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KTM ATV
Rider, Adam McGill
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Snowshoe, WV (9/15/2008) -
KTM/FRE Factory rider Adam McGill won his fourth
race of the season at round 10 of the ATV GNCC
Series after four challenging laps on the West
Virginia soil.
The Snowshoe event is unique in that riders
start in rows of five on the street below the
Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resorts. McGill was fortunate
enough to start in the first row based on his
overall results this season while his teammate
Taylor Kiser was one row back. McGill and Kiser
both started well and soon were involved in
an intense battle amongst the top five during
the first lap of the event.
McGill, who is a native of West Virginia, performed
great on the course and had moved into 2nd place
by the end of the first lap. Kiser was close
behind in 4th position. “You never know
what to expect out here. One minute you think
you are cruising through a nice meadow and the
next minute the bottom falls out of it and you
sink three feet,” remarked McGill on the
changing course conditions.
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KTM ATV
Rider, #7, Taylor Kiser
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Out front McGill battled with Chris Borich
for 2nd place. The two swapped positions back
and forth until McGill capitalized on a mistake
by Borich to secure 2nd. Once in 2nd, McGill
focused his sight on current leader Bill Ballance.
McGill managed to pass him on a hill-climb but
Ballance caught up seconds later when both riders
were forced to stop and wait for a bottleneck
on the course. “When we got to the bottleneck
we just stopped and stared at each other. Neither
of us could go anywhere so we just shrugged
our shoulders and waited,” commented McGill.
Eventually a line cleared and they took off.
McGill got over the hill first and went on to
win the race.
Meanwhile, Kiser, who had been battling within
the top five the entire race, had a spill of
bad luck on the last lap of the event. “I
was sitting in a good position and feeling great
on the last lap when, suddenly, my motor stopped.
I was definitely upset that I had a mechanical
issue, but those things happen. The course was
challenging today and that made it fun. I just
hope to come back the last three rounds and
finish on the podium,” stated Kiser.
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KTM Rider,
Adam McGill, celebrating his 4th ATV
GNCC Victory of the Season.
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McGill, who was featured on the weekend’s
event t-shirt, was very happy with his win,
“I love this race and I am excited to
win in front of my family and hometown crowd.
I can’t thank my crew enough. The bike
ran flawless today. I can’t wait for the
next race to hopefully carry this momentum over.”
Next Event: Round 11 –
Unadilla – September 27, 2008 –
New Berlin, NY
Check out the ATVRiders
GNCC ATV Racing Series Coverage for full
race reports, results, and photo galleries from
the GNCC Series.
Overall ATV Results
- Round 10:
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Current Overall
ATV Point Standings
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- Adam McGill – KTM
- Bill Ballance
- Jarrod McClure
- Johnny Gallagher
- Brandon Sommers
- Chris Borich
- Ryan Lane
- Jeffrey Pickens
- Matthew Smiley
- William Yokley
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- Bill Ballance – 191
- Bryan Cook – 166
- Adam McGill – 160
- Brandon Sommers – 159
- Chris Borich – 158
- William Yokley – 135
- Taylor Kiser – 134
- Matthew Smiley – 126
- Jarrod McClure – 113
- Ryan Lane – 111
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