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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 8 - "John
Penton " |
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Millfield, OH -Chris Borich just
keeps on winning, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider claiming
his sixth win of the Can-Am Grand National Cross
Country Series at a muddy Wiseco John Penton GNCC
in Millfield, Ohio.
Anyone who has ever ridden the John Penton
in the rain knows how slippery this race can
get, and for sure, this one will go down as
one of the muddiest. When a driving rainstorm
left rivers of water cascading across the course,
Trail Boss Jeff Russell made the decision to
move the 1 p.m. start time back an hour to give
the water a chance to subside. This helped the
worst areas of the trail, however, the damage
was already done, and a steady afternoon rain
didn't help matters.
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After great racing condition in the morning,
a strong storm rolled in for the start
of the Afternoon race, which turned parts
of the track into a raging river &
forced an extremely unusual one hour delay
in the racing for good reason
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When the flag finally dropped to start the
two-hour race, it was Jeffery Pickens who grabbed
the $250 Motorcycle-USA.com holeshot award,
leading Borich, Ballance Racing Yamaha's Taylor
Kiser, Honda-mounted Brent Sturdivant, FRE KTM's
Bryan Cook and Warnert Racing Can-Am's Adam
McGill through the first sections of the motocross
course.
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GBC's
#15 Jeff Pickens grabbed his 2nd straight
Pro XC1 ATV Holeshot followed by Hoosier's
#708 Harold Goodman |
Sturdivant actually held the lead at the end
of the opening lap; however, Borich soon took
the point, with Kiser, Cook, McGill and Sturdivant
right on his tail.
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Suzuki's
Chris Borich once again conquers the
John Penton Mud to claim his 2nd straight
Win & 6th of the season, which extends
his points lead to 28 points over Taylor
Kiser
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The five front-runners, Borich, Cook, Kiser,
McGill and Sturdivant, mixed it up in the mud
until the final lap when Borich was finally
able to break away, turning a small lead into
a 30-second gap at the finish.
"This was a good win, there were just
so many places where things could go wrong –
a lot of waterholes where you could drown out,
but everything went my way," said Borich.
"It was tough out there and I was trying
all day to break away, but it seemed like they
kept catching up to me in some of the slower
parts of the course. But towards the end, going
into the last lap, I knew I could charge and
get away."
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Ballance
Racing's Taylor Kiser claimed his 6th
second place finish of the season
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Kiser ran with Borich for most of the day,
but on the third lap he and Sturdivant got stuck
in a bottleneck, which eventually got rerouted,
and both riders dropped down the order. Kiser
crossed the finish line in fourth, however,
after a time adjustment he was moved back into
second place in the final results, while Sturdivant
was credited with a seventh.
"I ran pretty steady all day," said
Kiser. "I was 1-2 all day with Borich.
But then I got hung up in a bottleneck and dropped
back a ways. But my Yamaha ran great and I had
a pretty solid race."
