GNCC Racers Team
up With March of Dimes to Help Local Students
GNCC Racers to Visit
Local Schools to Talk About Good Nutrition &
Fitness
Morgantown, WV (3/23/2012) - In
honor of the March of Dimes' mission to work together
for stronger, healthier babies, Racer Productions
is proud to announce a partnership with former GNCC
Champion Shane Watts and family to make round three
of the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series
a purple themed event. The FMF Steele Creek GNCC,
held in Morganton, N.C. on March 31-April 1, will
serve as a fundraising platform for the off-road
racing community. To promote awareness in the community,
Professional GNCC racers and March of Dimes representatives
will be visiting local schools to talk about the
importance of good nutrition and fitness, the importance
of setting goals, anti-bullying and tolerance of
others' differences, and becoming involved in the
community through mentoring and volunteering.
"It's the mission of the GNCC to entertain
and educate youth by presenting positive role
models with a passion for what they do. Our professional
racers know first hand the value of hard work,
positive thinking, actions and goal setting, and
serve as positive role models while traveling
throughout the country racing," said Tim
Cotter, Race Director for GNCC Racing.
Professional racers, who are also residents of
the Foothills area, will be making the rounds
spreading their message to 4th and 5th grade students
in the week preceding the race and will also give
out autographs. Professional riders representing
the GNCC will be current XC1 Pro champion Charlie
Mullins (Hickory, NC), Cody Gragg (Taylorsville,
NC), and Jessie Robinson (Connelly Springs, NC),
who are both leading competitors in the XC2 Pro
Lites class.
"I'm so excited to be able to return to
my old elementary school to talk to students about
how important it is to be fit and healthy, and
to set goals and never give up. I could have only
dreamed how far racing would take me, but through
hard work and dedication, I have been able to
travel all over the world doing something that
I love," said Jesse Robinson, graduate of
George Hildebrand Elementary in Connelly Springs.
Representatives from the March of Dimes will
provide coin boxes for the students to do their
own fundraising, and these will serve as the student's
ticket into the weekend's races held at Steele
Creek Campground in Morganton, NC on March 31
and April 1.
In the regular GNCC spirit of competition, fun,
and spectator involvement, there will also be
some exciting events taking place at the starting
line of both the 10 a.m. amateur race and the
1 p.m. pro race of the ATV races being held Saturday,
March 31 and the bike races being held on Sunday,
April 1.
Racers and spectators can get in on the weekend's
fun by wearing purple clothes, riding gear, graphics
and decorations. Pro-racers will participate in
an autograph session for all spectators. Big-ticket
raffles with prizes suitable for both ATV and
dirt bike racers will be held as the primary fundraising
for the weekend. All proceeds from this event
will go directly to the Foothills Division of
the March of Dimes in Conover, N.C. to improve
the health of babies by preventing birth defects,
premature birth and infant mortality through research,
education and community grants. For more information
on the March of Dimes, please visit www.marchofdimes.com.
About
GNCC Racing
The Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series
is America's premier off-road racing series. Founded
in 1979, the 13-round championship is produced
exclusively by Racer Productions. Each event is
nationally televised on the Versus Network, and
consists of two race days: ATVs and side-by-side
machines on Saturday, and motorcycles on Sunday.
The grueling three-hour races draw as many as
1,800 riders, making it the largest off-road racing
series in the world. For more information, please
visit www.gnccracing.com.
www.gnccracing.com
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