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Limetone
100 GNCC
Round 6 - ATV Racing Links |
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Springfield, IN (5/12/2012)
– It wasn’t long ago that Chris
Borich was chasing the likes of GNCC icons
Bill Ballance and Barry Hawk through the XC1
Pro ranks, in hopes to one day become a multi-time
champion too. But with three titles under
his belt already, Borich is well on his way
to a fourth as he’s swept five of the
six rounds in the 2012 Can-Am Grand National
Cross Country Series. Much speculation buzzed
around this weekend’s new Dunlop Limestone
100 venue, which heightened the already tight-knit
race action and created an even more level
playing field in the ATV competition. But
it was once again Chris Borich who showed
true champion composure while mapping out
a strategic lead in the final stretch of the
two-hour race in southern Indiana.
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Coastal
Racing / Yokley Racing's Jarrod McClure
grabbed the $250 Holeshot Award at the
Limestone 100 GNCC |
Bowers / Coastal National Guard / Yokley
Racing’s Jarrod McClure grabbed his
second $250 Motosport.com Holeshot Award of
the season through the windy turns of the
Lawrence County Recreational Park, but some
early carnage with AMA ATV Motocross Pro Derek
Swartfager caused McClure to drop back a few
positions. Swartfager got sideways heading
into the woods and tagged a tree, stopping
up a majority of the XC1 field behind. That’s
when GBC / Cernic s/ HMF / Yamaha’s
Johnny Gallagher, JG Offroad/FRE/American
Honda’s Brian Wolf and BNR’s Kevin
Yoho made their escape from the pack and began
pulling a gap early on.
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McGill maintained his second place position
in points |
Wolf took over the lead on the opening lap
and there began the intense battle amongst
the top seven riders. Precision/Moto X Perts/ITP/Lonestar/RG
Motorsports’ Adam McGill, Walker Fowler,
Taylor Kiser and McClure pitted against one
another right away and Maxxis/Yoshimura’s
Chris Borich came into the mix around lap
3. “I had a decent start and the guy
who was leading bumped a tree and I went from
a halfway decent start to almost last,”
Borich said.
The Ballance Racing Yamaha duo of Fowler
and Kiser pitted around the halfway point
and opened the door for Wolf and McClure to
chase the leaders of McGill and Borich. In
the midst of the intense freight train action,
the top contenders made it a point to show
the spectators just how much fun they were
having on the course.
McClure put himself within striking distance
of the leaders in the second half of the race
and it appeared that he might grab his first
podium finish of the year, until he began
experiencing mechanical issues on the fourth
lap. This marks yet another mechanical issue
for McClure this season, but the Pennsylvania
still holds tenth overall in the standings
with two fourth place finishes so far.
