RAW video highlights recap and results from GNCC 2026 round two, the Wild Boar in Florida where defending champion, FMF KTM’s Ben Kelley, took a solid victory as rivals DNF in brutal Palakta sand and we see a maiden win for Beta USA’s Jhak Walker (on a two-stroke!) in XC2.  

It was a resounding victory for FMF KTM’s defending GNCC champion, Ben Kelley. The brutal sand in Florida is infamous for breaking riders and bikes and Kelley came from 10th place after a crash off the start.

A lot of the hard work overtaking done on lap two, Kelley had to fight FMF KTM teammate Grant Davis nose-to-tail for the win in the heat of thick of the race which also saw a high rate of attrition for leading riders (see the casualties below).

Number one plated rider Kelley needed the win after a below par round one two weeks ago and explained he had tried to contain energy in the early laps. It paid off for the champ who laid down a fastest last lap of the race, while an exhausted Davis put in his slowest, for a 55-second winning margin.

The overall and XC1 podium was Kelley from FMF KTM teammate Grant Davis and Cody Barnes putting in a strong showing for Beta USA ahead of Mike Witkowski and Josh Strang completing the top five.

First win for Walker and Beta USA

The sandy conditions bucked the trend for XC2 bikes and riders mobbing the podium and top 10 with XC2 winner Jhak Walker the only 250F rider sneaking into a top 10 full of 450s.

The XC2 podium saw a maiden class win for Walker on the two-stroke Beta (P7 overall) with Brody Johnson second and British rider Jack Edmondson claiming a maiden GNCC podium with third and P12 overall on a 250 Triumph.

It proved a race of attrition for many of the top names in GNCC with early leader and round one winner Johnny Girroir going out sick, holeshot hitter Tyler Medaglia and Thad Duvall also going out early. Liam Draper chose a bad line in the Florida swamp to drown his bike. Gus Riordan and Jason Tino both dropped out of the fight for the XC2 win. RMRBR Kawasaki’s Steward Baylor continued his historical run of bad starts to the series after ripping off a coolant hose, his teammates Josh Toth and round one XC2 winner Nick Defeo also retiring with a mechanical.

PM race results:

Richards from Steede in WXC

The AM race saw former Supercross and motocross champion Zach Osbourne win the Sportsman class with the real heat going on behind for the WXC win between Brandy Richards and Korie Steede. Richards took a narrow win from the defending champion Steede with round one winner Danielle Macdonald third in class and P6 overall.  

AM race results:

Video Credit: On The Pipe Podcast

Photo Credit: Mack Faint