2015
GNCC Racing Series
Round #3 - Steele Creek
Morganton, NC
March 28, 2015 |
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Adam McGill Wins Steele Creek
GNCC
Chris Borich & Jay Shadron
round out GNCC Pro ATV Podium
| 2015
GNCC Racing
Steele Creek - Round 3
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Morganton, NC (3/28/2015) -Adam
McGill extended his points lead in the XC1 Pro ATV
class on Saturday after capturing his second consecutive
win of the 2015 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country
Series presented by Maxxis, an AMA National Championship,
in Morganton, North Carolina. In an intense battle
to the very end, McGill edged out Chris Borich and
Jay Shadron to keep his momentum alive after three
rounds of racing.
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GNCC Racing
Pro XC1 ATV Podium (left to right)
Chris Borich (2nd), Adam McGill (1st),
Jay Shadron (3rd)
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The 16th running of the FMF Steele Creek GNCC
produced some of the best racing action of the
season as the top ten riders battled closely all
afternoon. It was Landon Wolfe who captured the
$250 AMSOIL XC1 Pro Holeshot Award as he led a
string of veteran racers into the woods on the
opening lap.
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Adam McGill
extended his points lead to 20 points
with his second straight victory at GNCC
Racing Round 3
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JMR/ATVRiders.com-backed Jarrod McClure quickly
took over the early lead on the opening lap with
Brent Sturdivant, Shadron, Borich and Chris Bithell
close behind. The front-runners remained wheel-to-wheel
for a majority of the two-hour race, exchanging
positions along the way.
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Jay Shadron
(front left) put up a hard fought race
against a pool of seasoned veterans like
Chris Borich (front right), Jarrod McClure
(middle) and Adam McGill (back)
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Coastal/Waynesburg Yamaha’s Jay Shadron made
his move into the lead position on lap two, where
he set the pace for the second half of the race.
Borich settled in behind Shadron, but riders like
Adam McGill, Walker Fowler and Jarrod McClure
applied great pressure to the leaders. On the
final lap, CST/PirateMX.com/LSR/DeRisi/Tireblocks/SG-backed
Adam McGill turned up the intensity and made his
way past Borich and Shadron to take over the lead
position.
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Chris Borich
secured second overall to boost himself
into sixth in the GNCC Racing Pro ATV
Championship standings
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Chri Borich made a mistake on the final lap,
sending himself back to the fourth place position
but the Maxxis / SSi / FLY / Yamaha rider made
his way back to second just before the finish.
Despite leading much of the two-hour race, Shadron
dropped back a couple of positions near the end,
where he finished a career-best third overall
at round three.
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