standings

Traci Cecco 202 GNCC Women's Pro 1st Round 1 - The Lone Star 1st Chris Borich #3 GNCC Men's Pro 1st Round 1 - The Lone Star 1st

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

Texas is about doing everything big - and that's exactly how Team Alba Racing opened up the 2005 GNCC Season. With wins for both Traci Cecco in the Women's division and Chris Borich in the Men's Pro Division, things for Team Alba were big indeed!

Race Report: Rick Cecco
Photos: Marty Eckert

2004 Marked the first year of the Lonestar GNCC which took many by surprise with it's extremely brutal climate of cold weather, rocks, rain ruts and red clayish ground. Basically, if NASA needed a place to train for an expedition of Mars - this is the place to be! 2005's track - same place, same conditions, BUT the weather turned for the better with 55 - 60 degree temperatures all weekend with a slight mist of rain every now and then that kept the dust down a bit - perfect racing conditions.

Off the start Baldwin Motorsports Angel Atwell pulled the hole shot. Alba Action Sports' Traci Cecco had the throttle pinned side-by-side with Team Suzuki's Stephanie Parton around the first turn, powering past her the final seconds before entering the woods taking over 2nd place. By mile marker 2 on the first lap Cecco overcame Atwell on a split in the course and never looked back. Traci lead the remainder of the 5 lap - 2 hour 30 minute race to the checkered flag and the top of the podium.

After the race Traci mentions:
I had a good start - basically right were I wanted to be in 2nd or 3rd and stay steady with the leaders early on. Angel and I were cruising along pretty well when we came to a split in the trail - she took one lane and I took the other - I ended up getting the better line and passed. The track was brutal and had so many holes and ruts that would sneak up on you so I rode smart and went about my pace and before I knew it I was all alone with Angel, Stephanie and the rest of the class dropping back. On the second lap I clipped a rock that stopped me dead - putting me over the bars and hitting my head pretty hard on my front bumper. The next 3 laps were full of bottlenecks in the tight woods, hill climbs and downhill's that I faired out well enough to pass by without any major troubles. On a rough course like this you had to have a solid machine with great suspension and my Alba Action Sports YFZ450 had it all.

Read more about this race at GNCCracing.com

Here's a first look at the 2005 Race Quads - Traci Cecco's Yellow YFZ in front and Chris Borich's Black TRX with custom Chris Borich graphics. We must be doing something right, they both won GNCC Round 1!