1 Wialliam Yokley SUZUKI
2 Bill Ballance YAMAHA
3 Matt Smiley YAMAHA
4 Chris Borich YAMAHA
5 Brandon Ballance YAMAHA
6 Gregory Trew YAMAHA
7 Todd Knippenburg HONDA
8 Johnny Gallagher YAMAHA
9 Bryan Cook YAMAHA
10 Andris Lagzdins ???????
11 Kim Kuhnle POLARIS
12 Jared Grucca YAMAHA
13 Jeff Stoess ATK [CANNONDALE]
14 Rob Zimmerman HONDA
15 Michael Houston HONDA
16 Santo Dersi YAMAHA
17 Chad Duvall YAMAHA
18 Paul Rowlands YAMAHA
19 Thoams Barrett HONDA

 

Ironic how Kawi stepped up in '99 with Team Green attacking the pro class, but now when the rest of the factories are paying attention, Green is nowhere to be seen in pro.

 

Kawasaki doesn't have a quad that could compete in the Pro Class but the KFX400, and they will not sponsor a rider on that bike because it is built by Suzuki.

That was discussed early last year.

 

yeah, it's very unfortunate. But on the flipside, there seems to be a lot of riders on the V force in other classes.

 

Good to see a zuke out front, but look at all those yamahas! I've got a feeling that now suzuki has entered the high performance sport quad arena, that won't happen for very long...hence the Z450?

 

damn i bet that was nothing but a sea of blue out there.

whats blue and red all over and yellow on top......A GNCC race!!!
lol that was stupid

team green dominiates the utility classes with the P700 and 700Vforce

 

Congrats to Yokley on his Suzuki - I'm personally glad something other than the YFZ won the 1st GNCC, not because I don't like the YFZ, but I'm tired of reading all the chest beating from ridiculous YFZ owners.

With the new GNCC rules everyone in the Pro class had to dump their 250Rs this year. That combined with the fact that the oldest new Hondas are about a week old makes for a lineup of almost all Yamahas on the front row.

Personally I think it's good for the sport to be phasing out the 250Rs. The 250R has become strictly an aftermarket quad that requires a large "investment" for a racer who wants to be competitive. Also, when the top racers are riding quads built strictly by the aftermarket, it gives the manufacturers little reason to want to be involved in racing - which in turn means that we get BNG every year instead of enjoying yearly updates like the dirtbikes do...

Over the course of the next few months, we'll see more Honda's showing up at various racetracks, but it may not be until next season before you see many of them on the pro line at the GNCCs. It's too bad Honda didn't get their quad out sooner.

It's a great time for the sport. It'll be interesting to see what Kaw and Suzuki do to compete with the new breed of 450's out there.

 

I agree 100% with everything you said except the opening statement!!! LOL!!

 

it will be nice when a z450 and a kfx 450 come out. hopefully kawa wil come out with their own quad too. and yeah i think its great that they phased out the 250s, i mean there not even hondas anymore.