to cut early up a hill and i just railed the berm i was like we're like i can push my bike it's all downhill to the finish from here if it blows up on the top of the hill i can i can make it in and get second so i went for it got around them and won the race i don't know yeah but uh you know it's it's not fun when you're gambling with your livelihood well there's a look at second place finisher josh toth toth cooling off a little water on the head right there if you're josh toth you got to feel good about this one obviously a win would be great but uh certainly a second place for josh toth here today his best finish of the season it was brutal luckily he got a good start got the whole shot and uh checked out on the start just rode my own race the whole time and uh yeah i got into some lappers and whatnot and caleb was able to close in a bit and uh yeah he was riding really well we were going back and forth for as much as you could with the dust but um yeah rayson's racing and came down to close and he edged me out so well look at the top ten from today again caleb russell snagging the win there and we heard from josh toth who took second how about it the 114 kawasaki and josh string able to hang on for a podium finish and keeps that streak alive here today and a chance to catch up with josh after the race yeah i was uh pretty lucky there to get third at the end uh ben was right on me there towards the end and uh just early on once i got a little bit clear of the dust i was just i just tried to push too hard and i made a ton of mistakes so uh then i just kind of just rode road the track and uh and i was lucky to get third toes so it's a decent day well congratulations to our top three today strength third toth second and your winner here today caleb russell as we look at a specialized race recap was josh toth snagging the early lead in a sea of orange ktms toth would lead or at the very least battle for the lead throughout all three hours of racing action and no doubt about it the time gaps early were pretty substantial but caleb russell eventually able to overcome worked up into the number two spot and then he had his work cut out for him hunting down josh toth and finally was able to get around him but it didn't last too long as caleb russell's machine started blowing smoke and we wondered what would happen and we saw it come into play right here as josh toth was able to work his way around the outside of caleb russell and looked like for the moment might have been taking the win for the day but eventually caleb russell able to work his way back into the front of josh hove in second right there on screen but when it was all said and done he was able to work his way in front of josh toth and bring it in for win number seven of this 2020 season caleb russell's final season as an xc1 pro continues this season with a win albeit a frustrating one for kr how about it all in all is a good day at gncc racing that is going to do it for us here at the high voltage gncc i'm mikey waynes we'll see you at the [Music] races you

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Length: 22min 56sec (1376 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 15 2020