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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 2 - "Maxxis
General" |
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Washington, GA - Four-Time champion
Chris Borich returned to his old ways Saturday
at the Maxxis General GNCC, making an almost patented
last-lap pass on Walker Fowler to take the win
at Round 2 of the AMSOIL Grand National Cross
Country Series. The front-runners were in a race
of their own, finishing about five minutes ahead
of the third place rider Johnny Gallagher, who
appeared on the podium for the first time this
season
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#8 Johnny Gallagher claimed his first podium finish in 10 years at Saturday's Maxxis General GNCC Round 2 at Aonia Pass |
In fact, it's been exactly
one decade since Yamaha / GBC / HMF's Gallagher
made a podium speech, but the 35-year-old commented,
"The General GNCC in 2003 was my last podium
finish and I was up here with Bill Ballance
and William Yokely. It's been a long time and
the faces have changed a little bit but man
it still feels just as good!"
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Braden Henthorn grabbed the Team Woodhood / DeRisi Racing Holeshot Award for the second straight weekend at GNCC Round 2 |
On the opposite end of the age spectrum, 17-year-old
rookie Braden Henthorn shot out to capture his
second consecutive Team Woodhead / DeRisi Racing
Holeshot Award in the XC1 class. However, it
was Maxxis-backed Chris Bithell who jumped out
to an early lead with Lonestar Racing/Precision/ITP's
Adam McGill and Borich close in tow.
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#1 Chris Borich grabbed his second consecutive win at the Maxxis General GNCC aboard his HMF powered Suzuki LTR450 ATV |
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On Lap 2 ITP's Adam McGill hit a tree causing him to pit early. McGill ended the day 11th in the XC1 Pro Class
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Lap 2 threw a few curve balls in the lead pack,
though. First, McGill hit a tree, causing him
to spend a substantial amount of time in the
pits. And while McGill was in the pits getting
his ATV repaired, Bithell came barreling in
with a problem of his own. Bithell's crew fixed
the problem and sent him back on the course,
causing him to drop from first to eleventh in
the matter of minutes.
AmPro Yamaha's Walker Fowler got a mid-pack
jump off the start but eventually made his way
into the lead by Lap 3, where the battle with
Borich began to take shape. With every lap that
passed, Fowler and Borich extended the gap even
more between the lead battle and the third place
of Gallagher.
