Jarrod McClure Scores Mountain Ridge Podium Finish
Jarrod McClure Takes 6th 2015 GNCC Racing Podium Finish

Jarrod McClure secured his third straight GNCC Racing Pro Podium finish at the Mountain Ridge GNCC

The Mountain Ridge ATV Park is a well-known venue in western Pennsylvania that hosts multiple ride events throughout the year and offers many miles of trail for its guests. Its no surprise the GNCC series returned here in 2015, the facility offers plenty of property and is well known for its rocky, Pennsylvanian terrain. The weather for the day was downright miserable with temperatures in the low 40s, a strong wind, and on and off rain all day long. The weather combined with the track made for an exciting day.

McClure started his day in the middle of the eleven-rider pack going into the woods in the seventh position. The course was holding up very well despite the rain it had received. Jarrod was not able to make up much ground on the first two laps as he learned the course and battled back and forth with riders.

“This track is one of my least favorite, its so hard to pass in the fields here because of how fast it is, and then the woods are mostly rock gardens so you really have to beat up your machine to get anywhere. I was hoping for a better start because I knew it would be tough to work my way through people,” said McClure.

Jarrod McClure is currently 3rd in the GNCC Racing Pro Championship points race with 6 Podium finishes

As the riders went onto lap three everyone began to pit, McClure sitting in sixth at the time, made a decision to not stop for fuel that lap passing three riders in the pits, which bumped him right into third. This move allowed Jarrod to gap the riders he had been battling with enough that he never felt pressure from them again. When the checker flag fell Jarrod held onto his third overall position for the day.

“I was locked in a four rider battle out there for third overall, and it really was a dog fight between Neal, Shadron, Wolfe, and myself. I knew I had to try and get away from all them guys, so I made the call myself on the third lap to not stop in the pits. It was not planned and my crew was a little upset about it thinking I would run out of gas, but I was paying attention to the race timer and knew I could go another lap thanks to this IMS tank. It put me where I needed and I never looked back,” said McClure.

JMR’s XC2 Pro Am racer Randy Hamilton began outside the top ten in his class struggling to get his machine started. Randy worked his way up into fifth by lap two, but the leaders in the class had already pulled a gap. Hamilton made up time every lap, but could not gain any positions as the race came to an end.

Randy Hamilton rounded out the top five XC2 Pro-Am Class after getting off to a last place start

After eleven rounds of racing McClure is holding down third overall in the XC1 Class, while Hamilton is sitting fourth in the XC2 class. The team will be ready to go in two weeks at the Powerline Park GNCC in St Clairsville Ohio.

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