2015
GNCC Racing Series
Round #2 - Maxxis General
Washington, GA
March 14, 2015 |
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Adam McGill Wins Maxxis General
GNCC
Brycen Neal & Walker
Fowler Take GNCC Pro ATV Podium
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GNCC Racing
Maxxis General - Round 2
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Washington, GA (3/14/2015) -
Round two of the 2015 AMSOIL Grand National Cross
Country Series presented by Maxxis, an AMA National
Championship, took place in Washington, Georgia
on Saturday for the annual running of The Maxxis
General GNCC. With muddy conditions and rainfall
taking place throughout the day, Adam McGill emerged
victorious in a two-hour test of survival to put
himself into the XC1 Pro points lead for the first
time since 2008.
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GNCC Racing
Pro XC1 ATV Podium (left to right)
Walker Fowler (3rd), Adam McGill (1st),
Brycen Neal (2nd)
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Following a narrow second-place finish at the
last round in Florida, CST/Lonestar/DeRisi/Tire
Blocks/Spider Graphics-backed Adam McGill came
out swinging as he put himself into a favorable
position early on. It was Braden Henthorn who
captured the $250 AMSOIL XC1 Holeshot Award, but
as the opening lap came to a close it was Brian
Wolf who took over out front. McGill made the
pass on Wolf just before the first lap was complete
and the West Virginia native led every lap through
the finish.
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Braden Henthorn
captured the $250 AMSOIL Holeshot Award
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Meanwhile, the highly anticipated rivalry between
six-time GNCC National Champion Chris Borich and
two-time runner up Walker Fowler shaped into an
interesting dynamic as both riders checked in
outside of the top five on the opening lap. Both
riders managed to charge into the top five by
the halfway point but it was about that time that
Maxxis/SSi/FLY/Yamaha's Chris Borich experienced
a mechanical issue and was forced into the pit
area.
Maxxis/B. Neal Motorsports' Brycen Neal began
the afternoon just outside the top five but the
young gun quickly began picking off riders to
get to the front. Neal's crew decided to pit on
the second lap, opposite of the rest of the field,
but it worked to his advantage as he moved into
the second place position just before the halfway
mark.
McGill extended his lead to nearly 30 seconds
over Neal during the second half of the two-hour
race, capturing his first victory of the season
in Georgia. After two rounds, McGill holds the
reverse number plate colors to indicate that he
is the points leader heading into the third round.
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Adam McGill
will carry the points lead into the Steele
Creek GNCC for round three of the 2015
racing season
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"It feels so good to get this win,"
McGill said. "After everything I went through
last weekend [narrowly missing the center of the
podium] I can't explain how good it feels. The
Mafia was out in full force and I'm so happy to
carry that points lead into the next round."
Neal held on to capture a career-best second
place finish in Georgia."This is my best
overall finish ever and it feels awesome!"
Neal said. "I just tried to stay focused
out there and put in solid laps."
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Brycen Neal
finished a career-best second overall
at The General GNCC
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