ROUND 12 / OCTOBER 10, 2021
CJ RACEWAY / NEWBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
P92
OFF-ROAD I GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES
a mistake. I thought I had the
move. I was on the inside line,
and he was on the outside and
we came together and unfor-
tunately I got the bad end of
the stick, but fourth feels pretty
good."
Duvall's third-place finish
marked the West Virginia rider's
best finish since taking second
at the series opener.
"Layne and I hit each other
hard and he went one way and I
went the other and luckily I came
out on top," said Duvall. "Just
after that I was blowing up and
just tried to ride my own race to
the finish and made it happen.
It feels good to be back on the
podium."
Magna1 Motorsports/Husqvar-
na's Jordan Ashburn, who ran in
second early in the race, saw his
streak of four-straight podiums
come to an end with a fifth-place
finish, while Babbitt's Online/
Monster Energy/Team Green
Kawasaki's Josh Strang man-
aged to avoid the odd mishaps
that have plagued him the last
several rounds to finish sixth.
Rockstar Energy Factory
Husqvarna Racing's Trevor Bol-
linger was third off the start and
fourth behind Baylor, Coastal
Racing GasGas' Ricky Russell
and Kelley going through the
Monster Mile on the opening
lap, but couldn't hold off the
midrace pressure of teammate
Duvall. Bollinger would ultimately
finish seventh.
"I was third off of the start and
I hung with the front group the
first four or five laps, so the race
started off good," Bollinger said.
"After that I just kind of lost sight
of them and fell back a little bit."
Coastal Racing GasGas'
Johnny Girroir needed only to
finish fourth in the XC2 250 Pro
division to wrap up the class
title, but he put his head down
and took the win with an eighth-
overall finish, coming out on top
of the fierce battle with Rockstar
Energy Factory Husqvarna Rac-
ing's Craig DeLong and Bab-
bitt's Online/Monster Energy/
Team Green Kawasaki's Lyndon
Snodgrass.
"It was tough beginning of the
race," said Girroir. "I came into
Johnny Girroir clinched the
XC2 Pro Championship.
