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Kirkland Leads Title
Chase Heading to Final Round
Josh Kirkland |
St. Clairsville, OH – FRE/KTM XC2 Pro-Am
rider Josh Kirkland won his second consecutive
race to take over the points lead heading to the
final round.
Kirkland’s race did not start as well as it
ended. Although he was in 2nd position heading
to the first turn he spun out when he hit the
first corner and found himself back in 9th
position when he recovered. Meanwhile, out front
Parker Jones and Brian Wolf were battling for
the lead. Shortly after, Wolf succumbed to
mechanical problems and Jones started to pull
out front while Kirkland was busy climbing
through the pack. As Kirkland continued to
battle on, he soon found himself in 2nd position
heading to the final lap. He passed Jones for
the lead and went on to win the race and inherit
the championship points lead. Now with one race
left, Kirkland holds a 17 point lead over Wolf.
In the XC1 Pro class Adam McGill again showed he
has what it takes to run up front. He started in
2nd place behind Bill Ballance. Halfway through
the race Brandon Sommers made a pass to get
around Ballance and McGill and take over the
lead position. Ballance took a pit stop after
the first lap and McGill moved into 2nd place.
McGill soon moved into the lead later on the
second lap. The top five runners (with the
exception of Ballance) took a pit on the next
lap. This allowed Ballance to move back into the
lead followed by McGill, Sommers, Chris Borich
and Byran Cook. Borich and McGill soon made a
move to get past Ballance. Borich was able to
make a pass on McGill for the lead and the two
riders pulled from the rest of the pack. The two
riders followed each other wheel to wheel all
the way to the finish with Borich just edging
out McGill for the win.
In the Women’s class, Angel Atwell, who already
secured the Women’s Championship, lead the race
from start to finish collecting her eighth win
of the season. Atwell built up over a minute
lead on the rest of the field as she crossed the
checkers.
Next Event: Crawfordsville, IN – October 24-25,
2009
Overall Results XC1 Class:
1) Chris Borich
2) Adam McGill – KTM
3) Bryan Cook
Overall Results XC2 Class:
1) Josh Kirkland – KTM
2) Parker Jones
3) Kevin Yoho
Overall Results Women’s Class:
1) Angel Atwell – KTM
2) Kristen Atwell
3) Tracci Cecco
Overall Points XC1 Class:
1) Chris Borich – 312
2) Taylor Kiser – 232
3) Adam McGill – 226
Overall Points XC2 Class:
1) Josh Kirkland – 318
2) Brian Wolf – 301
3) Parker Jones – 188
Overall Points Women’s Class:
1) Angel Atwell – 179 –
Champion
2) Traci Cecco – 169Kristen
Atwell – 164
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