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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 13 - "Ironman" |
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| Suzuki's
Chris Borich Wins for a record setting
10th Time in 2009 along with 8 straight
Wins as he closes out the season with
domination |
Crawfordsville, IN - In the final
round of the 2009 Can-Am Grand National Cross
Country series, the Klotz Ironman in Crawfordsville,
Indiana, Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Chris Borich
took his eighth-straight XC1 victory and his 10th
of the season after taking the lead after his
typical last minute campaign for the win. Yamaha's
Bill Ballance finished in second with Indiana
native Ryan Lane in third.
Borich battled in third for most of the race
while FRE KTM's Adam McGill and Yamaha's Taylor
Kiser led him through one of the toughest tracks
of the 13-stop GNCC tour. The track has some
of the steepest hills on the circuit and rain
the day prior had made it one of the muddiest,
too.
"I like the last lap," Borich said.
"It was pretty tough out there but it was
an awesome day. The hillclimbs were gnarly.
This is one of the best tracks on the circuit
and there were fans everywhere."
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Yamaha's Bill Ballance grabbed his 4th
Straight GNCC Pro ATV XC1 Holeshot on
the all-new Yamaha YFZ450X |
Ballance fired first to take the $250 Motorcycle-USA.com
holeshot award and led until he got stuck in
a hole. McGill and Kiser were in hot pursuit
and passed Ballance and ran 1st and 2nd through
the famous Ironman track. Both were battling
for second place in the series. When the white
flag went out, McGill, Kiser and Borich were
banging against each other.
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The wet & sloppy conditions made the
Ironman hill climbs more challenging than
ever, and dozens of amateurs & pros
tumbled down the big hill climb along
the river with thousands of spectator
watching and trying to stop the ATVs from
tumbling down the hill, and amazingly
they were able to save over half those
that didn't make it to the top, but for
the rest, they were left with damaged
machines and egos
(Hill Climb Photo Gallery Link) |
