Adam McGill finished fourth after getting off
to a poor start, while his Foremost Insurance/Warnert
Racing Can-Am teammate was right behind in fifth.
Johnny Gallagher matched his best finish of
the year, putting his Yamaha into sixth, one
spot better than JET Suspension Honda Donnie
Ockerman.
GT Thunder rider Kevin Yoho was eighth, ahead
of Yamaha-mounted Jeffrey Pickens.
ATV MX racer Derek Swartfager (Hon) turned
a rare GNCC appearance into a solid 10th place
finish.
Finally, Bryan Cook $250 Motosport.com Holeshot
Award by beating the rest of the XC1 division
to the first turn and held the FRE Racing KTM
rider held the lead for a full lap, but ultimately
dropped out of the race on the final lap and
was credited with 11th.
With the overall win, Fowler also added to
his string of XC2 victories, which now stands
at six in a row. Gabe Phillips has been the
most consistent of the rest of the XC2 division
and the Greg's ATV & Cycle Yamaha added
another runner-up finish at the Rock Run, extending
his lead over third place in the class standings
by 23 points. Phillips was not happy with his
finish, however.
"I got a lot of work to do and I'll be
ready for Snowshoe," said Phillips. "I
was way back at the start, and I tried to run
as hard as I could and pick people off as fast
as I could."
Matt Hanna returned to the series after taking
time to start a family and put his Yamaha on
the podium in third.
Honda rider Nathan Thomas scored his best finish
of the year with a fourth, beating out $100
Motosport.com Holeshot Award winner Patrick
McGuire, who was fifth in a Greg's ATV &
Cycle Yamaha.
Suzuki rider Scottie Rich finished sixth, topping
a trio of Honda riders, Eric Hoyland, Dustin
Canipe and Parker Jones, while Matt Pierce rounded
out the top 10 on a Yamaha.
Braden Henthorn was the top finishing "non-Pro"
rider, winning the College A (16-21) class with
a 17th overall finish on a Honda.
