Whibb's GNCC series starts today,

[takitimu]

And Kanney who's gone 3/5 has 21 pts against Whibs 2/1 and 25pts. With Mullins 1/4 30pts??

You're right. The points are being calculated by a US bank manager

Maybe double points for the first round or something, but whatever, that is one sweet photo & I still reckon it's Whib's year.

[takitimu]

Hey guys. What am I missing here?

How come Mullins leads by 5 points???

http://www.racer-results.net/results...s.asp?c=65&s=5

My money is that they stuffed up pro lites & pro points tables.

Compare

XC1
http://www.racer-results.net/results...s.asp?c=65&s=5
XC2
http://www.racer-results.net/results...s.asp?s=5&c=66

[Edit]Doh, they just never added the round two results ( points per round http://gnccracing.com/pages/rules/20...cing-pro-rules )


1 KAW 002 PAUL WHIBLEY 2 1 55
2 SUZ 003 CHARLES MULLINS 1 4 48
3 KAW 006 JIMMY JARRETT 6 2 40
4 KTM 116 NATHAN KANNEY 3 5 37

[denill]

My money is that they stuffed up pro lites & pro points tables.

Compare

XC1
http://www.racer-results.net/results...s.asp?c=65&s=5
XC2
http://www.racer-results.net/results...s.asp?s=5&c=66

[Edit]Doh, they just never added the round two results ( points per round http://gnccracing.com/pages/rules/20...cing-pro-rules )


1 KAW 002 PAUL WHIBLEY 2 1 55
2 SUZ 003 CHARLES MULLINS 1 4 48
3 KAW 006 JIMMY JARRETT 6 2 40
4 KTM 116 NATHAN KANNEY 3 5 37

Yeah, you're on to it.

They are the points for the first round only. Phew. Thought I had to go over and sort the buggers out.

[denill]

All's well now:

[denill]

Race Report: Round 2 GNCC Georgia
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Kawasaki
Bike: Kawasaki KX 450F
Result: 1st

With the first round bad start in the back of my mind I wanted to prove how good the new KX is at starting. With the wave of the flag the Kawie fired right up and shot me to turn one in record time, taking the hole shot and control of the race. I led the first mile then Josh Strang shot past on a better line. I followed him for the first lap. On the second lap Charlie Mullins came past both of us and upped the pace of the race. The race was on!!

My teammate Jimmy Jarrett soon joined us and took a turn in the lead. We all began swapping positions and trying different lines around some of the various mud holes and rutted sections. We came in for gas and a lightning fast stop by the pit crew sent me back out onto the track in 2nd. I caught Jimmy again and moved by and began building a lead.

There seemed to be a lot of lapped traffic on the track and I had a couple of altercations that tested my patience. One guy crashed right in front of me and I had no where to go colliding with his bike and going down as well. On the same lap one guy moved over nicely for me only to drop back into the same rut as me right as I was passing, we came together hard and the impact almost tore my foot peg off. It was just hanging there pointing at the ground. I could just get my toes on it. I came in for gas on lap 5 and told the crew that my foot peg was done and maybe coming off. I didn't want to stop and change it because I knew it would take a long time as I could see the bracket was bent as well and getting the pin in and out would be a mission. I pushed on doing the best I could and trying to protect my lead.

With a lap to go the foot peg completely came off. My right leg was burning and my left groin was pretty railed from holding my leg up. But I held on and made it to the finish and took the win. I was pretty happy to take my first win and first for the JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Energy Kawasaki team. My team mates Jimmy Jarrett and Scotty Watkins rode awesome. Jimmy taking second and Scotty took third in the XC2 class on his KX 250F.

Thanks for the continued support from my great sponsors in America and NZ.
Kawasaki, GEICO, Moose Racing, Shoei, Sidi, Smith, CTi, RG3, Pirelli, Silkolene, EBC brakes, Motion Pro, Enduro Engineering, BRP, Renthal, Works Connection, Leo Vince, RG3, Vortex Ignitions, Tsubaki chains, No Toil, G2, IMS, ProMoto Billet, Fastway, WER, Stringfellows, MotoSR

[denill]

And some old News that's just arrived:

Race Report: Round 1 GNCC Florida
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Kawasaki
Bike: Kawasaki KX 450F
Result: 2nd

With the wave of the green flag the season was underway. I knew the Kawasaki starts fast and the dusty conditions meant a hole shot was very important. I got a little too excited and tried to go to fast and gassed it to soon, resulting in several kicks to start the bike and a near dead last start.
The dust was terrible and we were nearly at a stand still in some early sections until the pack spread out.

It was about the middle of the first lap that I could see anything and worked my way in behind Josh Strang. It took me a while to find, or should I say see, a way around him, but once by him I moved forward in search of the next rider. Next up it was Kurt Casselli and I moved past more quickly as I caught him in an open section littered with palmetto roots that wasn't to cut up and the dust was minimal. Next up was my team mate Jimmy Jarrett. He made me work for the position. I caught him in the really dusty whooped out section near the finish line. He was riding really good and I was struggling to see the track safely enough to pin it past him. I was behind him for several miles but I think he realized it was me and went wide on a corner allowing me to move by.

The track was cutting up fast, there was even a couple of really puggy sections as we cross what would be a swamp if it was wet. On lap two as I crossed one of these soft spots I had a good endo. I hit a massive breaking bump that wasn't even there the lap before and rode the front wheel for a while until it finally tucked and sent me over. I was quickly back on the bike with no damage to me or the bike.

A quick stop for gas and I was sent out chasing down Barry Hawk. I finally caught him a lap later in a really rough section and witnessed Barry get ejected out the side of a deep whooped section, nearly tagging me on the way down. I moved into second spot late in the race when I moved by Nate Kanney. Charlie Mullins was riding great and was way out front and there was not enough time to try run him down.

Second is a good solid start to the year and I'm looking forward to each race and a step closer to that championship.

Thanks for the continued support from my great sponsors here in NZ and America. Kawasaki, GEICO, Moose Racing, Shoei, Sidi, Smith, CTi, RG3, Pirelli, Silkolene, EBC brakes, Motion Pro, Enduro Engineering, BRP, Renthal, Works Connection, Leo Vince, RG3, Vortex Ignitions, Tsubaki chains, No Toil, G2, IMS, ProMoto Billet, Fastway, WER, Stringfellows, MotoSR

[takitimu]

With a lap to go the foot peg completely came off. My right leg was burning and my left groin was pretty railed from holding my leg up. But I held on and made it to the finish and took the win.

That is impressive !!!, I'm just thinking what Barry Hawk would have done, heck the guy stopped to change his shock because he didn't like it didn't he ??.

[denill]

That is impressive !!!, I'm just thinking what Barry Hawk would have done, heck the guy stopped to change his shock because he didn't like it didn't he ??.

Yeah. I guess we've all tried riding off-road with only one foot peg in our careers.
NOT good and in the terrain they are in - bloody unbelievable. He really is a legend.

Plus, he really understates his achievements, eh. Modest to a fault....

[denill]

Race Report: Mid East Harescramble Series
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Offroad, GEICO, Monster Kawasaki
Bike: Kawasaki KX 450F
Result: 1st

With constant rain falling Saturday and all Sunday morning and the temperatures in the low 40s ( 8 c) it would have been nicer to stay home, but that's no fun!! Off the line I got filled in bad but moved up to third quickly, then second behind Jesse Robinson (Series Champion).

I moved past Jesse on a fast grassy sweeper mid second lap, but could already hear Charlie Mullins right behind me. The track was cutting up fast and there was a lot of water lying in the low spots although most of the really tough terrain had been removed in anticipation of the bad weather. I was stoked to have my Fastway foot pegs on as these things offer a massive platform to secure your foot in place and in these trying conditions thats pretty important. We were soon into lap traffic and back to eating roost. Most of the guys were good though and moved over as soon as they could for the faster riders coming through. A quick stop for gas and fresh pair of Smith roll offs and back into the action.

After the fuel stop Charlie dropped out with some problems. We had pushed each other clear of the other riders, so with him out I had a good lead. The track actually didn't get too much worse than the first few laps and with the rain holding off the low spots cleared out a lot of the water. With seven laps done, the chequered flag came out and I took the win.

Thanks for the continued support from my great sponsors in America and NZ.
Kawasaki, GEICO, Moose Racing, Shoei, Sidi, Smith, CTi, RG3, Pirelli, Silkolene, EBC brakes, Motion Pro, Enduro Engineering, BRP, Renthal, Works Connection, Leo Vince, Vortex Ignitions, Tsubaki chains, No Toil, G2, IMS, ProMoto Billet, Fastway, WER, Stringfellows, MotoSR

[denill]

And here's a snippet:

"I went hard at mid race and got into the lead, but when Whibley caught me later on, I was done," said (Jimmy) Jarrett. "He's just a machine out there, it's incredible."

[secondfield]

Cheer's for the update Den', Jarret pretty well sums it up eh?

haha essentially:

' When Whibley catches you, ya done for '

Morale must be peaking in the Suzuki team right now.

[raglanash]

Get out of the way Mullins!!

1st #003 SUZ JOSHUA V STRANG 6 00:25:30.1 Class Leader 16:03:11 02:30:38.4
2nd #005 SUZ CHARLES MULLINS 6 00:26:10.3 00:00:48.1 16:03:59 02:31:26.6
3rd #002 KAW PAUL J WHIBLEY 6 00:26:07.2 00:00:48.2 16:04:47 02:32:14.8
http://gncclive.tracksideonlineresults.com/

[raglanash]

Last lap, closed a bit on Mullins, Strang's gone.

1st #003 SUZ JOSHUA V STRANG 7 00:25:53.7 Class Leader 16:29:05 02:56:32.2
2nd #005 SUZ CHARLES MULLINS 7 00:26:10.7 00:01:05.1 16:30:10 02:57:37.3
3rd #002 KAW PAUL J WHIBLEY 7 00:25:58.2 00:00:35.8 16:30:46 02:58:13.1

[raglanash]

Came in 3rd but still has the championship lead.

1 KAW 002 PAUL WHIBLEY 2 1 3 76
2 SUZ 005 CHARLES MULLINS 1 4 2 73
3 SUZ 003 JOSHUA STRANG 15 3 1 57
4 KTM 116 NATHAN KANNEY 3 5 5 53
5 KAW 006 JIMMY JARRETT 6 2 16 45

[takitimu]

I'll beat denill to the punch ( love the last sentence, "If I can continue with limiting a bad day to third place then that's not so bad." ).

Race Report: GNCC Round 3, Steele Creek Morganton
Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: JG Offroad, GEICO, Kawasaki Monster Energy
Bike: Kawasaki KX 450F
Result: 3rd


Sitting on the line with the 10 second flag out ready to be waved to signal the start. I was confident of another good start and my leg was quivering in anticipation of the the action. The flag is thrown and the race is on. My KX fired up fast and I shot to turn one with the leaders. Charlie Mullins just pipped me for the hole shot but I dove under him on turn two into the lead. We had a small grass track section and then into the woods. Charlie retook the lead again not long after we hit the woods and set out on a fast pace. As soon as we got into the woods and began hitting the big holes and bumps I new I was in for a long day. The course was rough and I had gone for a softer suspension setup for this race and this was a bad choice on my behalf. The RG3 suspension was working great on all the roots and smaller bumps but was bottoming in the holes and braking bumps that dominated the track. Rain the week leading up to the event had dampened our efforts of testing with soggy tracks that made things difficult to really pound out some laps and test the setup. As a result I tightened up and rode poorly on the first couple of laps. Charlie got away from me and soon Josh Strang moved by me as well and was on a mission. Glen Kearney also caught up and we battled for a while until I loosened up and set off after the leaders. But there was no catching Josh and Charlie, they were riding great and they had put some time on me. I tried to close the gap but all I could do was minimize the damage.
Josh coming in for his first win this season and Charlie taking second. I filled out the podium with a third. I was a little disappointed in my efforts and would have liked to have raced more with Josh and Charlie, but after thinking about it, I had a bad day and still came away with a podium result. If I can continue with limiting a bad day to third place then that's not so bad.

Thanks to my sponsors for their continued support:
GEICO, Kawasaki, Moose, Shoei, Sidi, Smith, CTi, Pirelli, RG3, Leo Vince, Pro Moto Billet, Fastway, IMS, Vortex Ignitions, G2, P.G. Graphics, Silkolene, EBC brakes, Tsubaki chains, No Toil, WER, BRP, Motion Pro, Works Connection, Renthal, Enduro Engineering, Rekluse, Moto SR, Stringfellows