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Powerline
Park GNCC Racing
Round 12 - ATV Racing Links |
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St Clairsville, OH (10/13/2013)
– The penultimate round of the 2013 AMSOIL
Grand National Cross Country Series took place
in St. Clairsville, Ohio on Saturday with the
12th running of the ITP Powerline Park GNCC.
Thousands of fans were on hand to witness an
epic battle between AmPro Yamaha's Walker Fowler
and Precision/ITP/Lonestar/Axis/Baldwin Racing's
Adam McGill, where Fowler went on to capture
his third victory of the season at Round 12.
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GNCC
Racing XC1 Pro ATV Podium (left to right)
Adam McGill (2nd), Walker Fowler (1st),
Chris Borich (3rd) |
McGill carried the early momentum after claiming
the $250 DeRisi Racing/Team Woodhead XC1 Holeshot,
with five-time XC1 Champion Chris Borich and
AmPro Yamaha's Walker Fowler close in tow.
Ohio native Kevin Yoho put his BNR Motorsports
machine into fourth place on the opening lap,
while JB Racing/Cheerwine/Can-Am's Jarrod
McClure began in the fifth place position.
Reliable Tool Supply/Maxxis' Chris Bithell
got tangled up off the start and a big crash
left the Round 11 winner almost two minutes
minutes behind the rest of the field on the
opening lap.
McGill led the way for the first half of
the four-lap race but Fowler applied pressure
every step of the way. Fowler eventually made
his move into the lead position around the
halfway point, but McGill remained close in
tow. On the final lap, the duo swapped the
lead position several times and McGill wasn't
able to capitalize on a passing opportunity
in the final moments of racing.
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McGill grabbed the GNCC Racing Pro Holeshot |
"Walker and I were passing back and
forth there and I actually thought I had it
at the end. I got around him [Fowler] at the
mud hole, but sure enough he was back to me
about two minutes later," McGill said.
"It was one of those days, I mean I was
feeling good and the bike was working well
but Walker was riding really good."
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Walker Fowler captured his third win
of the season at the ITP Powerline Park
GNCC |
Fowler went on to capture his third victory
of the season in his home state of Ohio, besting
McGill by nine seconds. Fowler's win marked
the first time ever that he's won an overall
in the state of Ohio.
"It feels good to get my first Ohio
overall and it definitely feels good to finally
get one this close to home," Fowler said.
"This should wrap up the #2 plate and
it's a big relief going into Ironman. I'm
just so excited to get three wins with a new
team and a new season."
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| Chris
Borich salvaged a third place finish
despite a rough day in Ohio |
Borich came through over one and a half minutes
behind the leaders, salvaging a third place
finish despite running into issues throughout
the afternoon.
"It was pretty tough out there. I ended
up clipping a tree and bent my front end so
it was all out of whack and I was fighting
it all day. I honestly can't believe I even
got third, it was one of those days anything
couldn't go right but I'm glad to be up here
on the podium," Borich said.
Bithell made an impressive comeback after
his first corner crash, climbing through the
pack to eventually overtake McClure for the
fourth place position on the final lap. McClure
ended the day with a solid fifth place finish
ahead of Team Woodhead/DeRisi Racing's Braden
Henthorn in sixth.
Yoho ran strong within the top five before
a series of crashes in the later laps dropped
him to seventh place for the day. HMF/GBC/Yamaha's
Johnny Gallagher came in eighth, while newly
crowned XC2 champion Brycen Neal and Indiana's
Craig Bowman rounded out the top ten.
