2003 GNCC Awards Banquet

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After a very exciting year of GNCC racing, it was time to Award some of the Best ATV Racers. The weather was great for everyone to travel to the Banquet accept for the frigid temperatures. The high temperature on Saturday was only in the Teens at Morgantown, WV.

The Banquet kicked off with some of the GNCC Sponsors outlining there programs for next year.

Jim Pinkston represented ITP Tires. ITP will be increasing its Contingency program to Include more Classes & 1st will get $150.00, 2nd $100.00, 3rd $75.00, 4th $50.00, 5th $25.00 in XC Bucks to use for future Tire purchases from ITP:

Classes:
Pro-Am, 250A, 250B, Open A, Open B, 4 Stroke Stock, 4 Stroke A
4 Stroke B, Women, Junior, Vet, Senior, Sport

Also, the Contingency form will only have to be filled out once to be eligible for XC Bucks, and everyone that submits form will receive a Free ITP T-shirt & Decals.

Also, they are stepping up there track side service to support their riders.


Jim Pinkston:

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Tireballs are going into mass production and are going to be available to all the racers for 2004. Tireballs has been around for years for Motorcycle, and now they are going to take ATV racing to another level of speed without having to worry about flat tires.

Great Job, Tireballs & Rod Cooper

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Twin Air Filters just released a new Air Filter Positive adapter and Filter, and they will be offering Filter Exchange support to the Pro Riders.

Also, they will be involved with Silent Sports to offer silencer repacking at the GNCC Events. The new AMA db reading is now set at 96db, but the GNCC limit will be 104db. ATV will be checked at tech inspection for their decibal reading and the reading will be printed out. If it is beyond the limit, they will need to make adjustments or Visit Silent Sport and get their silencer repacked.

If a rider looses an exhaust during a race, he or she will be Blag Flagged. Also, randomly racers will be checked at the end of racers to verify the reading is still within the rules. If it exceeds the rules, the rider will be given a warning the first time.

Again, It is great to see twin Air getting more involved with ATV Racing.

Dennis Robertson:

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Bill Ballance "Rider of the Year Award"

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Traci Cecco was awarded the "Swamp Fox"

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Matt Smiley "Hard Luck Award"

Matt had a rough first half of the season, but was able to come on strong in the end and return to his Mr. Consistency Form.

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Maxxis Jay Goebel "Sponsor of the Year"

Maxxis Tires and Jay Goebel were very deserving of this award, and it great to see Jay get recognized for all of his hard work. He went out of his way this year to make sure everyone had tires mounted to race. He is a great asset to GNCC racing, and I hear rumors that he will have even more to offer this year.

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Chris Borich "Most Improved Rider"

He had an incredible year finishing 2nd Overall. Chris Borich has incredibly be able to increase his National every year, so to continue his trend, he must be #1 next year. A Big Congrats goes to Chris Borich for everything he has achieved.

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Chad Duvall "Sportsman of the Year"

Congratulation Chad!

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William Yokley "Knuckle Head Award"

William was unable to attend this years banquet because he is training in Florida, but last year he practiced on his table dancing skills. The table is now a wall hanging.

There is never a dull moment around William