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Steele
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Round 3 - GNCC Racing Links |
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Morganton, NC
(3/29/2014) – It’s been a long
time coming for five-time GNCC Champion Chris
Borich, who secured a record breaking 69th
career win at Saturday’s FMF Steele Creek
GNCC in Morganton, N.C. With steady rainfall
throughout the day, Round 3 of the 2014 AMSOIL
Grand National Cross Country Series presented
by Maxxis, an AMA National Championship, saw
challenging conditions, but that didn’t stop
Borich from claiming the victory and regaining
the championship points lead.
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Chris
Borich became the winningest rider
in GNCC Racing history
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Borich’s record-breaking victory didn’t come
without a challenge, as DWT Racing’s Jarrod
McClure put in a hard fight to finish only
three seconds behind the reigning champ.
N-Fab AmPro Yamaha’s Walker Fowler grabbed
the $250 Twin Air/DeRisi Racing XC1 Holeshot
Award and challenged McClure for the lead
early on. Fowler soon made a pass for the
lead but unfortunately the previous points
leader got stuck behind a lapped rider and
lost several positions in the meantime.
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Jarrod
McClure had an impressive ride at
Steele Creek
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And that’s when things really began to click
for Jarrod McClure. The Pennsylvania native
capitalized on his early lead, as he was able
to set the pace early on. It didn’t take long
for Team Maxxis’ Borich to make his way to
the front, though, and from there the duo
battled it out for the lead position. McClure
threw down some of the fastest lap times of
the race, and he even passed the reigning
champ on a few different occasions, which
made for an exciting battle for the North
Carolina fans. In the end, Borich was able
to hold off McClure to capture a big win at
Round 3, with the second place finisher just
three seconds back.
“I wasn’t expecting it but my big thing was
to go out there and try to win this race and
get a points lead,” Borich said. “I knew it
was going to be a tough race, you had to pay
attention out there, be smooth and watch the
lines. I’m not going to lie, seeing Walker
ride to the starting line first really burned
me up so I wanted more than anything to get
that points lead back in my possession.”
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Adam
McGill landed a podium position after
an intense afternoon of racing
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RacingPowersports.com/CST Tires/PirateMX.com’s
Adam McGill didn’t get off to a favorable
start but the West Virginia native immediately
began working his way through the pack. On
the final lap, McGill battled with Precision/Maxxis
Tires Chris Bithell for the final position
on the podium but as the checkered flag flew,
Bithell was nowhere to be found. McGill rode
in for a second straight podium finish this
season.
“You had to put your head down and charge
all day,” McGill said. “I reminded myself
to stay calm and I came back calm, cool and
collected on the last couple laps. I’m really
happy to be on the podium two weeks in a row,
that hasn’t happened in a while!”
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GNCC
Racing Pro Podium (left to right)
Jarrod McClure (2nd), Chris Borich
(1st), Adam McGill (3rd)
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BNR Motorsports/Loctite rider Kevin Yoho
led the field heading into the woods on the
opening lap, but it was later determined that
Yoho fired up his ATV too soon on the start.
As a result, Yoho was held for 30 seconds
in his pit area. Despite his early penalty,
the Ohio native pushed his way back to a top
three position where he set his sights on
a podium finish. Unfortunately Yoho ran into
issues on the final lap, ultimately finishing
fourth in the XC1 Class and fifth overall
for the day.
Waynesburg Yamaha’s Jay Shadron put in a
solid top five finish, while Maxxis/FLY Racing/ATV
Innovations Landon Wolfe came in sixth, Dave
Bayless Motorsports/Dirtworks/DC Cycles Brycen
Neal took seventh, DeRisi Racing/Team Woodhead’s
Braden Henthorn took eighth, and Waynesburg
Yamaha/GT Thunder/GBC Jeff Pickens and Yamaha/GBC/HMF’s
Johnny Gallagher rounded out the top 10 in
XC1.
