ROUND 12 / OCTOBER 22, 2023
IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
OFF-ROAD I PROGRESSIVE GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES
P82
won again ahead of Trail Jesters
Racing KTM's Korie Steede and
Prestin Raines (GG).
CN
OVERALL
1. Josh Strang (Kaw)
2. Steward Baylor (KTM)
3. Johnny Girroir (KTM)
4. Grant Baylor (Kaw)
5. Ricky Russell (Yam)
6. Ben Kelley (KTM)
7. Jordan Ashburn (Hus)
8. Craig DeLong (Hus)
9. Angus Riordan (KTM) XC2 250
10. Liam Draper (Yam) XC2 250
thinking it was another day at
the office, really. Not think too
much about this championship,
but you're always going to think
about it when it comes down to
it."
Strang's win made for eight
different winners in this year's
series, while DeLong was the
only rider with three wins.
Jhak Walker (Husqvarna)
topped Drew Callaway (Yamaha)
by eight minutes to win the FMF
XC3 125 Pro-Am class. Mathew
Sims was third on a Yamaha.
AmPro Yamaha's Rachael
Archer, who clinched the WXC Pro
Women's title at the previous race,
after his mishap, with DeLong in
eighth.
RPM Racing KTM's Angus
Riordan won the XC2 250 Pro
class with ninth place overall.
Meanwhile, AmPro Yamaha's
Liam Draper took the XC2 250
Pro Championship with a 10th-
place finish.
"It was a stressful day," said
Draper. "I think I overthought it
way too much. Didn't ride that
great. Gus rode his heart out.
Credit to him. He did what he
needed to do. I followed him to
-
day and brought this thing home.
I'm pretty
stoked. I just treated
it like another race; just came in
Rachael Archer backed
up her 2023 class title
with another win.
