XC1 PRO ATV Podium (left to right)
Adam McGill (3rd), Chris Borich (1st)
After a hard fault battle for the win, #1 Chris Borich celebrated at the finish line with a 360 donut for the cheering crowd
3 Adam McGill
Chris Borich Takes 5th Win at Mountain Ridge GNCC on DWT WHEELS!
05.24.2010Chris Borich Takes 5th Win at Mountain Ridge GNCC on DWT WHEELS!
Can-Am’s Adam McGill takes third, and Chris p. Bithell takes 4th on Dwt Wheels and MOTOWORKS Exhaust!
Somerset, PA – As many as five different riders held the lead during a wet and wild Moose Mountain Ridge GNCC. However, after two hours of bar to bar racing, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Chris Borich emerged with his fifth win of the season, adding to his already impressive points lead in the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series.
A steady and sometimes driving rain moved in over Somerset, Pennsylvania, just as the flag dropped to start the afternoon race.
During the first half of the race, Pickens, Borich, Kiser, McGill and Bithell, all held the lead at one point or another, although Bithell held the lead for the longest stint. However, after pulling his goggles off when they got covered with mud, Bithell caught a stick in the eye and pulled off the track to recover, leaving Kiser, Borich and McGill to battle for the win.
“This was a tough one. In these conditions you could go from first to fifth and back to first in a heartbeat,” said Borich. “I was behind McGill and Kiser on the last lap, and I got a good line on McGill and passed him. Then I sat Kiser up and just held on for the win. This [win] is awesome. That last race [in North Carolina] – it just wasn’t my day, but today was my day so I’m happy.”
McGill’s third place finish made his fourth podium of the year, and he sits solidly in third overall in the series standings.
“That last lap was tough,” said McGill. “The conditions were horrible, but we were in the hunt. Bithell was out front and Borich was behind him, and I knew if I kept them in check I knew I would be all right. So I kept pushing all day and tried to stay up front. I ended up getting stuck three or four times on the last lap. Me and Borich and Kiser went into a mud hole at the same time and the next thing I knew they were gone and I was stuck. In desperation I held it pinned for a good 30 minutes and came out third.”
Bithell managed to salvage fourth.
After seven races, Borich leads the championship standings with 196 points, McGill at 132 and Bithell with 114.
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