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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 11 - "The
Titan" |
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Chris Borich takes the checkered flag
for his 9th win of the year, despite a
30 second penalty & controversial
pass on Taylor Kiser to take the lead |
Lafayette, TN - Chris Borich
claimed an exciting win at one of the closest
races of the year during the MotocycleUSA.com
Titan GNCC in Lafayette, Tennessee. After two
hours of racing, the Yoshimura Suzuki-backed rider
topped Ballance Racing Yamaha's Taylor Kiser by
less then two seconds to nab his ninth victory
of the season and further extend his lead in the
Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series championship
standings.
With the win Borich inched ever closer to a
second-straight XC1 GNCC title, and now holds
a 50-point lead over Kiser with just two races
to go.
"I've just been training hard and the
bike has been working awesome and things are
working out for me so this was a good win,"
said Borich. "We're getting close to that
second championship and I think we can win a
few more races before the year is over as well."
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Suzuki's
Chris Borich leads the charge early in
the race |
Borich didn't make things easy for himself
at the start of the race when he jumped the
flag, assuring himself of a 30-second stop-and-go
penalty.
"I guess I jumped the gun a little bit,"
said Borich. "I heard somebody fire a bike
up and I fired mine up and took off. So I was
leading the first lap but when I came around
I got a pit board saying I was going to get
docked 30 seconds, so I put the hammer down
and tried to get as big of a lead as I could
before I came in."
After taking his 30-second penalty, Borich
got back into the race in fourth position and
worked his way back to the front, where he and
Kiser took the battle all the way down to the
final few turns.
"I got into the lead on the last lap and
then Taylor got by me and then he made a mistake
close to the end of the race where it was double
arrowed and I got by him with about 30 seconds
to go in the race," added Borich.
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With Chris Borich passing Taylor Kiser
near the end of the race through a double
arrowed section created some controversy
at the finish line over the win, but track
boss, Jeff Russell, determined the pass
was legal and the results remained unchanged
with Borich claiming his 9th win of the
year & extending his Pro XC1 lead
to 50 points
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