2014 GNCC Racing Series Round #9 - Snowshoe GNCC Snowshoe, WV June 21, 2014

Snowshoe, WV (6/22/2014) - The Snowshoe GNCC is deemed one of the most challenging stops of the season with its treacherous obstacles and unique setting atop the picturesque, yet brutal, Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia. As the ninth stop of the 2014 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series presented by Maxxis, an AMA National Championship, the championship battle is well underway between Chris Borich and Walker Fowler but Saturday's AMSOIL Snowshoe GNCC wasn't necessarily centered on the two front-runners. Two multi-time Snowshoe winners, Adam McGill and Brian Wolf, engaged in a two-hour battle for the overall win and it was West Virginia's very own McGill who emerged victorious in the end.

Adam McGill captured his first win of the season in his home state of West Virginia

One unique feature of the Snowshoe GNCC is the starting procedure. Based off the overall championship point standings, riders are placed in rows of five for a live engine "grand prix" style start, with 10 seconds between each row. Snowshoe GNCC winner, GT Thunder-backed Brian Wolf was a heavy favorite heading into this year's race and the Ohio native proved exactly why as he jumped into the early lead on the adjusted time clock. However, it didn't take long for N-Fab AmPro Yamaha's Walker Fowler to regain the lead by lap two. Reigning champion and current XC1 points leader Chris Borich held the second place position behind Fowler and rookie Jay Shadron sat close behind in third.

As the group checked in for lap three of six, Fowler did not surface. Reports later confirmed that Fowler snapped his chain and had to be towed into his pits. From there, McGill and Wolf continued to trade the lead back and forth all afternoon.

#2 Walker Fowler, #1 Chris Borich, Jarrod McClure, #15 Cole Richardson and #521 Adam McGill made up the first row of the start at Snowshoe

Heading into the final lap, the duo was neck-and-neck on the adjusted time clock and it all came down to the final moments of the two-hour race. Since they weren't physically battling, Wolf admittedly stopped pushing as hard near the end and that's when McGill put his head down and finished out strong, capturing his first win of the season and his third career win at Snowshoe.

"It's such an amazing feeling to do this in front of the fans here in West Virginia," McGill said. "Snowshoe has always been good to me!"

"You know, we don't do this [racing] for the points or even the money, it's all about being with the family and the great friends and people that support us in what we do," Wolf said.

Brian Wolf led a majority of the race, taking home second overall for the day

DWT Racing's Jarrod McClure made his second straight appearance atop the podium with a hard charging performance. McClure began the day just outside of the top ten, but the Pennsylvania native made his way into podium contention just after the halfway mark, where he turned it up in the final moments to secure third place overall.

Jarrod McClure put in another solid ride to finish third place overall