2016
GNCC Racing Series
Round #4 - Big Buck
Union, SC
April 16, 2016 |
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Adam McGill Takes Big Buck
GNCC Win
Brycen Neal & Jarrod
McClure Podium at GNCC Round 4
Union, SC (4/17/2016) - The Grand
National Cross Country Series (GNCC) presented by
Maxxis, an AMA National Championship, celebrated
20 years at the iconic Big Buck Farm today, April
16. After a jam-packed day of racing action at the
VP Racing Farms Big Buck GNCC it was CST/LSR/Induction
Solutions/DeRisi/SG/Tire Blocks' Adam McGill who
came out and top and took home to coveted overall
win after a comeback performance.
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GNCC Racing
Pro XC1 ATV Podium (left to right)
Brycen Neal (2nd), Adam McGill (1st),
Jarrod McClure (3rd)
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As soon as the green flag dropped the XC1 Pro
class was set for battle as they charged into
the South Carolina woods. McGill and N-Fab/Maxxis/AmPro
Yamaha/Lonestar/MXP's Walker Fowler looked to
be the top two holeshot contenders until they
met each other and made contact that ultimately
took Fowler out and allowed for Maxxis/Fly Racing/HMF/Ye
Olde Cycle Barn/Suzuki-backed Chris Borich to
grab the $250 Wiseco Holeshot Award.
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Walker Fowler
flipping in the first turn, but Fowler
recovered to finish in 5th place
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Borich would continue to lead the rest of the
pack through timing and scoring on the first lap,
but Coastal Racing/MSR/Maxxis-backed Brycen Neal
was pushing hard right on his back wheels along
with Precision/Axis/Maxxis' Jay Shadron who was
positioned in third.
Once Neal was able to make the move on Borich,
the six-time GNCC champion began to fade back
through the pack, while Neal was able to capitalize
and quickly pull a 15-second lead. During a pit
stop on lap two, Borich jumped off his quad to
make some quick adjustments, explaining why he
had fell back so quickly
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Brycen Neal
put in a hard fight for the win, but finished
just behind Adam McGill in second place
for his 4th straight podium finish
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After narrowly escaping the first turn crash,
McGill was busy working his way up through the
pack. By the second lap the West Virginia native
found himself sitting in a podium position, but
was hungry for more.
JMR/ATVriders.com/DWT's Jarrod McClure was following
in McGill's footsteps where he moved from sixth
place on the first lap to right behind McGill
on the third lap.
As the white flag came out Neal was still sitting
comfortably in first, but McGill was putting in
one last charge for the win. With just a handful
of turns remaining in the grueling two-hour race,
McGill had shaved off 30 seconds on Neal and had
his eyes set on taking gold.
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Adam McGill
claimed his first overall win of the season
at Big Buck
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When Neal and McGill emerged from the last wood's
section it was the number 521 leading the way.
McGill would claim the coveted overall win with
Neal crossing just one second behind him in second.
McClure saw the checkered flag just seven seconds
after the top two. The finish was good enough
to land McClure his first podium of the season.
"I'm normally always a little behind at
the first few races because I'm not able to ride
during the winter," said McClure. "Just
to be able to rebound here today and get on the
podium is exactly what I wanted to do and it feels
great."
"Even though I came up short on the win
I'm still really excited to have four straight
podiums," said Neal. "I'm the only person
to have finished on the podium at every round
now, and the whole team is working well together
to make this happen."
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