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McGill
recovered well from his technical problems
at Round 5 and finished 2nd place while
still leading in points.
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Millfield, OH (5/12/2008)
- The FRE KTM ATV Off-Road Team
headed to Millfield, Ohio for round six of the
GNCC series. FRE KTM’s Adam McGill went
into the weekend with the series points lead with
fellow rider Taylor Kiser in seventh position
overall. The duo was determined to put their KTMs
back on the podium in Ohio. The race was a “mudder”
as the Ohio area got heavy rain for days prior
to the race and again on Friday night. This left
the track very wet and slippery. The conditions
forced the promoters to shorten the original track
design so lapped riders came into play even more
than normal.
The Pro riders left the start line from the
traditional dead engine start shortly after 1:00
PM. When the flag was dropped, Brandon Sommers
(Yamaha) grabbed the holeshot. The orange KTM
of McGill followed Sommers around the first corner
with Bill Ballance (Yamaha) hot on their bumpers.
Kiser got a seventh place start, but moved into
sixth place on the motocross track just after
the start. Kiser kept the momentum alive and quickly
passed his way up to third. Meanwhile, McGill
and Ballance passed Sommers and traded the lead
back and forth. Kiser took advantage of a bottleneck
at the end of the first lap and passed Ballance
to take over second. The two KTMs led the pack
until lap three when Ballance made a charge to
the front. Shortly after, Kiser tangled with a
lapped rider and found himself on his back under
the machine. He lost a few positions, but rebounded
and forged his way back up to fourth place behind
Matt Smiley with one lap remaining. Meanwhile,
McGill was twenty-five seconds behind Ballance
at the white flag. The two KTM riders gave it
all they had on the last lap. McGill charged and
cut Ballance’s lead down to five seconds
at the finish, but Ballance hung on for the win.
Kiser reeled in Smiley to take over third position
and round out the podium.
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Adam McGill,
Bill Ballance, and Taylor Kiser share
the podium after putting on a very impressive
race.
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McGill is now twelve points ahead of Ballance
in the race for the Championship with seven
rounds remaining. Kiser moved into sixth place
in points just five points out of fifth.
The race will be televised on October 25 on
Versus (Vs) at 3:00 PM.
Special thanks
to the 2008 team sponsors:
KTM, Maxxis, FMF, HiPer Wheel, DID, Wiseco,
Baldwin Motorsports, PowerMadd, FASST, Rath
Racing, Precision Racing Products, IMS, Hinson
Clutch Components, Sidi, Scott Goggles, Quad
Tech, JB Racing, SixSixOne, Updog, Motorex,
TireBalls, and Twin Air.
Next Event: The Spartan -
Sparta, KY – May 31, 2008
Check out the ATVRiders
GNCC ATV Racing Series Coverage for full
race reports, results, and photo galleries from
the GNCC Series.
Overall
ATV Results - Round 6: |
Current Overall
Point Standings
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- Bill Balance
- Adam McGill - KTM
- Taylor Kiser - KTM
- Matthew Smiley
- William Yokley
- Ryan Lane
- Bryan Baker
- Johnny Gallagher
- Chris Borich
- Donald Ockerman
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- Adam McGill - 131
- Bill Balance - 122
- Bryan Cook - 100
- Chris Borich - 100
- Brandon Sommers - 98
- Taylor Kiser - 88
- William Yokley - 88
- Matthew Smiley - 78
- Ryan Lane - 74
- Donald Ockerman - 63
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