Thomas On The Podium Again, Moss Gets Stuck In The Mud And Women Racers On The Box
March 14, 2011 - Corona, CA - Another
GNCC weekend, another podium finish for Fred Andrews Racing/Team
Husqvarna's Jason Thomas as Round #2 of the 2011 Grand National Cross
Country chase rolled into the Georgia woods. After having a devil of a
time with the power-robbing sand of Florida at Round #1, the team was
looking forward to tacky dirt and sunny 80-degree weather.
A solid second place start enabled XC2 Pro Class racer Jason Thomas to
put his Husqvarna TXC250 into first place in class by the end of first
lap. However a big second lap get off dropped him back to 4th place. "I
crashed really hard," says Thomas. "I'm so sore right now!" However he
was able to push through the pain and work his way up to another GNCC
podium finish for the second race in a row. "I know I need to be on the
podium at each race in order to win the championship." After his 3rd
place in class and 10th overall on the day, Thomas is now third in the
GNCC championship points standings.
Thomas' Husqvarna/FAR teammate Morgan Moss also had a top 10 start for
the XC2 Pro race. He'd charged up to 5th place early on his Husqvarna
TXC250 when disaster struck! "I was going good and had passed a few
guys before I got stuck in a killer mud hole," Moss explains.
"Unfortunately it took me so long to dig out (of the mud) that I just
couldn't make up the time." Moss continued to push hard and logged some
fast lap times, and managed to climb back to 13th in the XC2 Pro class
and 30th overall (all classes scored) on the day. Combined with his 5th
place finish at the season opener in Georgia, Moss currently sits in
8th in points in the XC2 Pro class.
Flying Finn Simo
Kirssi had another tough weekend in the tight Georgia woods. Simo
suffered a bad start, but he managed to work his Husqvarna TE310
dual-sport up to 11th place in the XC1 Pro class, 18th overall for the
day. "I was good in the open portions of the course, but I am not
accustomed to the really tight woods sections," admits the 2010
European Cross Country champ. "I will train more in the tight stuff for
the next GNCC in North Carolina." Kirssi now sits in 17th place overall
in the XC1 Pro standings.
After winning the
first two times out on her new Hall's Husqvarna TXC250, both in a
national enduro and the first GNCC race of 2011, Marvelous Mandi Mastin
ran into a devil of challenge down in Georgia. When the smoke cleared
from their heated two and a half hour/5-lap battle, Maria Fosberg had
won the Women's class by less than 3 minutes over Mastin. A veteran
ISDE racer and multi-time Enduro and GNCC overall champ, Mandi admits
she needs to be on her game. "I didn't have the best day today," she
says. "I made many mistakes and just felt 'off' all day... its been a
long week with lots of riding. Now its time to go home, rest up and
regroup." Even with an "off" day, Mastin's impressive 1-2 finishes
still have her in a virtual tie for the GNCC Women's championship.
Speaking of the women's classes, Mandi Mastin's fellow Hall's Cycles
Husqvarna sponsored teammate Veronica Martin took her second podium of
the young GNCC season. Martin's 2-3 finishes also puts her second
overall in in the Women's Junior Class, just two points out of the top
position.
"It is particularly gratifying to see Husqvarna doing so well in GNCC
competition this season," says Husqvarna's National Marketing Manager
Corey Eastman. "We are looking forward to rewarding our winning racers
with some of the $12 million in contingency... solid proof that it
really does pay to ‘Ride More' in 2011," says Eastman in reference to
the company's Ride More message for this season.
Next GNCC Race: March 26-27, 2011 – The Steele Creek GNCC, Morganton, NC
With convenient consumer financing and more than $12 million in contingency, it pays to Ride More on a Husqvarna.
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competition and numerous motocross and enduro world championships.
Originally founded in Sweden in 1903, Husqvarna motorcycles have been
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is located in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Husqvarna has continued to expand its
professional race team to compete in AMA Enduro, GNCC, Endurocross,
National Hare & Hound, the AMA Hare Scrambles Series and WORCS
competition. Husqvarna team riders are competing in the premier classes
of each series aboard 2011 Husqvarna TXC449, TXC511, and TE310 off-road
models.
3/14/2011 3:18pm
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