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HMF's Brian
Wolf secures the XC2 Pro-Am ATV Championship
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In the XC2 class, HMF Honda rider Brian Wolf claimed
the XC2 series title with a hard-fought second
place finish behind Ballance Racing Yamaha's Walker
Fowler. Wolf needed to finish right behind Fowler
to win the title but he had to overcome a bad
start and a stripped countershaft sprocket to
do so.
"I thought my day was over when I was
last going into the woods after the start,"
said Wolf. "I pushed hard and before I
knew it I was up in second but on lap four I
had to pit because I had some chain problems.
Turns out, my countershaft sprocket was stripped
so they tightened my chain up and I came back
out in fifth. I had one lap to go and I was
in fifth so I thought my day was over again."
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Redline Honda Part's Brian Wolf overcame
his fair share of obstacles at the Ironman
GNCC to secure the XC2 Pro-Am Championship
after starting nearly dead last, getting
stuck on the hillclimb, pitting for a
chain issue, and charging back from 5th
place in the final lap to secure the 2nd
spot ahead of Josh Beavers to secure the
championship over Yamaha's Walker Fowler
who claimed the win & tied Wolf in
points, but the tie-breaker went to Wolf
with 5 wins compared to Walker's 4 wins |
Despite his concern, Wolf turned in a scorching
final lap, passing Josh Beavers for with one
mile to go in the race to take second.
Meanwhile, Fowler claimed the $100Motorcycle-USA.com
holeshot award to start the XC2 race and pulled
away to claim his fourth win of the year. However,
when the final points were tallied, Fowler and
Wolf stood tied atop the championship standings
with 281 points each. Subsequently, Wolf won
the tiebreaker and the championship by virtue
of having five wins compared to four for Fowler.
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Moto-Xperts' Walker Fowler grabbed the
XC2 Pro-Am Holeshot & held the lead
from start to finish to claim the win
with a 4 minute lead over Brian Wolf as
he did everything he could in hopes of
securing the Championship, but it just
wasn't meant to be for this young talent
as he would finish the season in 2nd place
overall after an incredible battle for
the championship between Brian Wolf and
Josh Kirkland |
Beavers ended up taking the first podium of
his career, putting his KTM into third at the
end of the race.
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XC2 Pro-Am
ATV Podium (left to right)
Josh Beavers (3rd), Walker Fowler (1st)
, Brian Wolf (2nd)
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Round eight winner Corbin Knox was fourth on
his Honda, while Dustin Canipe was fifth on
a Kawasaki.
Mark Notman put his Yamaha into sixth, ahead
of Honda rider Nathan Wallpe and Yamaha rider
Matt Pierce. Honda riders Steven Golden and
Nathan Beyers rounded out the top 10.
