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KTM/FRE’s Adam McGill
Wins Snowshoe ATV GNCC
Taylor Kiser
Adam McGill
Adam McGill |
Snowshoe, WV – KTM/FRE Factory rider Adam
McGill won his fourth race of the season at
round 10 of the ATV GNCC Series after four
challenging laps on the West Virginia soil.
The Snowshoe event is unique in that riders
start in rows of five on the street below the
Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resorts. McGill was
fortunate enough to start in the first row based
on his overall results this season while his
teammate Taylor Kiser was one row back. McGill
and Kiser both started well and soon were
involved in an intense battle amongst the top
five during the first lap of the event.
McGill, who is a native of West Virginia,
performed great on the course and had moved into
2nd place by the end of the first lap. Kiser was
close behind in 4th position. “You never know
what to expect out here. One minute you think
you are cruising through a nice meadow and the
next minute the bottom falls out of it and you
sink three feet,” remarked McGill on the
changing course conditions.
Out front
McGill battled with Chris Borich for 2nd place.
The two swapped positions back and forth until
McGill capitalized on a mistake by Borich to
secure 2nd. Once in 2nd, McGill focused his
sight on current leader Bill Ballance. McGill
managed to pass him on a hill-climb but Ballance
caught up seconds later when both riders were
forced to stop and wait for a bottleneck on the
course. “When we got to the bottleneck we just
stopped and stared at each other. Neither of us
could go anywhere so we just shrugged our
shoulders and waited,” commented McGill.
Eventually a line cleared and they took off.
McGill got over the hill first and went on to
win the race.
Meanwhile, Kiser, who had
been battling within the top five the entire
race, had a spill of bad luck on the last lap of
the event. “I was sitting in a good position and
feeling great on the last lap when, suddenly, my
motor stopped. I was definitely upset that I had
a mechanical issue, but those things happen. The
course was challenging today and that made it
fun. I just hope to come back the last three
rounds and finish on the podium,” stated Kiser.
McGill, who was featured on the weekend’s
event t-shirt, was very happy with his win, “I
love this race and I am excited to win in front
of my family and hometown crowd. I can’t thank
my crew enough. The bike ran flawless today. I
can’t wait for the next race to hopefully carry
this momentum over.”
Next Event: Round
11 – Unadilla – September 27, 2008 – New Berlin,
NY
Overall Results XC-1 Class:
1)
Adam McGill – KTM
2) Bill
Ballance
3) Jarrod McClure
4) Johnny Gallagher
5)
Brandon Sommers
6) Chris
Borich
7) Ryan Lane
8)
Jeffrey Pickens
9) Matthew
Smiley
10) William Yokley
Overall Series Points XC-1 Class:
1) Bill Ballance – 191
2)
Bryan Cook – 166
3) Adam
McGill – 160
4) Brandon
Sommers – 159
5) Chris
Borich – 158
6) William
Yokley – 135
7) Taylor
Kiser – 134
8) Matthew
Smiley – 126
9) Jarrod
McClure – 113
10) Ryan Lane – 111
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