10/27/2025
✅ That’s a wrap on the 2025 GNCC season!
1️⃣ Brycen Neal not only defends his title to take his fourth XC1 Championship in a row, but he did so in a commanding fashion. Winning eight of the 13 rounds, including four consecutive wins, and podiums at all but one round (the outlier being an eighth and round nine due to mechanical issue). Neal is an amazing ambassador for not just Phoenix Racing, Yamaha, and our partners…but the sport as a whole. The champ deserves some rest and R&R ahead of 2026. 🫡
🔵 John Glauda completed his sixth season in the XC1 class and in the earlier portion of the year, he reminded everyone he can be a consistent threat with two back-to-back appearances on the podium. Then at the Ironman season finale, he charged from tenth on lap one to fourth by the end of lap three. While battling to finish out the series with antoher podium, Glauda unfortunately found out that while the Yamaha YFZ450R is tough, trees still win in most cases. As the old saying goes, we can work with speed. 😎
🆕 2025 marked Grayson Eller’s rookie season in XC1, a class full of experience. While there’s no official rookie of the season, Eller would take it with points scored at every round and multipe top tens. After a season full of lessons, Eller will be set to move forward in 2026. ⬆️ Those with a keen eye might have spotted someone racing in two wheels come Sunday at Ironman…with a thumb throttle. 👀 Maybe we should make all three of the guys take some YZ450Fs out at next season’s final round. Bets anyone?
Enjoy some 📸 from and thank you to everyone who supports Phoenix Racing and the ATV Racing world as a whole.
