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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 3 - "Steele
Creek" |
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MotoXpart's
Bryan Cook makes his return to the Podium
for 2009 with a win at his hometown track |
Morganton, NC - Maxxis / Houser
Racing's Bryan Cook battled a determined pack
of contenders to win the 2009 FMF Steele Creek
GNCC in his home state of North Carolina, in round
three of the 2009 Can-Am Grand National Cross
Country Series. The race proved that this season
could be anyone's year to take the GNCC Championship,
as what can best be described as a "freight
train of 12 riders" battled neck and neck
for a podium win.
KTM's Adam McGill, defending GNCC Champion,
Yamaha's Bill Ballance, Rockstar Makita Suzuki's
Chris Borich and Yamaha's Taylor Kiser battled
wheel-to-wheel until the final lap, when Cook
claimed first with McGill fast behind in second
and Ballance in third. The leaders traded in
and out of first place as the notorious Steele
Creek mud hole after the concrete bridge captured
more than a few riders.
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#5 Bryan Cook & #3 Adam McGill swapped
the lead back and forth in the final three
laps of the race, but in the end the win
went to Cook with McGill earning the runners-up
spot on the podium, as he demonstrated
how close he came to a season first win
& a FRE / KTM Win Sweep for the weekend,
but on the bright side for McGill, he
is the only pro ATV racer to Podium all
three rounds, which allowed him to close
the gap on points leader, Taylor Kiser,
to just 6 points
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"It was awesome, but nerve wracking there
in the middle," Cook said. "I had
a good start but I made a mistake there at the
mud hole. I thought I had thrown it away because
it was so hard to pass. I was pretty confident
{going into the fourth lap} but it really depended
on how you caught the lappers. It was just a
fun day."
Cook also got another nice surprise, as he
found out this morning that he and his wife
Bonnie are expecting!
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| Yamaha's
#7 Donald Ockerman edges out #784 Brandon
Sommers for the Holeshot |
Yamaha's Donald Ockerman scored the Holeshot
and led the pack on the first lap around until
McGill caught up to him. McGill led the way
for several laps until his lead grew to 20 seconds.
Cook caught up to him in the fourth lap after
lapped riders started to slow him down.
