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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 3 - "Steele
Creek " |
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#1
Chris Borich battles his way into the
lead to claim his 2nd win of the season
and regain sole control of the Pro XC1
ATV points lead |
Morganton, NC - Chris Borich
claimed his second win of the 2010 Can-Am Grand
National Cross Country season and extended his
lead in the championship standings with a gritty
performance at round three of the series at Steele
Creek in Morganton, North Carolina. The Yoshimura
Suzuki rider trailed Yamaha teammates Bill Ballance
and Taylor Kiser on the narrow and undulating
11.2-mile circuit, the three riders running nose-to-tail
for much of the race. Borich finally found his
way into the lead on the final lap, beating Kiser
to the finish by just over a second after two
hours of racing. Ballance held on for third ahead
of FRE KTM's Bryan Cook and Yamaha rider Jeffrey
Pickens.
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straight Holeshots for Yamaha with #4
Bill Ballance grabbing the Steele Creek
GNCC Holeshot |
Ballance claimed the $250 Motorcycle-USA.com
holeshot award by narrowly edging Yamaha-mounted
Don Ockerman across the holeshot stripe to start
the day's premier race. Kiser moved into formation
with Ballance midway into the opening lap, and
the duo extended their lead over the field until
lappers held them up on lap two, allowing Borich
and Can-Am's Adam McGill to close in.
For the remainder of the race, Ballance, Kiser,
Borich and McGill ran in a tight formation,
until McGill dropped out, leaving Ballance,
Kiser and Borich to battle for the lead.
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#2
Taylor Kiser remains in the hunt finishing
right behind Borich |
With a lap-and-a-half to go, Ballance made
a mistake in a critical section, allowing Kiser
and Borich to go by. A half lap later, Borich
took advantage of a lapper to pass Kiser for
the lead. From there Borich was able to hold
off Kiser to the checkered flag.
"This was a tough one, the lappers were
brutal and I knew this track was going to be
hard to pass on so I wanted to get a good start,"
said Borich, who was in fifth when the pack
rolled into the woods for the first time. "I
saw Ballance getting away, but I was basically
hanging out and checking out the track."
"Once I caught up, it was a three or four
rider battle, kind of a freight train out there,
and then Taylor bobbled with a lapper and I
was able to make a move on him. I just paced
myself after that and things just worked out
for us."
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#4
Bill Ballance once again finishes on the
Podium |
Ballance ran a strong and solid race until
midway into the fourth lap.
"I made a mistake with a little over a
lap to go and that was the race," said
Ballance. "I took a new line in the creek
and I spun out in the ruts a little bit and
Taylor and Borich got around me. There's no
passing lines out there and it pretty tough
to get around anybody out there, and I just
couldn't find a way back around those guys."
Kiser was in good position to claim his second
win of the series until he tangled with a lapper
on the final lap.
"I caught up with Bill on the first lap
and he let me by and we tried to set a good
pace and pull away," said Kiser. "But
we got into lappers and that allowed everyone
to catch up and then Chris got by when we caught
up with a lapper and there was not much I could
do about it."
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XC1 PRO
ATV Podium (left to right)
Bill Ballance (3rd), Chris Borich (1st)
, Taylor Kiser (2nd)
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