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John
Penton GNCC
Round 9 - ATV Racing Links |
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Millfield, OH , WV (7/8/2012)
- With temperatures over the 100-degree mark,
Sunday Creek Raceway hosted Round 9 of the
2012 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series
in sunny southern Ohio. Amidst the warm temperatures,
Chris Borich was still able to extend his
points lead by grabbing his sixth consecutive
win in the XC1 Pro ATV class, while Adam McGill
and Walker Fowler battled to the final moments
in order to secure podium finishes at The
Wiseco John Penton GNCC.
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Adam McGill Grabbed the holeshot
aboard his Moto-Xperts powered Honda
450R ATV |
The John Penton historically serves as the
final stop before the series takes a break
over the summer months, and for good reason
as the blistering heat of early July intensified
the already grueling two-hour competition.
Precision Motorsports /Lonestar Racing / Moto
X Perts' Adam McGill was rearing to go in
his first full race back from injury, taking
the $250 Motosport.com Holeshot Award and
putting himself into the lead-pack right away.
Ballance Racing Yamaha's Taylor Kiser took
control of the opening lap as he led McGill
and Borich through Lap 1-where Kiser and Borich
set in for their first pit-while McGill chose
to keep his momentum rolling into the second
place position.
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Lonestar
Racing's Adam McGill placed second despite
coming off an injury |
Maxxis' Chris Borich has won all
but one race in the 2012 GNCC Racing
Season |
As a result of the extreme heat, the afternoon
race was just under the two-hour mark in an
effort to protect racers, and Borich adjusted
his strategy accordingly. Rather than the
come-from-behind approach Borich typically
uses, the defending champ laid it all out
in the beginning stages, taking over the lead
from Kiser on Lap 2. The Maxxis/Yoshimura
rider set a pace that only he was able to
match as he stretched the lead to over 20
seconds on McGill's second place ride.
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Ballance
Racing's Walker Fowler place third at
the John Penton GNCC |
Taylor
Kiser sits fourth in the GNCC XC1 Pro
ATV Points |
Ballance Racing Yamaha's Walker Fowler had
high hopes of securing his first XC1 class
victory in his home state of Ohio but after
getting a fifth place start, Fowler wasn't
quite able to catch Borich's pace. Around
the halfway point, Fowler put the pass on
his teammate Kiser for third and eventually
set his sights on McGill for the second spot.
Kiser experienced a setback after crashing
on Lap 3, but was able to hold on for a fourth
place finish. McGill and Fowler battled back
and forth on the final lap but McGill held
on to secure second place, with Fowler close
in tow for third.
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/ Chris Bithell made his way up to fifth
place after a rock got stuck in his
chain at the start |
Motoworks / Can-Am rider Chris Bithell began
the day playing catch up after spending extra
time getting a rock out of his chain right
off the start. But Bithell quickly made his
way into the top five, where he came in less
than a second behind Kiser for fifth place
in XC1.
JG Offroad / FRE / American Honda's Brian
Wolf started off inside the top five but eventually
ran into some issues along the way. It began
with a series of crashes in the second half
of the race, and Wolf eventually pulled off
on the second-to-last lap and finished one
lap down from the rest of the field.
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JG
Offroad's Brian Wolf sits in ninth place
in the GNCC XC1 Pro Points |
Yokley Racing's Jarrod McClure
placed sixth at GNCC Round 9 |
