Morganton, NC -
FRE KTM's Adam McGill is on fire in the Can-Am
Grand National Cross Country Series. The West
Union, West Virginia-based rider took his KTM
525XC to his second-straight overall win with
another dominant run, leading a muddy FMF Steele
Creek GNCC from wire-to-wire.
"You definitely want the holeshot,"
said McGill, who grabbed the $100 ITP Holeshot
award. "This is one of the places where
I would rather follow someone on the first lap,
but you know, when you put your helmet on, all
of sudden you just want to pull the lead. The
only place I knew I would have trouble was one
hill climb when there were two ways to go. Some
fans pointed out a good line, I hit it wide
open and got up to the top. I'm happy I have
the points lead. In South Carolina, I'm hoping
to pull off another one like I did here."
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Adam McGill
has lead every lap of the last two GNCC
races.
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William
Yokley is always popular. Now he's back
on the podium.
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Yamaha's Bill Ballance took second with Team
National Guard's William Yokley third on a Honda.
Safari Motorsports' Matt Smiley and GT Thunder
Yamaha's Brandon Sommers rounded out the top five
overall.
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| Bill
Ballance made it back to the podium. |
Ballance rebounded from a rare DNF at the previous
GNCC in Georgia. "I wanted to get out and
win today, but Adam got out front, and I got some
arm pump," said Ballance. "Smiley and
Yokley, we had a good battle there, but I got
through a bottle neck and was able to get some
seperation. I loosened up quite a bit on the last
couple of laps. I saw a pit board where Adam was
a minute ahead, so I was hoping he would get hung
up like we did, but I never did catch him."
Yokley took his first podium since 2006 with
third. "I've been having some bad luck,
but you know...it happens, that's all I can
say," said Yokley. "I have a real
simple machine this year so I knew I would be
up there. I was just trying to be safe on the
first couple of laps, because that's what has
hurt me at the last few races. I was just being
smooth. Bill and I had a good battle, he picked
a good line over there and got around me, but
I'm happy to get third place."
