Suzuki’s Chris Borich once again conquers the John Penton Mud to claim his 2nd straight Win & 6th of the season, which extends his points lead to 28 points over Taylor Kiser
Can-Am’s Adam McGill was back on the Podium for the 5th time this year with a 3rd place finish
XC1 PRO ATV Podium (left to right)
Adam McGill (3rd), Chris Borich (1st), Donald Ockerman (bumped to 4th Overall)
2010 GNCC Round 8 - Podium Domination!
06.07.2010Millfield, OH -Chris Borich just keeps on winning, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider claiming his sixth win of the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series at a muddy Wiseco John Penton GNCC in Millfield, Ohio.
Anyone who has ever ridden the John Penton in the rain knows how slippery this race can get, and for sure, this one will go down as one of the muddiest. When a driving rainstorm left rivers of water cascading across the course, Trail Boss Jeff Russell made the decision to move the 1 p.m. start time back an hour to give the water a chance to subside. This helped the worst areas of the trail, however, the damage was already done, and a steady afternoon rain didn’t help matters.
The five front-runners, Borich, Cook, Kiser, McGill and Sturdivant, mixed it up in the mud until the final lap when Borich was finally able to break away, turning a small lead into a 30-second gap at the finish.
“This was a good win, there were just so many places where things could go wrong – a lot of waterholes where you could drown out, but everything went my way,” said Borich. “It was tough out there and I was trying all day to break away, but it seemed like they kept catching up to me in some of the slower parts of the course. But towards the end, going into the last lap, I knew I could charge and get away.”
Third place went to McGill, who collected his fifth podium of the year with the finish.
“I don’t know if this was as bad as year’s past, but this was still pretty bad,” said McGill. “There we some pretty deep water sections in the back and I just pinned it. I was afraid the bike was going to be like a vacuum cleaner and suck up the water, but the bike did great.”
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