Whibb's GNCC series starts today,

[Danger]

Race Report, OMA Rnd 2 Kentucky
Rider, Paul Whibley
Team, JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki
Bike, Kawasaki KX 450f
Result, 1st

Two rounds down and two wins in the bag. I was pretty pumped to take the win after surviving the tough conditions.

LOL after some of the earlier posts about him starting to sound like a yank I was going to say at least hes not "super pumped" yet, but it might not be too far away going from the above lines!

Good riding though Axeman!

[Reckless]

Just read the last 3 pages as a catch up thanks Denhill for postings 10 points mate cheers!

Go the Axeman! LOL!! see some of those pics on their GNCC site those blokes aren't scared of a bit of mud are they!

[Ktmboy]

Well just quietly we have another Kiwi competing in GNCC in the USA....shhhhh

http://www.tornracing.com/Results.htm
Hes doing OK. No, sorry doing really well in the Experts and his results see him in the top couple of pro riders every race. Watch this space. Go to results page. Race 904.Under Open.

Shhhhh

[charles23]

Well just quietly we have another Kiwi competing in GNCC in the USA....shhhhh

http://www.tornracing.com/Results.htm
Hes doing OK. No, sorry doing really well in the Experts and his results see him in the top couple of pro riders every race. Watch this space. Go to results page. Race 904.Under Open.

Shhhhh

fark that's impressive, what's he riding?

[Ktmboy]

He started out on a YZ250 2T and is now on a Honda 250R. Don't ask?

I think the deal is he gets to ride what ever the stable has. Bit like a jockey

This is the Texas GNCC but he also rides the Oklahoma races. Not the USA rounds...yet.

[chop]

He started out on a YZ250 2T and is now on a Honda 250R. Don't ask?

I think the deal is he gets to ride what ever the stable has. Bit like a jockey

This is the Texas GNCC but he also rides the Oklahoma races. Not the USA rounds...yet.

Come on KTMBOY you know better Started on a YZ125 Come YZ144 now Crf250

[takitimu]

He started out on a YZ250 2T and is now on a Honda 250R. Don't ask?

I think the deal is he gets to ride what ever the stable has. Bit like a jockey

This is the Texas GNCC but he also rides the Oklahoma races. Not the USA rounds...yet.

Mmm 30" a lap under the top pro, he's quick.

How would someone like that go about getting a bike & license & insurance & all that ugly stuff.

P.S. East Coast enduro's / hare scrambles would be more like riding Woodhill & you'd get to race lafferty ( 8 times national enduro champ )

[denill]

Race: GNCC Round 7, Somerset PA
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Offroad, GEICO, Kawasaki Monster Energy
Bike: Kawasaki KX450F
Result: 7th class

What a race. Plenty of drama and excitement although not really the kind I had hoped for.
I got a great start again, something I am getting good at now or maybe it is just the Kawes' sweet motor and lightning quick reflexes. Anyhow I rounded the first turn beside Charlie Mullins and my team mate Jimmy Jarrett. After a couple of switch backs we dropped down a hill onto the track proper. Jimmy took the lead and I settled into 2nd.

The track was a lot faster than a normal GNCC terrain in the early part of the lap. I felt good and was soon looking for a way around Jimmy, shooting to the lead as we swept round a fast right hander. I rode a good pace and began to pull away. We entered the woods and the fabled Mountain Ridge rocks came out to greet us. Those suckers lay everywhere and at all kinds of random angles, and were covered in plenty of muddy slop. Although this year the amount of nasty rocky sections were reduced so the riders only hated life for 10 minutes at a time. By the end of the lap I was out to about a thirty second lead but I could feel my arms starting to tighten up a little, I backed it down over the second lap as I didn't want to pump up so bad that I couldn't ride. The temperature was pretty chilly and the track was fast in the open with plenty of rock, this seemed to be a recipe for more than normal arm pump.

Josh Strang and Charlie Mullins began to close in on the third lap. Josh caught me mid lap and snatched the lead as we came out of a woods section. He was riding fast and looked determined. He made a small amount of time on some fast stuff but to my surprise I caught back up quickly in the nasty rocky stuff that I didn't really think I was that fast through. RG3 had come up with a setting for the rocks that was working great and I had a smoother cam in my G2 Throttle Cam system so I think these mods were working for me.

The race was on. We came out of the woods and into some more faster tracks. Josh leading the way with me hot on his tail, Charlie tucked in behind me. On a fast corner I clipped an unseen rock with the front wheel and went down hard on my shoulder, Charlie thankfully managed to swerve and not run me over. I got going again although I had some of the wind knocked out of my sails.

Thad Duvall passed me as I was gathering myself, so back on the bike, I first ran him down and regained third spot just before the end of the lap. A quick gas stop and back out on the track, I was down about 30 seconds on Josh now but was making some small progress through the tight rocks. On the forth lap I continued to make some progress, in roads on the leaders and was confident of moving up in the positions. Disaster struck again on lap five when a small slip in the rock garden resulted in a massive hole smashed in the water pump cover. I saw all the coolant pour out and I could see my chances of a good result evaporating. I nursed the bike back to the pits and to be honest I was lucky to get that far through the demanding trail.

In the pits some frantic swapping of parts saw the pump cover from my spare bike fitted and fresh coolant added. Back in the race but down a lot of positions I charged out of the pits. Steam was pouring out from my bike so a u turn was performed and into the pits again. It seemed like there was a hole in the radiator some where. Quick thinking saw pepper dumped in to try block the invisible hole. Back out on the track again and on a mission I was outside the top 10 but manged to make some passes on the last lap to claim 7th spot.

Pretty disappointed with the final result but happy to come away with some valuable points when a DNF looked set for the scorecard.
A big THANK YOU to Jt, Monty, Jimmy, Larry, Wyatt, Patrick, Gretchen and Katherine who all helped me in that frantic pit stop.

Thank you to my following sponsors:
GEICO, Kawasaki Monster Energy, Moose Racing, Pirelli, RG3 Suspension, Moto SR, Leo Vince, ProMoto Billet/Fastway, Shoei, Sidi, Smith, CTi, Renthal, Enduro Engineering, IMS, Vortex Ignitions, G2, P.G. Graphics, Silkolene, EBC Brakes, Tsubaki Chains, No Toil, WER, Rekluse, CV4, BRP, Motion Pro, Works Connection

[denill]

Mountain Ridge GNCC
Somerset, Pennsylvania

XC1 Finish:
1. Joshua Strang (Suz)
2. Charlie Mullins (Suz)
3. Barry Hawk (Yam)
4. Nathan Kanney (KTM)
5. Glenn Kearney (HSQ)
6. Kurt Caselli (KTM)
7. Paul Whibley (Kaw)
8. Jimmy Jarrett (Kaw)
9. Kenny Gilbert (Kaw)
10. Dustin Gibson (Kaw)

XC2 Finish
1. Kailub Russell (KTM)
2. Jason Thomas (Yam)
3. Cory Buttruck (KTM)
4. Scott Watkins (Kaw)
5. Jake Korn (KTM)

XC1 Point Standings: (After 7 of 13 races):
1. Josh Strang (165/4 wins); 2. Charles Mullins (161/1 win); 3. Paul Whibley (159/2 wins); 4. Jimmy Jarrett (119); 5. Nathan Kanney (107); 6. Barry Hawk (103); 7.Kurt Casselli (95); 8. Glenn Kearney (74); 9.
Jesse Robinson (70); 10.Thad Duvall (63).

[denill]

Race Report: OMA Round 3, Rio Grande OH
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Off Road, GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki
Bike: Kawasaki KX 450F
Result: 1st

Round 3 of the OMA series brought warm temperatures (90s/30s) and a faster track than round 2.

It was at this track last year that I won my very first OMA event and started my 7 race winning steak that led to the championship. So I was feeling good about the track and looking forward to a good race. My shoulder was still pretty sore after the crash at the GNCC the previous weekend. I had tried to ride on Thursday but it was too weak so I was relying on the adrenaline to make it all better on race day.

Lining up on the start, the sun was beating down, sweat was already flowing freely. I got another great jump of the line although Jimmy Jarrett beat me to the first turn, he ran wide and I was able to sneak up the inside and take the hole shot. I settled into a good rhythm and soon found myself opening up a lead. By the time we had completed a lap I was out to about a 30 second lead. The track was pretty fun with a good mix of fast open woods and fields with the typical tight technical trails that Gusse just can't help himself including to challenge all.

I came around to complete the second lap and Katherine gave me the pit board saying that I was out to about a 50 sec lead. I was enjoying the track and my shoulder wasn't bothering me too much, just when you really have to distort your body to avoid clipping a tree, that sudden movement would send a sharp flash through my shoulder. Maybe it was just my body trying to remind me that tagging a tree is never good.

Gas stop after 3 laps went smooth thanks to Monty, Katherine, Joy and the rest of the JG Off Road crew. On the following lap I had a bit of a moment on one of the creek jumps. A rut was forming where I was landing, from bikes climbing out of the creek. This rut was on an angle and right were I placed my front end. I saw this rut at the last second, it had got a lot worse and tried to pull the front end up to get the front over it and avoid an endo. Instead when I landed on the far side my weight was too far back and I got all out of shape and whiskey throttled it, I almost ended up back in the creek further along the track.

Well I ended up in the creek, my bike managed to stay up on the bank. I got going again pretty quick but this helped Jimmy to close the gap back to about 20 seconds. I saw he was closer on one of the switch back grass tracks and stepped it up, regaining my time buffer over the last couple of laps and crossed the line at the conclusion of the event with over a minute lead.

Jimmy maintained second spot ahead of Thad DuVall who had began to put some pressure on him on the last lap.

Results:
1st: Paul Whibley
2nd: Jimmy Jarrett
3rd: Thad DuVall
4th: Jason Thomas
5th: Scotty Watkins

Thanks to my following sponsors:
GEICO, Kawasaki Monster Energy, Moose Racing, RG3 Suspension, Moto SR, Shoei, Sidi, Smith, CTi, Pirelli, Leo Vince, ProMoto Billet/Fastway, IMS, Vortex Ignitions, G2, P.G. Graphics, Silkolene, EBC Brakes, Tsubaki Chains, No Toil, Renthal, WER, BRP, Rekluse, CV4, Motion Pro, Works Connection, Enduro Engineering

[denill]

Race: AWRCS Round 4, Clintonville PA
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki
Bike: KX450F
Result: 1st

With a weekend off from the GNCC and OMA races I saw there was an AWRCS event on. We went across and stayed with JT and Gretchen for a few days before the event. Katherine and Joy (her Mum) did the touristy thing around Pittsburgh while JT and I did some riding and training. Come race day JT decided that it was best for him to man the pits, maybe all the running, mountain biking and riding had slowed him down a little. I was grateful that he had made this decision as Katherine struggles with lifting the gas can.

From the start I grabbed the hole shot and early lead. Heading out through a fast grass track section and heading towards the woods. We entered the woods and onto some fresh trail. I found it a little hard to lead the way through the virgin trail following the black and white arrows as they just didn't stand out the same as the colored ones. Once back onto some of the used trails I was able to begin to pull a lead.

On the second lap with a few bikes over the trail it was more marked out and easier to follow. The track was pretty rocky and rooty in places and was good practice for the upcoming GNCC at Snow Shoe. There was also some bog holes to keep the riders on their toes. Into the pits after the third lap for a splash of gas and some fresh Smith goggles. Thanks to Katherine and JT I was out onto the track in record time.

Out on the track there was a creek jump. It turned into a bog jump as the quads from the morning race had it fairly torn up. There was a good bunch of spectators there cheering the racers on as we made the leap or plunged through the mud. A couple more laps and the 2 hours was up. It was a good event and the best practice for upcoming GNCCs and OMAs.


Thanks to my following sponsors:
GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki, Moose Racing, Shoei, Sidi, Smith, Pirelli, CTi, RG3 Suspension, Moto SR, Leo Vince, ProMoto Billet/Fastway, IMS, Vortex Ignitions, G2, PG Graphics, Renthal, Enduro Engineering, Silkolene, EBC Brakes, Tsubaki Chains, No Toil, WER, BRP, Motion Pro, Rekluse, CV4, Woks Connection

[takitimu]

Looks like another Whib's/Jarret 1/2, well done Whib's who's back to points leader

1st #002 KAW PAUL J WHIBLEY 6 00:29:15.0 Class Leader 16:42:17 03:01:17.8
2nd #006 KAW JIM JARRETT 6 00:29:54.7 00:00:42.3 16:43:00 03:02:00.2
3rd #003 SUZ JOSHUA V STRANG 6 00:31:35.0 00:04:08.7 16:47:09 03:06:09.0
4th #005 SUZ CHARLES MULLINS 6 00:30:53.0 00:00:05.7 16:47:14 03:06:14.8
5th #010 YAM BARRY HAWK JR 6 00:31:02.1 00:00:22.6 16:47:37 03:06:37.4

Point table

1 KAW 002 PAUL WHIBLEY 2 1 3 2 7 1 7 1 189
2 SUZ 003 JOSHUA STRANG 15 3 1 1 1 4 1 3 186
3 SUZ 005 CHARLES MULLINS 1 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 179
4 KAW 006 JIM JARRETT 6 2 16 10 2 2 8 2 144
5 YAM 010 BARRY HAWK JR 5 17 8 6 4 5 3 5 119

[denill]

Race: Round 8 GNCC Series, Millfield Ohio
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki
Bike: KX450F
Result: 1st

The weather at this years "John Penton GNCC" was a little different than the slop at last years event but the result for me was the same. Last year I had raced past my Suzuki team mate Josh Strang for the win. This year I battled it out with my JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki team mate Jimmy Jarrett, only opening a lead on the last lap.

Track conditions were near perfect with tacky soil and some fresh trails. From the start I grabbed a sweet hole shot and led the race out to about the 3 mile marker. The track turned off the used quad trail and into some tight virgin woods, I missed the arrows and ran wide allowing Glenn Kearney past and into the lead. Glenn set a good pace and blazed a line through the woods till we popped back out on some used trail several miles later. About the 9 mile marker I inherited the lead as Glenn dropped his front end in a mud hole and flopped over the bars.

I led the way as we came out onto the Moto X track after completing the 12 mile loop and passed through scoring and the pits. Jimmy had moved into second and was chasing me hard as we began to pull away from the rest of the pack. I lead the way for most of the race although several times Jimmy took full advantage of lappers running mobile chicanes and had his turn at leading.

Two and a half hours of battling it out on the demanding track with temperatures touching the 90s/30s it would come down to the last lap. I led the way as we left the scoring beginning the final lap. I upped the pace and began to open a small gap over Jimmy. I kept the intensity up right to the finish to claim the win and move back into the points lead. Jimmy rode a great race and we had pushed each other close to 2 minutes clear of Josh Strang in third place.

Results:
1st- P. Whibley
2nd- J. Jarrett
3rd- J. Strang
4th- C. Mullins
5th- B. Hawk


Thanks to my following sponsors:
GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki, Moose Racing, Shoei, Smith, Sidi, Pirelli, RG3 Suspension, Moto SR, LeoVince, CTi, ProMoto Billet/Fastway, IMS, Vortex Ignitions, G2, P.G. Graphics, Silkolene, EBC Brakes, Tsubaki Chains, No Toil, WER, BRP, CV4, Rekluse, Renthal, Enduro Engineering, Motion Pro, Works Connection

[denill]

And Cycle News.com Wrote:

[denill]

So have the Kawasakis really got the package this year? Or is it just the riders?