Press Release | November 19, 2024
The Progressive Grand National Cross Country (GNCC Racing) Series celebrates a successful 2024 season and looks to 2025 for its 50 year anniversary.
GNCC Racing celebrates 50 years of racing in 2025 and is aiming to continue their momentum from this past season. Photo: Ken Hill
This is a press release from GNCC…
Morgantown, WV (November 19, 2024) – The Progressive Grand National Cross Country (GNCC Racing) Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship, is happy to celebrate an unparalleled 2024 season. Racer Productions, producer of the Progressive GNCC Racing Series, would like to give a special thanks to all of the series partners, vendors, racers and fans that made the season exceptional.
The 2024 season continued to see impressive performances in the series’ partnerships as well as the RacerTV GNCC LIVE broadcasts. The Progressive GNCC Racing Series showcased 26 broadcasts throughout the season on RacerTV.com for fans and racers to watch at no cost, these broadcasts feature the Pro ATV and Pro Motorcycle GNCC races that take place on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. While attracting over 415,000 total live views and over 307,260 unique viewers throughout the season, the season opener, Big Buck GNCC, in South Carolina saw over 38,000 unique viewers tune in during Sunday’s Pro Motorcycle race to see the action live.
Meanwhile, continued partnerships with Progressive and Specialized as the title and presenting sponsors of the series have shown a resounding success. The Progressive GNCC Racing Series saw 21,021 unique racers this season, which is an increase by 1,146 entries from the previous year. With the continued support from all of our series partners, GNCC Racing is looking to continue elevating off-road racing to the next level while helping to attract the next generation of racers and fans.
GNCC Racing and its contributing partners raised $7,500 at the Yamaha Racing Ironman GNCC to donate to the Montgomery County Community Foundation. Photo: Ken Hill
This year’s Yamaha Racing Ironman GNCC was once again deemed the “pink” race in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. The series had specialty stickers and commemorative jars of Ironman Hill dirt available for donations which earned over $630, while HBD MotoGrafx donated another $330 from pink graphics that were ordered for the event. Yamaha Racing also donated $50 per Yamaha win at Ironman and another $50 per National Championship earned on a Yamaha, bringing their total contribution to $3,700 as 37 wins were earned on Yamaha’s at Ironman and 37 National Championships were earned by a Yamaha racer. Walker Fowler Racing also donated $500 of their t-shirt proceeds, making the grand total of donations $7,500 for the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free mammogram examinations.
With the overall success of the 2024 Progressive GNCC Racing Series, we now look to prepare for what promises to be a fascinating 2025 season. America’s premier off-road racing series celebrates 50 years of racing in 2025 and is aiming to continue their momentum from this past season into the upcoming one with unrelenting help from their fans, riders and partners. Stay tuned for an announcement of the 2025 series schedule in the near future.
For more information on the GNCC series, visit the official website at www.gnccracing.com
