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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 8 - "The
John Penton" |
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Chris Borich Wins his 5th Race of the
Season & 3rd Staight with Taylor Kiser
back on Podium with Chris Bithell making
his 2009 Podium debut on the DS450 |
Millfield, OH (6/6/2009) - The
Wiseco John Penton GNCC, round 8 of the 2009 Can-Am
Grand National Cross Country series presented
some of the tensest racing action thus far this
season as Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Chris Borich
took the win after a neck-and-neck race with FRE
KTM's Adam McGill in dry, sunny conditions. McGill
eventually broke his A-Arm and finished 13th.
Yamaha's Taylor Kiser finished in second and Warnert
Can-Am's Chris Bithell made his first podium appearance
this year in third place.
The race began as the riders took the first
turn in a roaring freight train. Yamaha's Taylor
Kiser took the $250 MotorcycleUSA.com holeshot
award. McGill, Houser Racing's Bryan Cook, Jeff
Pickens, Warnert Can-Am's Chris Bithell followed
in hot pursuit. The 12-mile race track prevented
most pass attempts but McGill was able to take
the lead by the end of the first lap, followed
by Cook, Kiser and Pickens. Borich began making
his move in the second lap after a slow start
at the beginning, and was able to move up to
second place, right on the heels of McGill.
Cook, in one of the best races he's had since
his win at Steele Creek, fell to third but kept
a close gap on the leaders. Bithell began moving
up and by the end of the second lap was in fourth
place.
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Yamaha's Taylor Kiser grabs the GNCC Pro
XC1 ATV Holeshot on his YFZ450
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McGill held on tight to first place as the
riders went through the motocross track. By
the third lap, he still had a lead on Borich
but disaster struck when his A-Arm broke and
he had to wheel his bike out to be repaired.
Borich took the lead to take the checkered flag
just seconds ahead of Kiser who had kept the
heat on him until the end.
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Warnert
Racing's Chris Bithell |
Bithell's past races have seen him near the
end of the pack, and he's only been in the top
10 twice this season. Bithell kept up a hard-charging
fight to come up with his season best third
place.
Cook settled for fourth place and Defending
Champion Ballance recovered from a disheartening
start in 14th place to make a huge comeback,
moving into fifth place at the finish. Pickens
fell back to finish in sixth followed by Honda's
Duane Johnson in seventh. Yamaha's Donald Ockerman,
privateer Jarrod McClure and Ryan Lane on a
Honda rounded out the top 10. McGill reentered
the race and finished his final lap to come
in 13th place.
