standings

Traci Cecco 202 GNCC Women's Pro 3rd Round 3 - The General 1st Round 2 - Orange Crush 6th Round 1 - The Lone Star 1st Chris Borich #3 GNCC Men's Pro 1st Round 3 - The General 2nd Round 2 - Orange Crush 1st Round 1 - The Lone Star 1st

team alba racing borich and cecco - strong & on top

• Chris Borich Finishes a Strong 2nd - Keeping His Pro Points Lead
• Traci Cecco Comes back from Injury in Round 2 to Win in Georgia

Mar 12-13
GNCC Round 3
The General -Washington , GA

Coming off a nasty crash only a week ago, Team Alba's Traci Cecco proves just how tough she really is. With a special football style neck padding, she took to the rough conditions of track to emerge victorious. In fact, Traci is just 2 points out of first place so far. The GNCC Womens' race is shaping up to be a great battle.

For the third race in a row Chris Borich was on fire. In fact, the only thing that kept him off the top of the podium was a mud pit a quarter mile from the finish that opened the door for Ballance to regain his lead. Borich maintains an impressive lead in the series over Ballance, Yokley and Smiley.

GNC Pro Race
CHRIS BORICH

Post Race Interview by: Lance Schwartz
Photos courtesy QuadZone.com, ATVRiders.com

The Track was very rough. There were only a few mud holes, but they were all pretty brutal. The track was tight and rough. My Alba Action 450R worked awesome! The Custom Axis shocks and ARS FX swingarm and A-Arms worked incredibly well with my Maxxis tires and Hiper Wheels. My Spider grips did the best they could to protect my hands as well. The Pro Armor skids and bumpers did an excellent job of protecting my quad, and my Moose gear did a great job of protecting me! This Honda is the best performance quad money can buy. It’s so good, I’m actually able to race it at this level without having to replace many of the stock parts.

The Start
My Alba Action 450R fired up on the first kick. There was a pile of us together going into the first corner and I was probably 6th or 7th on first turn. By the 3rd turn was hard on the gas and found myself in third place. As we headed into the first lap, it was Chris Jenks, followed by Jeremy Rice, then myself. I passed Rice after the first few miles and worked on catching Jenks. With me in 2nd place, Bill Balance was right on my tail. Jenks had about a 30 second lead until Balance and I were able to get around Rice. We caught up to him pretty quickly, but the order stayed that way the 1st lap.

Mid Race
Starting the 2nd lap, it was Jenks, me, then Balance. Balance and I caught Jenks and the three of us rolled through the woods like a train. Balance and I swapped back and forth between 2nd and third. At the end of the 2nd lap, Balance and I both pitted, but Jenks kept going,

After my pit crew fueled me and gave me new Scott goggles and Moose gloves, I tore off trying to catch Jenks. Balance had the same idea. Bill and I caught Jenks and we both passed him in the motocross section. I let Bill by on the motocross section because I knew there was a double jump coming up. I wanted to watch him hit the double to see how he was setting up for it. Bill’s a pretty good jumper, and I knew if I didn’t double it also, he’d get away from me. So I watched what he did and then hit it at the same pace. Jenks pitted late in the lap and Balance and I fought it out passing back and forth.

Finish
Going into the forth lap, it was just Bill and I at front battling it out with each. We also had some difficulty getting through lappers. Bill had about a 15 second lead and made some better decisions with the lappers than I did. Approaching the end of the fourth lap, right after the scoring tent, I tried the mudpit. You could either take the short way through the mud, or go the long way around the mud. I chanced it through the mud and it allowed me to make up the time to catch back up to Balance. The mud hole was actually easier than I thought, but just in case, I had people to push if I didn’t make it.

On the final lap, I basically just followed Balance watching him - waiting to strike in the last two miles or so. I knew a better line was there so I took it and passed him. He immediately passed me back. About ½ mile from the finish, I knew there was another line and this would probably be the last chance for me to get around him. There was a lapper in front of Balance, so I took the alternate line and was able to go around and get about ten seconds on him. We then came to another mud pit. We both hit it. I went to the right, Ballance went to the left. I ended up getting stuck and Bill passed me for the lead and the win. The top three finishers were Bill Ballance, Me, and Chris Jenks about 1:30 behind us.

Reports, photos, and additional information at BorichRacing.com

GNCC Women's Race
Traci Cecco Wins the general GNCC Round 3 in Washington, GA

Race Report by: Rick Cecco

Round 3 of the GNCC series found us in Washington, GA with cloudy skies and mid 50 to 60's temperatures with 20-30 MPH wind gusts that would take a few EZ-UP's by surprise once in a while but would also aid in clearing the dusty sections of the track immediately. Overall the track was in excellent condition with it taking on rain about a week prior forming some deep mudholes in the lower elevations including about 1 mile of MX course and the rest would be tight woods with a few long wide open field sections to top it off.

"I had a good feeling about the outcome of the race after walking the track yesterday and seeing a few long field sections & a good mile of MX track - these were the areas I knew I could pull on my class easily" "Last week in Florida I could easily pull them in the rough field sections which just shows how well Alba has my quads motor & suspension dialed in this year"

The Start
Traci Cecco was coming into the race with hopes of collecting some points and just finishing the race with a badly sprained neck that would only give her about 30% mobility of her head to look side to side. With only a week to prepare and condition for the upcoming race Traci showed her true grit by logging over 10 hours of Physical Therapy that included Ultrasounds, Heat wraps and off course some quality hot tub time in 3 days to try and loosen up her badly swollen neck that she injured during a wreck on the start of last weeks Orange Crush GNCC.

With the aid of a sports neck collar to help try and limit her head's mobility and protect her neck from any further injury Traci took her game to the starting line.

"I got the holeshot and lead for the first 1/2 mile but Angel & Stephanie picked a better line and passed so I just singled in behind them and followed" "Their was a field section coming up were I knew I could make my move - it had a kicker with danger signs after about 100 yards which did not look that bad so I held it wide open and passed both Angel & Stephanie to take the lead"

Off the start Traci Cecco once again pulls the trigger the quickest easily taking the holeshot ahead of Baldwin Motorsports Angel Atwell & Suzuki's Stephanie Parton to pull an early lead on the 10 rider field thru a small MX portion of the track and off into the woods. Within the first mile Cecco would get passed by Atwell and then Parton as they picked a better line thru the tress and the race was on.

"After the first few miles of woods I figured out that I just could not go the pace I am use to since I basically had tunnel vision from not being able to turn my head which affected my ability to see different lines or even lean into a corner as much as I am use to so I just held a cautious pace thru the woods and planned make up time up in the fields & MX course" " The MX course is what really saved me today since I could put 15-20 seconds on the pack since I was doing the all the doubles & tabletop jumps" "I always had a nice cushion after every field & MX section but Angel & Stephanie was catching me in the woods"

At the 4 mile marker the woods would open up to a long straight field section with a kicker jump about 3/4 way thru the field - Here Cecco would take her Alba Action Sports YFZ450 to the front and never look back! Parton and Atwell would battle back and forth for 2nd place for the remainder of the 4 laps race as Cecco would get a glimpse of them once in a while trying better lines thru the Georgia woods. At the end of the race Cecco, Parton and Atwell would finish only seconds apart with Cecco taking her 2nd win of the year.

Traci spoke after the race:

"I cannot wait till the next race and be able to give it 100%" "I would really like to say thanks to my family & sponsors for all their support & words of encouragement this past week"

See Complete Race and Series Results at GNCCracing.com

Additional Race Info at ATVriders.com
Additional Race Report at ATVSCENE.COM