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Adam McGill ran strong all day, but barb-wire
wrapped around his wheel cost him a spot
on the podium |
McGill was looking incredibly fast, but shortly
into the final lap, McGill ended up having a close
encounter with barb-wire that allowed Chris Borich,
Taylor Kiser and His Teammate Chris Bithell to
get by, leaving McGill to settle for a fourth
place finish. “I was sliding around this
corner and I caught some barbed wire and it just
took my quad,” stated McGill, who is determined
to be on the podium at the next round in Georgia.
As the leaders charged on, there was big battle
brewing for fifth place between Bryan Cook and
Jarrod McClure. Cooke, who had led briefly in
the first lap, came under fire from Borich and
McGill and dropped back, but the fight was not
over. After a good battle McClure was able to
get around Cooke, but Cooke stayed close and
when it came time to pit, Cooke was able to
get out ahead of McClure and hold on to fifth
place to round out the top five. McClure, who
stayed on Cooke's grab bar, would have to settle
for sixth.
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KTM's #8 Bryan Cook held the lead in lap
one, but settled into the 5th Spot for
the final 4 laps with #16 Jarrod McClure
applying the pressure in the final lap |
Nation
Guard's #16 Jarrod McClure made the switched
back to the Honda for 2011 & kicked
off the season with a 6th Overall, his
best finish since 2009 |
Donald Ockerman started outside of the top
ten, but he kept a steady and consistent pace
that allowed him to work into seventh before
reaching the checkered flag.
Johnny Gallagher rode a solid race despite
having an issue with his leg and would finish
in eighth place, while Kevin Yoho hung on to
claim ninth.
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#5 Donald Ockerman claimed the 7th spot
& for 2011, Ockerman will run on the
Jet Suspension Honda TRX 450R |
Pro Rookie, Brian Wolf, held the
early lead, but a clutch issue dropped
him back to a 10th place finish |
Brian Wolf, ran into issues off the start when
his tether kill cord got hung up in a tree and
pulled out. Wolf made a hard charge and took
the lead briefly in lap two before his clutch
went out and he fell back to finish in tenth.
Jeff Pickens, was having a tough time of things
due to a string of recent events. Pickens recently
had surgery on his knee and then just two weeks
ago, as he was still recovering, he crashed
while practicing and suffered a large contusion
to his shin. Despite his injuries, Pickens was
able to hang in there and take an eleventh place
finish.
Mark Notman hung on to finish in twelfth, with
Sloan Jackson taking thirteenth.
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Yamaha's Bill Ballance is back in the
race line-up for 2011 with his special
9x number plate to commemorate his 9 straight
GNCC Championships, but unfortunately
for Ballance, his race ended after just
two laps due to a steering stem issue
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Bill Ballance, who was running a special 9x
silver commemorative plate, was doing well,
but two miles into the first lap, Ballance hit
a tree and sheered the splines right off his
steering stem. Ballance pulled into the pits
to switch it out, but was too far back to be
able to make up any time so he decided to call
it a day.
