Maxxis General GNCC Results
Mullins in Charge at Maxxis General GNCC
Washington, GA (March 10, 2008) - Charlie Mullins lived up to the high expectations placed on him in the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series by winning round two of the 2008 tour, the Maxxis General GNCC in Washington, Georgia. The FMF Suzuki rider took the race lead at the halfway point from Red Bull KTM’s Nathan Kanney and held it to the end, with Kanney taking second and defending GNCC Champion David Knight taking third.
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Kanney, the New Yorker who moved back to the U.S. this season after a year in the World Enduro Series, was happy to get back into bar-to-bar racing mode after a year of special tests in Europe. “For the last year and a half all I’ve wanted to do is have someone stick a front wheel in on me,” said Kanney. “So it was good to race with Charlie, he rode well. I saved enough energy for the last lap to do what I needed to do, and I was ready to make it a special test and just sprint after him. But I couldn’t reel him in.”
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In the XC2 Lites class, Am-Pro Yamaha’s Thad DuVall romped to his second-straight win. “I had a big crash early on, I thought for sure that I was done,” said West Virginia’s DuVall. “I don’t know, I was on the ground hurt, and I was ready to pull off. But I started to get better and I made my way back up.”
Second went to XC2 rookie Andrew Matusek, riding with the Monster Energy Kawasaki team. “I really didn’t know where I would fit in here,” said Matusek, a Georgia native. “A fourth and a second in the first two races, I’m pretty happy with that.”
Monster Energy/Andrews’ Kawasaki’s Dustin Gibson clawed his way to third after crashing in the first turn. “I’ll never give up,” said Gibson. “I just kept chopping away at it. I think my conditioning is good, it carried me through.”
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The 2008 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series continues with the Steele Creek GNCC in Morganton, North Carolina on March 29th and 30th.
Photos by Jason Hooper jasonh@racerproductions.com
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Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series
Maxxis General GNCC
Washington, Georgia
Bike XC1 Class
1. Charlie Mullins (Suz)
2. Nathan Kanney (KTM)
3. David Knight (KTM)
4. Paul Whibley (Suz)
5. Jim Jarrett
6. Josh Strang (Suz)
7. Barry Hawk (Yam)
8. Jesse Robinson (Kaw)
9. Glenn Kearney (Hsq)
10. Russ Pearson (Kaw)
XC1 Point Standings
1. David Knight (51/1 win)
2. Charlie Mullins (41/1 win)
2. Jim Jarrett (41/1 win)
4. Nathan Kanney (40)
5. Paul Whibley (34)
BIke XC2 Class
1. Thad DuVall (Yam)
2. Andrew Matusek (Kaw)
3. Dustin Gibson (Yam)
4. John Barber (KTM)
5. Josh Weisenfels (Yam)
XC2 Point Standings
1. Thad DuVall (60/2 wins)
2. Andrew Matusek (43)
3. Dustin Gibson (42)
4. Josh Weisenfels (41)
5. John Barber (31)