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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 9 - "SnowShoe" |
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Yamaha's
XC2's Brian Wolf claims the suprise overall
& $10,000 Motorcycle USA Bonus with
adjusted time over Suzuki's Chris Borich
in 2nd & Yamaha's Bill Ballance rounding
out the Podium |
Snowshoe, WV (6/27/2009) - In
an unprecedented surprise, privateer Brian Wolf
on a Yamaha took home the overall win at the MotorcycleUSA.com
Snowshoe GNCC, round 9 of the 2009 Can-Am Grand
National Cross Country Series, making him the
first XC2 Pro-Am ATV rider ever to take a GNCC
overall win.
Wolf was welcomed on the podium with wolf howls
and thunderous applause by the largest podium
crowd the 2009 season has seen so far.
Wolf, speechless at first looked around at
the crowd before making his victory speech.
"I'm so pumped, so excited to be here,"
he said as he accepted his $10,000 purse prize
from MotorcycleUSA.com. "I'm really not
going for the overall. I'm going for the XC2
Championship. This is just a bonus."
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The SnowShoe GNCC is Unlike any other
GNCC Race with the racing action starting
on the paved street with a live engine
grand prix style start with up to 5 racers
per row, and the Podium is held in the
Snow Shoe Village, which attracts a huge
crowd of spectators and provides the perfect
atmosphere to wrap-up the final round
of GNCC racing before the summer break |
Making the win even bigger, Wolf said this
would be his last year competing in GNCC and
when asked if he thought he would return for
the next season because of his big win, Wolf
still didn't have any definite answers.
"I always told myself, the pro guys are
so fast," he said. "Bill and Chris
are so fast. I said there would be no sense
to keep racing if I can't be up here with these
guys. I guess I stuck my foot in my mouth!"
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GT Thunder / Yamaha's Brian Wolf was right
at home in the mountains as he held the
overall lead from the very first lap with
adjusted time from starting several rows
back behind the XC1 Pro class, and with
both Chris Borich & Bill Ballance
running into issues in lap 2, it opened
up the door for Wolf to build a comfortable
overall lead, which he was able to maintain
to claim the Overall win. This made modern
GNCC history for anyone other than a Pro
to Win the Afternoon ATV Overall &
Wolf couldn't have done it at a better
time with $10,000 up for grabs
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"I just promised my wife some things though
so... but she's phenomenal so maybe she will
let me," he finished with a laugh.
Wolf took the first overall and first in the
XC2 Class, while Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Chris
Borich took first place in XC1, followed by
defending GNCC champion, Yamaha's Bill Ballance
in second and Ballance's teammate Brandon Sommers
in third.
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Suzuki's Chris Borich secured his 4th
straight win & 6th of the season as
he extends his points lead to 40 points
over Yamaha's Taylor Kiser in 2nd Place |
Yamaha's
Bill Ballance claimed 3rd Overall, which
was his 1st Podium appearance since his
win at Loretta's & he remains 4th
in the Pro points chase |
