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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 5 - "Loretta
Lynn's " |
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9x
GNCC Champion, Bill Ballance, shows up
at the Loretta Lynn GNCC after suffering
a serious wreck several weeks earlier
that has him sidelined atleast for a few
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Hurricane Mills, TN - The Acerbis
Loretta Lynn GNCC in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
was wet and muddy after an all-day rain pummeled
central Tennessee, however, the racing couldn't
have been more exciting, as Chris Borich emerged
from a four-rider battle to make a last-lap pass
to claim his fourth win of this year's Can-Am
Grand National Cross Country Series.
Borich grabbed the $250 Motorcycle-USA.comHoleshot
Award to start the race, putting his Yoshimura
Suzuki at the front of a tightly-packed group
that included Ballance Racing/Yamaha's Taylor
Kiser, Warnert Can-Am's Adam McGill and Yamaha
rider Don Ockerman. For most of the first lap
the front-runners played it safe, checking out
lines and waiting for someone to make a mistake.
McGill got tired of the game, however, and made
a move near the end of the opening lap, taking
the point and leading Borich, Kiser and teammate
Chris Bithell across the finish line to complete
the opening lap.
"I just had to start making some moves,"
said McGill. "That first lap was pretty
much total chaos. It was just a freight train
out there, nobody wanted to pass, and so I just
made a move."
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Chris Borich grabbed his first Holeshot
of the season |
Borich dropped back even further when he stopped
for goggles, but as he has done so may times
before, the defending series champ was able
to fight his way back to the front on the final
lap.
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| Maxxis'
Chris Borich charged through the mud to
claim his 4th Win of the season &
extends his points lead to 22 points over
Yamaha's Taylor Kiser |
"I worked back up behind McGill, and I
picked a line that he looked like he was going
right and then he came back the other way and
we kind of came together and I was able to get
around him," said Borich.
All Borich had to do from there was hold off
the feisty McGill. In the end, Borich did just
that, crossing the finish line with just three
seconds to spare over McGill to take a thrilling
win.
"It's great to get another win, and I
had a lot of fun battling these guys,"
said Borich. "I got the holeshot and led
most of the first lap, it seemed like nobody
wanted to pass so I was the guinea pig going
up the hills, but it all worked out."
