2016 GNCC Racing Series Round #13 Ironman Crawfordsville, IN October 29, 2016

After clinching the XC2 title at the last round, David Plavi stepped up to XC1 for this race. He fought his way from the back and nearly finished took second from Hunter Miller before he hit a tree on the final lap, pushing him back to sixth at the finish.

Offroad Motorsports' David Plavi battled with Hunter Miller till he clipped a tree in the final lap, which dropped him back to 6th place

“I lost the championship by three points last year, so it’s nice to have had nailed this down early,” said Plavi. “This is really big for us. We had a great season and won a lot of races. Everyone had to step it up this year and it paid off. We figured since we wrapped up the championship, we’d step up to XC1 this round. We started on the fourth row and had to work our way up. We put on a good battle with Hunter Miller the whole race. Unfortunately on the final lap we got into some ruts, hit a stump that picked us up right into a tree. We had to limp it to the finish line.”

Kyle Chaney, who won the last two GNCC XC1 UTV Championships, had to fight an ill-handling car all race. Though he finished 10th, he clinched second in points.

Can-Am's Kyle Chaney grabbed the holeshot

“I think I hit every tree on the course today at least twice,” laughed Chaney. “I still went out there and gave it my all. I just hit a bunch of stuff. I knew I had to finish. I just went around the track hoping my car would hold together. On the first lap, the car started handling really bad. Something happened early on. The car just wasn’t handling well today and there are handful of things that are broken. We’ll get it fixed and we’ll be back for next year. I had a good year and Cody had a better year. We’ll be back battling next year and I’m excited.”

Kyle Chaney front wheel was barely held on for most of the race, but despite the wheel issue, Chaney still finished 10th overall

Jonathan Powers won the XC2 race ahead of Joe Krcelich and Bryan Riggs.

Offroad Motorsports' Jonathan Powers grabbed the holeshot & went on to claim the XC2 UTV class win

The GNCC Series will celebrate its 2016 season during its banquet November 25 at the Morgantown Events Center at Waterford Place in Morgantown, WV.

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