Interview: Chris Borich- East Coast ATV Pro GNCC Racer
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Chris Borich & Bill Ballance

You and Bill Ballance have been going back and forth on the points lead this year. He’s going for his eighth championship, you’re going for your first; can you give us a little over view of how that’s been for you this year?
It’s been working out really good. The first two rounds I had a little bit of motor issues, and I wouldn’t get the greatest starts, and I was kind of tired after working my way up through the pack and then right around the third race, Sparks Racing got a motor together for me and it’s done awesome since then. In Kentucky I had a little bit of bad luck…a brake issue. A rock came up and clipped the back brake paddle and I lost my brakes. At Snowshoe I pretty much got screwed there. I came through the pits, they told me it was going to be five laps and then someone came in crying saying it was too dangerous, so it was made a four lap race. After Snowshoe I was really aggravated, and I just wasn’t really happy. I took the summer break off and was racing sprint cars with my dad. I had a good time and hit some local races, then came back here and did what I needed to do.

Chris Borich races sprint cars at a local track in Selinsgrove, PA (Photo By: Brian Harro )

What’s it like racing the sprint cars?
It’s a whole different ballgame there. The first night out was pretty scary with those guys cranking around there. We actually ran at the track and I picked it up have been pretty quick ever since. It’s pretty cool entering a corner at 120mph and pitching sideways wide open. It was a good time!

Do you get nervous doing the sprint cars now knowing that you have a championship on the line?
Not really. Anything can happen at anytime so I just go out and do it. I’m just really glad I got the opportunity to go out and do it.

Not only do you have a shot at the championship going on here at the GNCC, but you’ve been doing extremely well at the WPSA as well. You’ve come out and won five out of six races. How does it feel to be doing so well there?
It’s been really good. I knew I wanted to do it. I talked to Can-Am and they actually hooked me up with a full ride. They might have been a little hesitant at first to give me a full ride, but I think it paid off in the end since I’ve either won every race or been right there. The WPSA series is a good series. It’s fun to race something different.

What’s the biggest challenge for you going from a sport quad to a utility quad?
You have a bigger machine; a couple hundred pounds more. It’s a big machine to move around, but other than that it’s pretty simple. If you can ride a sport bike good, you can hop on anything and be decent on it. The utility is a good time.

Chris Borich races the WPSA Series on a CanAm Outlander when the schedule doesn't conflict with a GNCC, and he has been a dominate force winning 6 of 7 rounds

You’ve worked you way to the top five in the WPSA even after missing a couple rounds, and with this last round coming up you could possibly even be in the top three, but it overlaps with Unadilla, how do you feel about that?
I knew that when I cam into it that I didn’t really have a shot at winning the championship so it doesn’t really bother me. I just wanted to go out and win as many as I could. The one I didn’t win, I had rear end issues. Other than that the Can-Am worked awesome for me. I just had a good time out there.

Chris Borich is just 4 races away from possibly winning his first championship & ending Bill Ballance's 7 Year Streak, but anything can happen and Ballance has the odds on his side

Last year you were on your Honda, was there a big difference between the Honda and the Can-Am?
The Can-Am has so much power. It gets you out of the gate quicker. Plus they do all the work on the bikes at the track so that helps out a lot. It’s awesome because I don’t have to put a lot of time into wrenching on the bikes. I just go up and run it. They did a great job this year!

You’re a hot commodity now that Honda has kind of dropped their support for you this season, have you been contacted by anyone?
Yeah, I’ve been contacted by just about everyone. I’m going to just kind of wait and see. I should know in about a month or so what I’m going to be on. Then start testing and dialing it in, but right now I’m just waiting to see who has the best deal, and a bike that’s working good.

Congratulations on your win today and thank you for talking to us!
Thank you!

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