Smith Wins Steele Creeke GNCC
Kit Palmer | March 24, 2003
Suzuki-mounted Rodney Smith (pictured) won the third round of the Grand National Cross Country Series in Morganton, North Carolina, yesterday. But he didn’t win it by much. The defending GNCC champ finished just a few seconds ahead of opening-round winner Barry Hawk Jr., on the Pro-Am Yamaha.
Third place went to Smith’s FMF/Suzuki teammate Mike Kiedrowski, while fourth- and fifth-place went to Yamaha rider Jason Raines and KTM’s Mike Lafferty, respectively. Suzuki’s Steve Hatch finished sixth, followed by Kawasaki’s Fred Andrews.
Kit Palmer | Off-Road Editor
Kit Palmer started his career at Cycle News in 1984 and he’s been testing dirt and streetbikes every since – plus covering any event that uses some form of a knobby tire. He’s also our resident motorcycle mileage man with a commute of 120 miles a day.
