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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 5- "Loretta
Lynn's" |
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Hurricane Mills, TN (4/18/2009) -
Defending GNCC Champion Bill Ballance rocketed
back to the first place position today during
the Acerbis Loretta Lynn GNCC, round five of the
Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series in
Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
"I'm getting better and stronger,"
the Yamaha-backed Ballance said. "Oh man,
it puts me back in the hunt."
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#1 Bill Ballance returned to the top of
the box with the win at Loretta Lynn's,
which catapulted him back into the points
race as he chases after his tenth straight
championship, and he was all smiles after
taking the checkered flag. Ballance immediately
celebrated his victory with his family
& friends along with his youngest
daughter, Leah, who just turned 3 years
old this month |
Ballance, winner of the last nine GNCC Titles,
started the year with two-straight Did Not Finish
(DNF) scores as he struggled to recover from
having three ribs surgically removed from his
side.
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#784
Brandon Sommers & #3 Adam McGill chased
Ballance to the checkered with the trio
sharing the Podium |
Ballance's teammate Brandon Sommers came in
second, making it on the podium for the first
time this season. FRE KTM's Adam McGill kept
his consistent season going by claiming another
podium with third. The hard charging pack battled
on the Loretta Lynn Ranch GNCC course, which
featured hills, hills and more hills.
XCBOB.com's Tyler Lenig started the race off
fast, nabbing his first $250 holeshot award
and leading the pace through lap one. Rockstar
Makita Suzuki's Chris Borich ended lap one in
10th place, but by the end of the second lap,
he had worked his way up into first and was
battling wheel-to-wheel for the lead with Ballance
and McGill. Yamaha's Taylor Kiser, Houser Racing's
Bryan Cook and Sommers were close behind until
lap three when Borich suddenly went off the
map after breaking his chain.
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Tyler Lenig grabbed the Pro ATV Holeshot
while havoc broke out behind him when
#6 Taylor Kiser & #3 Adam McGill bounced
off each other sending Kiser spinning
around, which caught up #5 Bryan Cook.
#331 Santo Derisi took a tumble, which
brought #2 Chris Borich, #783 Johnny Gallagher,
& #14 Jeffrey Pickens to a stop as
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"We had the lead with two laps to go,
I climbed the hill and heard something clunking
and my chain broke off," Borich said. "There's
nothing I can do. It was a brand new chain.
It just wasn't my day. The Suzuki worked awesome,
it was just a shame we broke a chain."
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Suzuki's #2 Chris Borich appeared to be
on his way to his 3rd win of the season
as he charged his way from a mid-pack
start into the lead by the 2nd lap, but
unfortunately a snapped chain ended his
charge, and he was towed back into the
pits. The DNF dropped Borich back to 3rd
place in points with 101, which is 12
behind McGill. Chris Borich remains the
only multi-race winner for 2009 |
