NGPC and former WORCS Champion Dante Oliveira became the third different winner in four rounds at this year’s very competitive Grand National Cross Country Series, holding off a race-long challenge by FMF/KTM Factory rider Johnny Girroir to win the Camp Coker Bullet GNCC held at Moree’s Sportsman’s Preserve in Society Hill, South Carolina, on March 24. Babbitt’s Online Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Grant Baylor was third, while his brother, Red Bear Rocky Mountain Kawasaki’s Steward Baylor, was a close fourth.
After battling with Girroir during the first few turns, Oliveira led the remainder of the three-hour event to take home his first-ever GNCC win. Girroir pushed Oliveira hard during the entire race and pulled to just under two seconds at the finish, making for an exciting finish. The fast and “less-than-technical” course suited …