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Maxxis
General GNCC
Round 2 - ATV Racing Links |
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Fox's
#1 Chris Borich Wins Maxxis General GNCC
Pro ATV XC1 |
Washington, GA - With only
five days to regroup after the opening round
of racing, the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country
Series returned to action for round two at The
Maxxis General GNCC in Washington, Ga. It was
an all-out battle for the podium positions,
as the top seven ATV racers ran nose-to-tail
for six laps of the grueling two-hour race.
Three time and defending ATV champion, Chris
Borich, used his veteran knowledge to once again
outmatch his opponents and secure the win at
Aonia Pass MX Park. It wasn't until XC1 rookie
Walker Fowler ran into late-race mechanical
issues that Borich was able to breathe easily,
though.
"At the beginning of the race we were
just having fun, I mean Wolf lead there for
a little bit," Borich said. "I passed
him and he would pass me back and we joked around
quite a bit. It was a fun time out there, I
got to ride with pretty much all the top guys
and it was just a fun time."
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Yamaha's #5 Walker Fowler grabbed the
Pro XC1 ATV Holeshot by edging out LSR's
#2 Adam McGill & #1 Chris Borich |
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was a tight battle for the lead early
on in the race with Chris Borich, Brian
Wolf, Chris Bithell, Walker Fowler, Taylor
Kiser & Adam McGill all taking over
the lead at one point |
Ballance Racing Yamaha's Walker Fowler took
the $250 Motosport.com Holeshot Award, leading
the way early in the race. For the first three
laps, it was a seven-rider freight train, showing
leaders from almost every brand of machine.
Early on, it was the Baldwin Motorsports/FRE/JG
Offroad Honda of Brian Wolf, battling Maxxis/Yoshimura's
Chris Borich (SUZ), with GBC/Cernic's Yamaha-backed
Johnny Gallagher and Precision/Moto X Perts/ITP/Lonestar/RG
Motorsports' Adam McGill (HON) in close tow,
until McGill lost his front brakes and a front
wheel bearing causing him to be sidelined the
rest of the day.
And then there was Ballance Racing Yamaha's
Taylor Kiser, who put in a gutsy second place
performance, while still on the mend from the
shoulder injury that kept him from being a contender
at round one.
The last lap of racing was arguably the most
exciting yet, as Fowler and Borich dueled into
the final turns, resulting with Fowler collapsing
just after the finish.
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Just a few hundred yards from the finish
line, #5 Walker Fowler's ATV stopped,
so he along with his team & fans pushed
his YFZ to the finish line & only
the #3 Taylor Kiser was able to make the
pass before the finish line with Fowler
still claiming the final spot on the Podium
even though it took 3 minutes to push
it across the finish line |
"I actually passed Borich where nobody
could see, there was a little patch of woods
right before we came out by the finish line.
I got cross-rutted and about flipped and he
passed me back, I popped over a small hill,
the quad shut off and when I landed it wouldn't
start again. I finally figured out it wasn't
going to start and that's when we starting pushing
toward the finish line."
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XC1 Pro
ATV Podium (left to right)
Taylor Kiser (2nd),
Chris Borich
(1st)
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