Borich was able to maintain his position
out front as he went on to secure his ninth
win of the season at Unadilla. McClure and
Fowler put in a valiant effort in the final
laps, grabbing second and third respectively.
McClure's third place finish gave the eastern
Pennsylvania rider his first podium appearance
since 2011.
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| Coastal
Racing / Yokley Racing's Jarrod McClure
secured a season best finish by taking
the final spot on the Podium with a
3rd place finish |
"I've been training pretty hard with
Borich lately and I felt comfortable riding
with those guys today. And nothing major went
wrong for me, which is huge," McClure
said. "This is my closest race, I consider
this one of my home tracks so it's great to
be up here, just super pumped right now."
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XC1 Pro
ATV Podium (left to right)
Walker Fowler (2nd), Chris Borich
(1st) , Jarrod McClure (3rd)
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BNR's Kevin Yoho got off to a mid-pack start
and wasn't able to make up time on the front-runners,
eventually finishing sixth behind Wolf. Waynesburg
Yamaha's Jeff Pickens finished an impressive
seventh place in his first race back from
a wrist injury. GBC/Cernics/HMF/Yamaha's Johnny
Gallagher finished eighth place, keeping his
top-ten streak alive in the XC1 class point
standings. Indiana's Craig Bowman (HON) followed
in ninth, with Ohio's Mark Notman (HON) rounding
out the top ten.
Motoworks/Can-Am rider Chris Bithell made
his way into fifth after starting the race
just outside the top ten. However, Bithell
wasn't able to finish after breaking his machine
on Lap 3.
Tireballs-backed rider Pat McGuire took the
XC2 Pro Am win over DeRisi Racing's Braden
Henthorn, thus extending his lead in the point
standings. Henthorn began the race at the
back of the pack, but quickly pushed his way
to the front, coming in less than two-minutes
behind McGuire to take home second place and
maintain his second place position in points.
DeRisi Racing's Eric Hoyland shot off the
start to take the Motosport.com Holeshot Award
but wasn't able to hold on after the opening
lap. Hoyland secured a spot on the podium
with a third place finish, thus gaining valuable
points in the overall standings. Greg's ATV
& Cycles' Matt Hanna finished fourth,
now sitting only two points away from Hoyland
in fourth. Indiana's Nathan Wallpe rounded
out the top five in Pro Am.
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XC1 Pro
ATV Podium (left to right)
Braden Henthorn (2nd), Pat McGuire
(1st) , Eric Hoyland (3rd)
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Ohio's Brycen Neal finished an impressive
ninth place overall in the PM race taking
home the Top Amateur honors, as well as the
College A (16-21) class win over Landon Wolfe
(SUZ) and Chad Jones (HON). The trio plus
West Virginia's Brody Livengood battled all
afternoon for the top amateur position.
GT Thunder's Dave Simmons continued his perfect
season in the Super Senior (45+) with a huge
victory in the class, while grabbing yet another
morning overall win at Unadilla. Can-Am X-Team's
Bryan Buckhannon came out victorious after
a hard-fought battle for the 4x4 Open class-win,
while also taking second overall for the day.
Former ATV Pro Champion Tim Farr tried his
hand in the 4x4 Open class, mixing it up with
UXC Racing's Michael Swift and Buckhannon
up front. Farr edged out Swift on the final
lap, giving him a second place finish in the
premiere 4x4 division. New York's Gary Chamberlain
finished third overall, taking second to Simmons
in the Super Senior (45+) division.
In the U2 division, BNR's Robert Smith pressured
points leader UXC Racing's Clif Beasley, even
passing into the lead on Lap 4, but it was
Beasley who came out on top after two hours
of racing. Both Beasley and Smith joined Buckhannon
atop the 4x4 overall podium. Yamaha Racing's
Traci Cecco gained valuable championship points
after besting rival Angel Atwell for the Women's
class-win. The Women's Class championship
point spread is now a mere eight-point difference
between Cecco and Atwell with three rounds
remaining.
New York's Hunter Hart (COB) took the Youth
overall-win in his home state, grabbing his
fourth class-win in the 90 Open (12-15) division.
Hart currently sits fifth in points after
recovering from an early season injury that
caused the defending champ to sit out Rounds
3 and 4 this year. Ohio's Cody Collier (YAM)
finished second in the (12-15) class, followed
by South Carolina's Zachary Jones (APX), who
rounded out third in the class as well as
the final spot in the overall podium.
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Youth
ATV Podium (left to right)
Cody Collier (2nd), Hunter Hart (1st)
, Zachary Jones (3rd)
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The 2012 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country
Series returns to action October 6 and 7 for
the ITP Powerline Park GNCC. For more information,
go to www.gnccracing.com.
| Pro
XC1 & Pro-Am XC2 Top 10 ATV Race
Results & Point Standings |
| XC1
Pro ATV Race Results: |
XC2
Pro ATV Race Results: |
- Chris Borich (SUZ)
- Walker Fowler (YAM)
- Jarrod McClure (HON)
- Taylor Kiser (YAM)
- Brian Wolf (HON)
- Kevin Yoho (YAM)
- Jeff Pickens (YAM)
- Johnny Gallagher (YAM)
- Craig Bowman (HON)
- Mark Notman (HON)
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- Patrick McGuire (YAM)
- Braden Henthorn (HON)
- Eric Hoyland (HON)
- Matt Hanna (YAM)
- Nathan Wallpe (HON)
- Scottie Rich (SUZ)
- Michael Lancaster (HON)
- Blake Kramer (YAM)
- Joshua Merritt (YAM)
- James Green (HON)
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| XC1
Pro ATV Point Standings: |
XC2
Pro ATV Point Standings: |
- Chris Borich (291) (9 wins)
- Walker Fowler (191)
- Taylor Kiser (189) (1 win)
- Chris Bithell (165)
- Adam McGill (162)
- Jarrod McClure (145)
- Kevin Yoho (135)
- Brian Wolf (132)
- Johnny Gallagher (129)
- Jeff Pickens (121)
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- Patrick McGuire (228) (3 wins)
- Braden Henthorn (207) (2 wins)
- Eric Hoyland (177) (1 win)
- Matt Hanna (175)
- Gabe Phillips (174) (4 wins)
- Blake Kramer (125)
- Michael Lancaster (116)
- Nathan Wallpe (104)
- Josh Merritt (100)
- James Green (85)
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