2017
GNCC Racing Series
Round #7 - Tomahawk
Odessa, New York
June 11, 2017 |
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Walker Fowler Claims 6th Win
at Tomahawk GNCC
Adam McGill & Chris
Borich Round Out GNCC Pro ATV Podium
Odessa, NY (6/11/2017) - After
a three week break, the AMSOIL Grand National Cross
Country (GNCC) Series presented by Maxxis, an AMA
National Championship, continued today, June 10,
at the Seneca Highlands in Odessa, New York. Track
conditions were favorable, where fans lined the
start to see six-time GNCC champion, Chris Borich
narrowly edge out GBC/Canyon Motorsports/Fly Racing’s
Landon Wolfe for the $250 Wiseco Holeshot Award
at the third annual Dunlop Tomahawk GNCC.
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GNCC Racing
Pro XC1 ATV Podium (left to right)
Chris Borich (3rd), Walker Fowler (1st),
Adam McGill (2nd)
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Wolfe wasn’t ready to settle for second and
quickly took the lead with Dillinger's Celtic
Pub/GBC Motorsports/Moose Racing’s Marty Christofferson
in tow as they headed into the woods. Wolfe continued
leading majority of the first lap with Christofferson,
Borich and WFR/Yamaha/Maxxis/Fly Racing’s Walker
Fowler on his tail.
“I’m not sure what’s going on with my starts,
but I need to work on that,” said Fowler. “Luckily,
we were ahead of McGill off the start or it would
have been a long day. It took me until the end
of the first lap to get into the lead, and I was
surprised with how wet the track was that first
lap.”
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Walker Fowler remains
the only rider with an overall win at
the Tomahawk GNCC
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Fowler struggled to get through the frontrunners,
but advanced through the riders and made some
quick passes to be in the lead as he approached
timing and scoring for the first time. Meanwhile,
McGill was working his way through the pack after
a bad start and sat in sixth.
As the second lap wore on, McGill closed the
gap on Fowler and was on Fowler’s back wheels
as the white flag came out. With the added pressure
from McGill, Fowler ended up hitting a tree allowing
for McGill to make the pass. After getting back
on-track, McGill got hung up with some lapped
riders where Fowler was able to catch back up.
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Adam McGill finished
in the 2nd Spot on the GNCC Pro ATV Podium
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“Toward the end of the race I got into some
lapped traffic and that made me lose some time,”
reported Fowler. “McGill caught up with me and
was pushing it a little too hard and I tagged
a tree. Then more lapped traffic was ahead of
McGill and I was able to make that time back up
once I got back going.”
With only one open field section remaining, Fowler
realized this was the prime opportunity to get
back to the front. The duo were side by side,
but Fowler was able to make the move and lead
the way to the finish. Despite McGill’s efforts
to end Fowler’s success, Fowler remains the only
person to have an overall Tomahawk win on his
resume.
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Chris Borich narrowly
edged out Landon Wolfe for the $250 Wiseco
Holeshot Award
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“We progressively keep getting better. We are
like a steam roller, and just keep getting better
each race,” said McGill.
Borich ran a consistent third-place race to round
out the overall podium. JMR/ATVriders.com-backed
Jarrod McClure just missed the box, with fourth
overall, and after leading most of the first lap,
Wolfe maintained his pace to land a top-five finish.
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Race conditions were
perfect at the Dunlop Tomahawk GNCC in
Odessa, New York
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BNR Motorsports/Maxxis/Pro Graph-X/Precision’s
Josh Merritt scored his best finish of the season
with seventh overall, and GBC/Fly Racing/HMF/Yamaha’s
Johnny Gallagher followed in eighth. ATV Innovations/Solo
Pilot’s Westley Wolfe and Christofferson rounded
out the top-ten overall.
Coastal Racing’s Brycen Neal was struck with
bad luck on the last lap where his right rear
wheel fell off. Neal displayed the heart of a
champion, where he rode the last mile of the race
with only three wheels to finish 13th in class
and 65th overall.
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Brycen Neal faced
an all-new obstacle on the last lap, where
he rode his way to the finish with only
three wheels
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