GNCC Dirt Bike Racing 2009

Continuing its strategic alliance with off-road series in Asia and Europe, the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series will send two top American racers to compete in the final round of the Japan National Cross Country (JNCC) Series, the AAGP, at the Sugo Circuit on November 22, 2009. FMF Makita Suzuki's Josh Strang from New Zealand, who finished second overall in the 2009 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country series in the XC1 class, and Shock Doctor KTM's Kailub Russell, who is fresh off his GNCC XC2 Championship win will travel to Sugo, Japan to compete.

It is a tradition for JNCC President Masami Hoshino to invite GNCC riders to the event, in exchange for Japanese riders that will compete in the opening rounds of the GNCC series. In March of 2009, Hoshino accompanied nearly a dozen Japanese riders and crew members who competed in the opening round of the GNCC Series at the Westgate River Ranch Resort in Florida.