2017
GNCC Racing Series
Round #8 - Snowshoe
Snowshoe, West Virginia
June 24, 2017 |
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Walker Fowler Takes Snowshoe
GNCC Pro ATV Win
Chris Borich & Kevin
Yoho Round Out GNCC Pro ATV Podium
Snowshoe, WV (6/25/2017) - The
2017 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country (GNCC)
Series presented by Maxxis, an AMA National Championship,
continued today, June 24, with the 11th AMSOIL Snowshoe
GNCC held at the popular Snowshoe Mountain Resort
in West Virginia. “America’s toughest race” lived
up to its nickname after an abundant amount of rain
fell in the days prior to the race creating slick
and muddy conditions for the world’s fastest off-road
ATV racers.
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GNCC Racing
Pro XC1 ATV Podium (left to right)
Kevin Yoho (3rd), Walker Fowler (1st),
Chris Borich (2nd)
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With the unique live engine start modeled after
the famed Blackwater 100 race, Chris Borich would
find himself in a favorable position and lead
the way into the woods, with CST/Induction Solutions/LSR/HiPer/Spider
Graphix’s Adam McGill in tow. Once they reached
the infamous Howard’s Hole it was WFR/Yamaha/Maxxis/Fly
Racing’s Walker Fowler in the lead position, and
as he approached timing and scoring for the first-time
Fowler had a 49-second lead on the rest of the
field who was held up in a bottleneck.
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Chris Borich grabbed
the Pro ATV holeshot for the second straight
race
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Unfortunately, McGill suffered from a crash early
on allowing for Borich and Coastal Racing’s Brycen
Neal to get by. Although they were physically
second and third on the track, it was BNR Racing’s
Kevin Yoho and Brent Sturdivant in second in third
on adjusted time. The standings remained the same
throughout the second lap.
Neal was able to secure third on adjusted time
on lap three, while Sturdivant began fading through
the pack. Meanwhile, Fowler continued to stretch
his lead and Yoho kept a steady pace in second.
Fowler continued to lead the entire race, earning
his seventh win of the season. Yoho had his personal-best
finish, landing his first-ever podium finish with
second overall.
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Walker Fowler took
the lead on the first lap and never looked
back - earning his seventh win of the
season, which extends his points lead
to 76 points
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Neal was plagued with bad luck on the last lap
where he got stuck and had to dismount his quad
in Howard’s Hole, allowing Borich by for third.
Neal quickly rebounded, but just missed the overall
podium in fourth.
“Adam [McGill] is so successful here, so we are
all the underdogs heading into this race,” said
Folwer. “To see guys like Kevin [Yoho] up here
getting his first podium – it’s just awesome.
This place is so unpredictable, I got stuck twice
during the race, it just seemed like the bottom
was falling out of the track.”
Brian Wolf had his best finish of the year with
fifth overall, followed by Pierce Performance’s
Cody Collier and GBC/Canyon Motorsports/Fly Racing’s
Landon Wolfe. JMR/ATVriders.com’s Jarrod McClure
crossed the finish line in eighth and Dillinger's
Celtic Pub/GBC Motorsports/Moose Racing’s Marty
Christofferson finished ninth. Sturdivant rounded
out the top ten overall.
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