ROUND 12 / OCTOBER 9, 2022
NEWBERG, WEST VIRGINIA
P66
OFF-ROAD I GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES
was like, oh yeah. I felt really
good because we kind of were
going slower early. So, I put the
hammer down and was able to
pull a little cushion. Then came
to the hill climb, and I clipped
a little sapling tree on the way
up and it kicked me a little
sideways. I lost all my drive. I
ghost-rode the bike right at the
top, so the crowd caught it and
then they pulled it up. Once I
got it fired and got that going,
I had dropped back to sixth or
seventh. So, I was riding kind of
aggressive for the next lap and a
half, but then right when I caught
up to the pack on that last lap, I
clipped a little stump and broke
my shifter off."
like, I can't let up now. It was a
good fight to the end."
Coastal Racing GasGas' Ricky
Russell had perhaps the most
disappointing day of all, crashing
out of the lead with two laps to
go and finishing ninth.
"We started off a little just
choo-choo training though the
woods, and I had a couple lines
that were, I thought, better,
so I felt like I had more speed
than the train we were in," said
Russell. "Stew was actually
revving me because he was
worried about the XC2 guys,
but I was riding with the lead-
ers so I wasn't letting Stew by.
Then once I got in the lead, the
two-lap board came out and I
"Good battle and a good fight
there with Jordan in the end,
fighting for that second-place
spot," said DeLong. "Then I had
my teammate, Thad Duvall, on
my rear, but managed to pull off
a podium. Honestly, I'm not too
pumped on my day. I just rode
in the back all day long, and I'm
like, 'man, what am I doing?'
Two laps to go and I got to go. I
just got to put my head down. I
started picking some guys off,
and I was fighting some stomach
issues out there. I got up to Jor-
dan on the last lap and actually
got around him and stalled it. I
was really struggling out there.
I was just trying to get through
it and then Thad caught me. I'm
Australia's Lyndon
Snodgrass won
the XC2 Pro class
in fifth overall and
clinched the class
championship.
