Limestone 100 GNCC
Round 5 - GNCC Racing Links |
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Springville, IN (4/27/2014)
– It was a beautiful day for racing on
Saturday as Round 5 of the 2014 AMSOIL Grand
National Cross Country Series presented by Maxxis,
an AMA GNCC Racing National Championship, descended
upon the Lawrence County Recreation Park in
Springville, Ind. After two hours of hard battle
with the top riders in the sport, Chris Borich
emerged victorious at the third running of the
Dunlop Limestone 100.
Precision/Maxxis Tires Chris Bithell captured his first $250 Twin Air/DeRisi Racing XC1 Holeshot Award of the season and shot out to the lead on the opening lap. Bithell was followed closely by N-Fab AmPro Yamaha's Walker Fowler and Racing Powersports.com/ CST Tires/ PirateMX.com's Adam McGill early on.
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Chris Bithell captured the $250 Twin Air/DeRisi Racing XC1 Holeshot Award
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While Borich didn't get off to the best start, the five-time champion applied the pressure on Bithell, Fowler and McGill throughout the first half of the four-lap race. As the two lap-card fell, Borich made his charge towards the front where he first passed McGill for third. From there, it was an all-out battle between Bithell, Fowler and the reigning champion Borich.
Bithell controlled the pace out front for most of the afternoon, leading the first three of four laps.
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Chris Borich
made up some serious ground to take
the victory at GNCC Round 5
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"It was a blast from the beginning, Bithell said. "Normally nobody likes to lead early on but I figured just go with it. You can't always let people back by and eat their dust all day. I figured I would go ride my own race and that's what I did."
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Chris Bithell
led the majority of the GNCC two-hour
race, finishing third for the day
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However, Fowler and Borich finally put themselves
in a position to take over the lead on the final
lap. It was Borich who first made his move to
the front, while Fowler and Bithell went back
and forth for the second place position. Fowler
passed Bithell to take over second, where he
set his sights on Borich for the lead spot.
The Ohio native made a valiant charge on the
final lap, catching the rear tire of Borich
as the duo battled it out until the very end.
Fowler charged hard in the final moments, finishing
less than one second behind Borich for the second
place position.
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Walker
Fowler dug deep in his attempt to pass
Borich in the final Lap
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"There were just so many lines out there and
we were all banging wheels, bouncing off lappers
and each other," Fowler said. "It was fun a
day. I would love to win but leaving the race
healthy and having fun makes the day a whole
lot better."
