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GNCC
ATV Racing
Round 1 - "River
Ranch" |
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River Ranch, FL - Four-time GNCC champion Chris Borich picked up where he left off in his championship winning season in 2012, capturing the win at Round 1 of the 2013 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series in River Ranch, Florida. In a hard fought two-hour battle to the finish, West Virginia's Adam McGill and Ohio's Walker Fowler rounded out Sunday's podium behind Borich at the 4th Annual Moose Racing Westgate River Ranch GNCC.
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XC1 Pro ATV Class Rookie Braden Henthorn grabbed the first Holeshot of the season |
XC1 Pro class rookie Braden Henthorn grabbed the first holeshot of the 2013 season aboard his Team Woodhead / DeRisi Racing Honda machine, battling with teammate Eric Hoyland early on. However, it wasn't long before the GNCC veterans of Precision / Lonestar Racing / ITP's Adam McGill and reigning champion Chris Borich took over the lead battle, followed closely by fellow Maxxis-backed rider Chris Bithell. The trio flip-flopped for the lead throughout a majority of the two-hour race before Borich eventually set a pace that was hard to match up front.
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#4 Chris Bithell aboard his new Suzuki LTR450ATV put pressure on #1 Chris Borich. Bithell fell back to fourth before crossing the finish at River Ranch |
Precision / Lonestar Racing / ITP's Adam McGill battled with Chris Borich & Chris Bithell, eventually graining second place aboard his Honda 450R before the finish |
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Despite getting tangled up in the first turn, Walker Fowler made his way up to third place before crossing the finish line |
Borich's new Suzuki counterpart, Chris Bithell, made the switch to yellow in 2013 and the Pennsylvania boy held the pressure on Borich in the beginning of the race and the two began to gap the field around the halfway point. McGill eventually put himself between the Suzuki duo, where they remained until the checkered flag.
AmPro Yamaha's Walker Fowler experienced carnage in the first corner, setting the young Ohio native to the back of the pack right off the start. It didn't take long for Fowler to push his way inside the top five, eventually contesting the podium battle by the end of the two-hour competition.
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Jarrod McClure placed fifth on his new JB Racing / Can-Am DS450 ATV at River Ranch |
Pennsylvania's Jarrod McClure debuted his all-new JB Offroad/Can-Am ride this weekend; staying inside the top five all day. McClure battled with Fowler early on before experiencing a small machine issue that caused his Can-Am team to fall back a few positions, maintaining fifth for the day.
