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ATV Racing
Round 2 - "The
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Washington, GA - Adam McGill
didn’t just win his first-ever round of
Can-Am Grand National Cross Country racing, he
dominated, winning by a massive six minutes at
the Maxxis General GNCC in Washington, Georgia.
“It feels great,” said McGill.
“This is the machine I wanted to race
the first time I saw it. I was a little worried
on the last lap, because I’ve been there
before and it hasn’t worked out. I would
get to sections, and it was just unbelievable,
just like a bomb went off. There were people
everywhere! I’m so glad there were people
out there helping, and everyone at KTM, the
whole team, I can’t thank them enough.”
Better yet for KTM, McGill’s teammate
Taylor Kiser finished second to make it a KTM
sweep. GT Thunder Yamaha’s Brandon Sommers,
the 2007 Pro-Am Champion, scored his first XC1
pro podium with third overall.
Kiser’s XC1 runner-up finish came after
a big battle. “I didn’t get a good
start but I was able to work my way through,”
said Kiser. “I feel good now. The sky’s
the limit for this team.”
“There were a lot of lines out there
and that definitely made it tough,” said
Sommers. “Taylor and I hooked up and we
really got into a good rhythm out there. On
the last lap, I was ahead of him, but I got
some water under my goggles, and I had to get
rid of them. I was hoping he wouldn’t
see it, but I guess he did because he started
working to get around me and once he did there
was nothing I could do.”
The championship chase took a dramatic turn
when both title favorites--GNCC Champion Bill
Ballance and runner-up Chris Borich--failed
to finish due to mechanic troubles. Ballance
ran into electrical problems in his first-ever
DNF in four years on a Yamaha. Borich snapped
a chain on his Rockstar/Yoshimura Suzuki. The
third-placed rider in last year’s chase,
Warnert Racing Can-Am’s Chris Bithell,
was in the battle with Kiser and Sommers until
getting stuck in the deep ruts in a bottleneck,
and by the time he had dug out, he had dropped
out of the top ten.
Fourth went to Team Excell Motorsports’
Bryan Cook, and fifth to new XC1 pro Ryan Lane.
McGill now takes the series’ points lead
while Kiser and Cook, each with a fourth and
second, are tied for second.
The XC2 class offered up another big battle,
with GT Thunder Yamaha’s David Crane notching
the win as National Guard-backed Mark Nottman
got stuck on the last lap. Veteran Curtis Crump
finished third.
In the ATV morning race, Team Yamaha’s
Traci Cecco took the Women’s class and
the overall win over Stephani Parton. Third
overall and the top spot in the Open 4x4 Class
went to Bryan Buckannon.
The 2008 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country
Series continues with the Steele Creek GNCC
in Morganton, NC on March 29 and 30.
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