2007 GNCC series Round #9-Mountain Ridge - Somerset, PA-Pro Race Coverage

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With everyone assembled and the anthem played, it was time to get this thing started.

(Kids, this guy carries tons of candy in that backpack, it may take a good kick to the shin to get it, but you have my permission to whack him senseless and take all you want!! )

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The ten seconds call was given and all fell silent, until the roar of the XC1 Pro class fired to life and rocketed to the first turn! Chris Borich was hard on the gas sweeping through the middle of the first turn with McGill on the inside and Cook and Sturdivant ripping to the outside all looking to get out front.

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Borich sets up for turn two with McGill on his grab bar. Cook was going to slip into the 3rd spot just ahead of a hard charging Bill Ballance

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The dust was so bad that as the majority of XC1 cleared turn two, I could make out a few riders that had gotten tangled in the first turn. Chris Bithell, McClure and Micheal Houston were the unlucky few.

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Clearing turn two, the rest of the class was out of sight as the three riders now faced the daunting task of running them down.

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Brandon Sommers leads Donald Ockerman and the rest of XC2 as the field hits turn two! Brandon will be ready for his move to the XC1 Pro class as he has shown everyone he will be the man to beat! Quietly coming of age, the days of his legacy are being built lap by lap!

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Brian Toney grabbed the holeshot in College A as this highly competitive class takes to the Mountain Ridge landscape, re-arranging a small bit of it along the way!

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Senior 40+ had Glen Prichard out front as the class heads towards turn two.

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Nathan Randolph #861 fends off a hard charging Junior B 22+ class

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# 691 Blaine Shick dropped the hammer as he heads out of turn one, with all of Vet B 30+ shredding sod to run him down