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Snowshoe
GNCC
Round 8 - ATV Racing Links |
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Snowshoe, WV (6/23/2012) -
After several years of bad luck and setbacks,
Chris Borich finally claimed the overall win
at Snowshoe, while Can-Am/Motowork’s Chris
Bithell claimed second and Yamaha/Ballance Racing’s
Walker Fowler rounded out the Pro XC1 ATV podium.
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The
Snowshoe GNCC has some of the best accommodations
of any GNCC with quality restaurants,
hotels, and shuttle buses, which makes
it great for spectators, but it is also
one of the toughest races of the year
for those willing to attempt to conquer
the mountain |
Mild weather was on hand for this round and
the track was typical for Snowshoe. Many racers
even hung around for the Craig Morgan concert
that was held at 7:00 pm on Saturday and was
a big success.
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Country Music Star, Craig Morgan,
provided an acoustic concert Saturday
evening after the completion of the
ATV racing |
The starting order for this race went according
to points standings with the top five in each
class in the front row and the rest of the
class following accordingly by row. The front
row start enabled Chris Borich to get a solid
grip on a top three spot right off the start.
Borich moved into second place by the end
of the first lap and fell back to third briefly
in lap three after hitting a rock.
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Suzuki's
#1 Chris Borich grabbed the early lead
in the GP Style start at the Snowshoe
GNCC with five racers leaving the line
at a time |
Borich looked strong and confident and took
over the lead in the final lap when leader,
Brian Wolf encountered issues. Borich held
his position and took the win by over 30 seconds,
for his seventh win of the season.
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Yoshimura's
#1 Chris Borich secured his 5th straight
win and 7th win of the 2012 GNCC Season
to extend his points lead to a commanding
64 points over 2nd place |
“I tried to keep Brian Wolf in sight
but I smashed into a rock and fell back a
bit. I just kept going after that and caught
back up and we were battling, but Brian ran
into trouble out there and I was able to cruise
in for the win,” said Borich
