2005 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
Baja California
November 10-12, 2005

Wayne Matlock and Chad Prull Dominate and Win the Baja 1000 Pro Quad class.
Total Race time 18:06
708.8 Miles

Blazing Pace Had Matlock's 9A team as 6th ATV/MX Vehicle to Finish overall.
Wes Miller Racing in Part for Team Alba Finishes 2nd @ 18:52

• 8-Podium Finishes
• 4-Wins

Dana Creech Kills 'Em
at Glen Helen
ITP Glen Helen, CA
October 23, 2005

Team Alba's newest racer, Dana Creech shreads the field at the ITP Race in Glen Helen this weekend. Sporting a new Alba Race Motor, Creech was able to distance himself from the rest of the field prior to taking the win.

Photo: BigKidRacing.com

Team Alba GNCC Pros Finish Off Amazing Season On Top!
GNCC 13 - The Ironman
October 21, 2005

Chris Borich lands on the podium for the 8th time this season and Ends up 2nd Overall for the series.

Yet another class win for Traci Cecco - Her 7th of the Season, for a Series Championship!

Borich and Cecco Both Win at Powerline Park
GNCC 12 Powerline Park
October 8, 2005

Chris Borich is not going down without a fight. Anoter podium topper at Powerline - his fourth this season.

Traci Cecco's Women's first was also Third overall for session one, inching her even closer to another Women's championship.
photo courtesy Chuck DeBault

Team Alba Comes Back from Brake with Two Strong 2nd Place Finishes in N.C.
GNCC 10 Yadkin Valley Stomp
September 10, 2005

Chris Borich Back From a Broken Collar Bone Narrows the Gap in Ballances Lead

Traci Cecco Keeps a Slight Series Lead over 2004 Champion Stephanie Parton with Her 2nd Place Finish

Kory Ellis Podiums in Unidilla, NY
GNCC 11
July 31, 2005

After a crazy race that saw many of the front runners falter, Team Alba's Kory Ellis continued on a strong second-half of the season with a 3rd place finish in the GNC Pro Class. This was the third podium for Ellis since the half way point - hopefully giving him good momentum for a strong finish at Loretta's on the 14th.

Matlock Wins Nevada 1000

July 9, 2005

Wayne Matlock teamed with Chad Prull, last years BITD Champions overcame scorching heat and four grueling days of racing to become the 2005 Nevada 1000 Champion. Despite minor technical problems, Matlock's Q1 ALBA / Factory Suzuki LTZ Beat Out Q7 Shane Strunk & Allen White for the overall race win. Race Report Just Added!

Traci Cecco Regains the Overall Women's Points Lead
GNCC 9 The Wisp
June 25, 2005

The GNCC Women's Pro division has seen a fierce battle this year between Team Alba's Traci Cecco and longtime rival Stephanie Parton. This season the championship lead has swapped back and forth as both riders overcome the challenges inherent to pro racing. With a strong run at the technically challenging Wisp, despite an early crash, Traci Cecco again overtook Parton for the overall lead.

Team Alba's Sage Baker Injured In Tennessee
July 2, 2005

Sage Baker came up short on a triple - landing him a trip to the emergency room with a broken femur. After a painfully long wait for the ambulance, Sage was taken to a local hospital then air lifted to University of Kentucky Med Center where they added a few stainless aftermarket parts. Sage is in good spirits but will be out for the remainder of the season. Everyone at Alba wishes him a speedy recovery.

Chris Borich Breaks His Collar Bone at The Wisp
June 25, 2005

2005 GNCC Championship Contender and Team Alba racer Chris Borich crashed in The Wisp - GNCC Round 9 and broke his collar bone. While challenging for 2nd, Borich clipped a rock on the inside of a corner in one of the high-speed downhill sections, which sent him flying. The Alba staff hopes he gets back on four wheels soon!

Strong Run, but Ellis Comes Up Short
at High Point

June 18, 2005
GNC 9 - High Point, PA

Kory Ellis was on a roll. This was one of his best charges of the season and with a solid finish in the first moto and a hard charge in moto 2 that would have given him second spot on the podium.

Borich Battles Back
GNCC Men's Pro Chris Borich Comes Back from a Lap 1 Tangle to Challenge Balance for the Win

June 11, 2005
The Mountaineer
GNCC Event #8 Summerville, WV

In one of the best battles of the season, Chris Borich finished just on the bumper of past-champion Bill Balance after swapping the lead back and forth for much of the race and distancing themselves from the rest of the field. This, of course, is after Borich battled his way back from about 7th after a tangling with a log on the trail on the first lap.

ATV Racing Included in 2005 ESPN Great Outdoor Games (link goes to ESPN.com)
July 7th - 10th

In the sporting event that made axe throwing, dog jumping and log rolling mainstream, two new ATV events will give ATV racing some much needed publicity. For 2005 The ESPN Great Outdoor Games will include Four Wheel Frenzy and Terracross, two new ATV racing events.

Four Wheel Frenzy sounds like a combination GNC and GNCC race with both motocross and cross country challenges. ATV Terracross is both an obstacle course and bow and arrow target event, akin to hunting or the Nordic Combined event from winter Olympics. Should be fun to watch. Be sure to tune in June 7th - 10th.

Chris Borich	Kory Ellis

Team Alba Racing's GNC Pro Kory Ellis and GNCC Pro Chris Borich will be competing in the Four Wheel Frenzy - don't miss it!

Get more details from ESPN.com

Team Alba's Matlock Crashes Out of Baja 500
June 4, 2005

In what we hoped would be the turn-around race for Alba's 2004 BITD Championship Team of Wayne Matlock, fate seemed to have a different agenda. Late in the first quarter of the race, Ty Zimmerman, Matlock's team mate, was involved in a crash, totaling the frame, removing them from contention. Although the bike was ruined, the rider is ok and ready to come back for the 1000 later this year.

press release
june 6, 2005

Team Alba Racing Announces the Departure of Jeremy Schell From Alba’s Pro ATV Race Team

ellis scores 3rd at Muddy Creek
May 28 , 2005
GNC 8- muddy creek
Blountville , TN

Kory Ellis, seems to be back on track with his 2nd podium finish in a row. Natalie and Gust finish 1 & 2. Pro Am rider Sage Baker finishes 8th in both Pro AM Unlimited and Pro Am Production. Just 1 point out of 3rd!

Podium for ellis at red bud
May 14 , 2005
GNC 7 - red bud
BUCHANAN, mi

Team Alba's top GNC pro Kory Ellis, fights his way back onto the podium. Pro Am rider Sage Baker also earn's a podium finish, with a 3rd in Pro Production.

Traci Cecco Takes The Lead!
(race report and photos just added)

In a big win over series leader Stephanie parton, Team Alba's Traci Cecco takes over the Women's GNCC series lead! And Traci Finishes 2nd overall in the Morning Race!

Chis Borich struggles with technical problems, handing the lead to Ballance for the first time in the Season.

May 14 , 2005
GNCC 7 - The John Penton

ellis win's world 4-stroke MX championship
aLBA TEAM MATE SAGE BAKER FINISHES 3RD

APR 24, 2005
GLEN HELEN, CA

It was a great day for Team Alba Racing with 2 podium finishers at the World 4-Stroke MX Championship at Glen Helen. Top GNC pro Alba / Factory Yamaha rider Kory Ellis, battled his way to the front and just didn't look back, finishing with 2-1 motos, being edged out by Dustin Nelson in the first moto. Alba's Pro Am rider Sage Baker proved that he's got the stuff to battle with the best with a 3rd overall podium finish - 2nd in moto two behind Ellis.

Team alba sweep at big buck gncc (report just added)
Apr 16, 2005
GNCC 5- Big Buck

• Chris Borich makes a last lap pass on Bill Balance for the win in an exciting battle for the series championship.
• Traci Cecco inches her way back up to the top of the points with a big win at Big Buck
• Additional Team Alba riders TJ Lennig and Tyler Lennig also earn positions on the podium. TJ with a 3rd overall in Stock and Tyler 2nd in 4-stroke B division

Cecco finishes 2nd at steele creek
Mar 12-13, 2005
GNCC 4 - Steele Creek

• Chris Borich Stays battles at the front of the pack for a 5th place finish
• Traci Cecco Scores a strong 2nd place finish moving her to second in points for the series

schell battles for win at glen helen
Apr 3, 2005

Jeremy Schell, coming off a broken ankle, took the hole shot and never looked back at ITP Quadcross at Glen Helen. In moto two, Schell had the hole-shot took off from the pack. Jeremy had about a 10 second lead over the filed, but Dustin Nelson closed the gap and, by the final lap, was knocking on Jeremy's back bumper. In perhaps the most exciting race so far this season, Jeremy was able to edge out Dustin by a few inches at the checkered flag - for the overall win.

desert testing
Mar 19, 2005

Team Alba's Wayne Matlock and Chad Prull spent the weekend running their ALBA LTZ470 Through Race Paces. Together with their support team and chief mechanic, they set up a 20 mile loop out near Ocotillo Wells and rode at race clip for over 500 miles to see how the LTZ performed and held up.
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Big Race Weekend for Alba
Mar 12-13, 2005

GNCC 3 - The General

• Chris Borich Stays on top of GNCC Pro Series with a strong 2nd Place Finish in Round 3
• Coming Back from Nasty Crash in Florida, Traci Cecco Wins GNCC Round 3 in Georgia - Just 2-points out of Series Lead

GNC 3 - Gainesville, FL

• Team Alba's Kory Ellis Finishes 5th in GNC Round 3 in Florida
• Sage Baker Wins Both Qualifiers but Tangles With Other Riders in Each of His Mains

ITP 2 - RaceTown, CA

• He's Back! - Team Alba's Jeremy Schell Finishes 2nd in his first race back since his injury in SD
• Steve Beilman Wins at the ITP Race at Race Town
  
• Wayne Matlock Comes Back from Electrical Problems to Finish
  3rd in Dist 38 Race

Team Alba's Chris Borich Wins Orange Crush

Mar 5-6
GNCC Round 2
The Orange Crush - De Leon Springs, FL

That's two wins in a row for GNCC Points Leader Borich. Traci Cecco takes nasty spill on turn 1 after a great holeshot, but still manages to run most of the race. She checked out injured but not too badly.

Bad Day in Mexico for
Team Alba

Feb 26
SCORE Round1
San Filipe 250

From a 26 minute lead to a DNF is not the way that Wayne Matlock wanted to spend his weekend in Mexico.

MUDFEST IN TEXAS
And we thought Glen Helen was bad...

Feb 26
GNC Round 2
Gilmer, TX

• Ellis lands on top of Natalie after he faulters on a double - both knocked back
• Baker snorkles his way to a podium finish

alba rocks the gncc Opener
Alba Cross-Country Team Sweeps GNCC Opening Round in Texas

Feb 12
GNCC Round 1
The Lone Star - Gilmer, TX

• Men's Pro Chris Borich Fights his Way to the Front for Win #1
  Borich shown here on his 05 Alba TRX with custom Chris Borich graphics!
• Traci Cecco Comes Out On Top With Her First Win of the Season

Team Alba Out In Force at Glen Helen GNC Opener
Feb 5

Sage Baker Wins Pro-Am Production
Traci Cecco Gives Motocross a Go
Kory Ellis Rides Hard but Doesn't Repeat Last Year's Win

After Strong Qualifying Effort,
Ellis Holds On to Third in the Series
Team Alba Racing's Freshman, Sage Baker, has best race of series!

Jan 29
PACE Formula USA Pro Quad Stadium Series
Round 4 - Phoenix