AMSOIL GNCC SERIES
OFF ROAD
BY JEN KENYON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN HILL
P
ennsylvania's Moun-
tain Ridge GNCC ranks
amongst some of the rocki-
est and most treacherous terrain
found on the AMSOIL GNCC
circuit. A few heavy showers in-
creased the overall difficulty of
the course and made for an inter-
esting afternoon of racing in the
mountains near Somerset, Penn-
sylvania. Amidst all the chaos
surrounding him, Factory FMF/
KTM's Kailub Russell wrapped
up the XC1 Pro National Champi-
onship following his fifth consec-
utive victory of the season and
so begins the 24-year-old's bid in
rewriting the GNCC history book,
one page at a time.
For starters, Russell's most
recent win marks his 21st career
victory in GNCC, where he now
sits tied with Scott Plessinger for
fifth place on the All-Time Bike
wins list. Furthermore, eight of
those victories have come in
2014, which is a feat of its own
as the two-time GNCC National
Champion has the opportunity to
become the first rider since Juha
Salminen—who won nine races
in 2005—to claim that many wins
in one season. While dominance
ROUND 11, SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
MOUNTAIN RIDGE, SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA
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Kailub Russell Clinches the 2014 GNCC title with fifth straight win
THAT'S A WRAP
