Meanwhile, Kiser made his way into the
lead and began pulling a sizable gap on
the duo of Borich and Gallagher. The lead
was short-lived, though, as the front-runners
collectively got stuck in a bottleneck
that caused them all to lose time. Borich
used this to his advantage as he regained
the lead on the final lap and stretched
the gap to nearly four minutes when Kiser
got stuck in the mud less than a mile
from the finish.
Borich went on to secure his 64th career
win and takes yet another step closer
to becoming the winningest GNCC Racer
of all time. However, Borich wasn't the
only one making history on Saturday as
Pickens' third place overall served as
his first-ever XC1 class podium finish.
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HMF's #1 Chris Borich continued his winning streak by earning his fifth consecutive race this season at Mammoth GNCC in Park City, Kentucky |
Yoho put in a solid and consistent ride
to take home a season-best fourth place
in XC1 and fifth place overall. It was
XC2 Pro Am winner Randy Hamilton who shook
things up a bit, taking home a fourth
place overall in addition to his first-ever
XC2 class win. Waynesburg Yamaha's Gabe
Phillips put in his best ride of the season
with a sixth overall, edging out XC2 runner
up Patrick McGuire in the overall.
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GNCC
XC2 Pro-Am ATV Podium (left to right)
Patrick McGuire (2nd), Randy Hamilton
(1st), Landon Wolfe (3rd)
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Hamilton and McGuire battled it out for
the XC2 lead all afternoon, pushing each
other to the front of the overall pack.
The Pro Am riders were threating the overall
win early on, but track conditions slowed
them down immensely. Landon Wolfe finished
a solid third in the XC2 division, allowing
him to maintain third in the class standings.
The current XC2 class leader, Bryce Neal,
experienced some bad luck that gave him
thirteenth place in the class and thirty-fourth
overall for the day.
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Precision Racing's Adam McGill placed sixth in the XC1 Pro Class at Mammoth GNCC |
JB Racing / Can-Am's Jarrod McClure finished 8th at GNCC Round 5 |
McGill finished eighth overall after
struggling in the muddy conditions all
afternoon. Newly acquired XC1 rider Matt
Hanna grabbed ninth overall and College
A rider Jay Shadron finished 10th overall.
Shadron also claimed the Top Amateur award,
beating out the next finishing amateur,
Kevin McKeown, by 10 minutes.
The 2013 AMSOIL Grand National Cross
Country Series continues May 18 and 19
with the Dunlop Limestone 100 GNCC in
Springville, Ind.
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Pro
XC1 & Pro-Am XC2 Top 10 ATV Race Results
& Point Standings |
| XC1 Pro ATV Race
Results: |
XC2 Pro-Am ATV Race
Results: |
- Chris Borich (SUZ)
- Taylor Kiser (YAM)
- Jeff Pickens (YAM)
- Kevin Yoho (YAM)
- Gabe Phillips (YAM)
- Adam McGill (HON)
- Matt Hanna (YAM)
- Jarrod McClure (CAN)
- Braden Henthorn (HON)
- Chris Bithell (SUZ)
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- Randy Hamilton (HON)
- Patrick McGuire (YAM)
- Landon Wolfe (SUZ)
- Blake Kramer (YAM)
- Josh Merritt (YAM)
- Dustin Hendershot (YAM)
- Chad Jones (HON)
- Ryland Johnson (HON)
- Jordan Gilkerson (HON)
- Brody Livengood (YAM)
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| XC1 Pro ATV Point
Standings: |
XC2 Pro-Am ATV Point
Standings: |
- Chris Borich (150)
- Chris Bithell (93)
- Walker Fowler (93)
- Adam McGill (89)
- Kevin Yoho (75)
- Jeff Pickens (72)
- Jarrod McClure (70)
- Johnny Gallagher (67)
- Braden Henthorn (66)
- Gabe Phillips (59)
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- Brycen Neal (119)
- Patrick McGuire (113)
- Landon Wolfe (98)
- Chad Jones (81)
- Randy Hamilton (77)
- Fred Marley (70)
- Blake Kramer (63)
- Josh Merritt (60)
- Michael Lancaster (58)
- Nathan Wallpe (54)
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About GNCC
Racing
The AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country
series is America's premier off-road racing
series. Founded in 1975, the 13-round
championship is produced exclusively by
Racer Productions. Cross-country racing
is one of the most physically demanding
sports in the world. The grueling three-hour
GNCC races lead as many as 1,500 riders
through tracks ranging in length from
eight to 12 miles. With varied terrain,
including hills, woods, mud, dirt, rocks
and motocross sections, GNCC events are
tests of both survival and speed. The
series draws talent from all over the
U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia and New
Zealand. GNCC Racing is televised weekly
on NBC Sports and RacerTV.com. For more
information, please visit www.gnccracing.com.
