OffroadMotorsports
/ Wicked Bilt's Plavi Wins GNCC
David Plavi Wins GNCC XC2
Pro Sport UTV Class
2015
GNCC Racing
Ironman - Round 13
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Twinsburg, OH (11/4/2015) - Wicked
Bilt/ Can-Am’s David Plavi brought home the XC2
Pro Sports class win at the Ironman GNCC season
finale, celebrating his second victory of the season
and clinching second in the 2015 points championship.
Teammate Steve Matko finished tenth in the XC1 Pro
event.
Plavi had to win this race for any chance at
the XC2 Pro Sport Championship, and he got to
a great start in the second spot, and quickly
took over the lead in the lap one. Plavi built
on his lead each lap, and finished over a minute
ahead of the competition by the checkered flag.
Plavi’s win was his second of the season, which
was the most in the highly competitive class.
Despite his best efforts, he came up short for
the championship by just three points and finished
in the runners up spot in the championship points
race.
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#555 David
Plavi grabbed the early lead & held
it to the checkered flag for his second
XC2 Pro Sport win of the season in his
OffroadMotorsports / Wicked Bilt Can-Am
Maverick
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“The Wicked Bilt/ Can-Am was great today,” said
Plavi. “We made some changes today, we’ve made
changes every race and it’s gotten better every
time, which makes my job really easy. I’ve had
some bad luck in the last couple of races. I knew
we had the speed and the machine, but you have
to have a little bit of luck to make it happen.
It all came together today.”
In the XC1 Pro race, Matko started on the second
row and took the holeshot on his row. With the
forecast calling for heavy rain, he elected to
run a mud tire, which held him back from competing
with the frontrunners. Matko joined the Wicked
Bilt team at the last GNCC race, finishing third
at Powerline Park, and he finished out the season
sixth in the points chase.
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OffroadMotorsports
/ Wicked Bilt's Steve Matko finished out
the GNCC season 6th in the XC1 Pro UTV
class
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“We had a great start,” said Matko. “I got tangled
up, in reverse, to get around an Arctic Cat early
in the race, the front row really checked out
on us. I love the Can-Am; it’s a woods machine,
and it’s super fast. We just chose the wrong tire.
Unfortunately it didn’t rain, so we had a little
too much grip and couldn’t really slide it through
the corners. This just wasn’t our day.”
The Offroadmotorsports' / Wicked Bilt/ Can-Am
team racers scored three wins including six podium
finishes for an impressive first year of GNCC
racing for the team, and they look to build on
what they learned from 2015 to make a run for
the championships next year.
Wicked Bilt Racing
Team 2015 Sponsors
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Capital Powder Coatings, Stiller Motorsports,
AWRCS, Woodhead Racing, Wicked Racing Products,
Brian Scott Studios, ATV & SxS Insider, ATVriders.com,
Garage Products Inc
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