GNCC Racing Opens Season at Big Buck

Daniel Prince

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Races set for Saturday and Sunday for first of two runs at the venue

The annual Big Buck GNCC race at Henry Turner’s Big Buck Farm will return this weekend for the first of two runs at the venue. Gates open from 6-10 p.m. Thursday. They are back open Friday at 9, with pre-registration check-in scheduled from 2-4 p.m. ATV and bike registration for all classes will be ongoing from 1-7 p.m. Gates will close at midnight.

They will be back open Saturday at 6. Youth ATV and Micro registration will be from 7-7:45, with the 50cc Micro ATV racing scheduled at 8, the 50cc Micro bike racing at 8:45, and the Youth ATV race from 9:30-10:30. Amateur ATV registration will be at 9:35 Saturday, and Pro ATV registration will follow at 10:05. The Amateur ATV race, a two-hour event, will begin at 11 a.m. Bike registration for all classes will be Saturday afternoon from noon to 7 p.m. The two-hour Pro ATV race will go from 2-4 p.m. ePeeWee (STACYC) racing will take place at the finish line at 5:30, and they will have a Minneapolis Supercross viewing party at the Finish Line Meat Wagon at 6. Team Faith will hold a non-denominational chapel service from 7-7:45 p.m. Gates will close at midnight.

On Sunday, gates will again open at 6 a.m., with youth bike registration from 7-7:45. The Youth Bike race will go from 8-9:30 a.m. Amateur bike registration is set from 8:05-9:45 a.m., with the Amateur Bike race from 10-noon. Pro Bike registration will go from 10:05-12:45, and the 3-hour Pro Bike race will be from 1-4 p.m.

Admission is $25 for ages 12 and up, $10 for kids ages 6-11, and 5 and under get in free. Big Buck Farm is at 170 Red Barn Road in Union. Big Buck will be back the weekend of March 26-27.