As Ricky Russell remains sidelined with an injury, the AmPro Yamaha team headed to Georgia with a familiar face to GNCC Racing, the #121 of Cory Buttrick. Buttrick has a very long history in the GNCC series, and the team was impressed with how he finished out the 2018 season tenth in points as a privateer. Yesterday, Buttrick had a consistent race coming through for a top 10 finish in the XC1 Open Pro class.
As the 10 a.m. race took off it was Rockstar/Husqvarna/Moose Racing/Shaw Wines Tayla Jones holding onto the early lead. However, as the women headed out on the third lap Fly/Maxxis/Pro Circuit/KTM's Becca Sheets made her move to take over the lead, with KTM/MEPMX/Fly Racing's Mackenzie Tricker following her as she moved into the second place position. Sheets would hold onto the lead, taking the checkered flag with Tricker in second and Jones rounding out the top three. Beta USA Factory racer, Rachel Gutish had a consistent race finishing fourth in WXC followed by New Zealand's Rachael Archer rounding out the top five.
The 2019 GNCC Series returns in two weeks, March 30 and 31, with the FMF Steele Creek in Morganton, North Carolina. This event will also feature round two of the Specialized Turbo eMTB GNCC National Championship.
