QuadTerrain Challenge
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| Warnert
Racing's Chris Bithell out runs Adam Vaughn
& Scott Kilby for the HST Holeshot
Award |
Bithell (No. 6 Warnert Racing/Can-Am) took the
lead early in the QuadTerrain Pro Stock final,
and led all 10 laps for the victory, his first
this season. Daryl Rath (No. 67 Jack Link's/Arctic
Cat) and Chris Borich (No. 2 Warnert Racing/Can-Am)
completed the podium.
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| Chris
Bithell (left) & Chris borich (right)
raced in the GNCC on Saturday and headed
to the final round of the WPSA on Sunday
with each missing the first Heat Race,
but it didn't slow down the pair as Bithell
went on to win his first QuadTerrain Main
and Borich finished yet again on the Podium
with a 3rd Place finish, which secured
him a 4th Place finish for the year despite
missing two rounds of racing
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"I'm about ready to pass out," said
Bithell, who also competed yesterday in a cross
country race at Unadilla MX in New York, and
then made the 400-mile trip here. "I raced
all day yesterday, and then had to go home.
I was running on almost no sleep, so it feels
really good to win."
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| Rath
Racing's Daryl Rath had one of his best
races of the season charging his way to
a 2nd Place finish, and he finished out
the year in fifth just 2 Points behind
Borich |
Jesse
West finished out the race in 5th Place,
which was more than enough to secure the
Championship for Arctic Cat by edging
out Can-Am's Scott Kilby by just 14 Points |
West (No. 888 West Racing/Arctic Cat), dubbed
the "Working Man" this season for
his hard work on and off the track, fought his
own battle with adversity and injuries, but
won one race, and visited the podium five times.
"This season has been unbelievable,"
said West. "I have never worked so hard
for something in my life and it feels great.
This is just an amazing thing to accomplish.
"We had some bad luck this year, but luckily,
so did some of my fellow competitors," added
West. "It really came down to the wire. We
had to have a good finish here, and we accomplished
that."
West recovered from a last-place finish in
Round 5 to earn the title. West suffered two
offs that weekend, and ended up nursing his
ATV to the finish. However, he didn't give up.
"We set out to win this thing," said
West. "My results in Kentucky really got
me thinking. But I wiped the slate thing and
made it clear to myself that I was going to
win this thing. Kentucky was really a re-birth
for me."
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| Jeff
Gruhlke & Chaz Rice accept the Can-Am
Manufacturer Championship |
Can-Am earned its second straight Manufacturers'
Championship on the merit of eight wins in ten
races.
"It's been an outstanding season,"
said Jeff Gruhlke, Can-Am's Race Director. "Warnert
Racing, the riders; everyone out there contributed.
We're proud to come to the WPSA and showcase
the power, handling and innovation of the Can-Am
four wheelers."
