Championship, where he now
trails by 20 points with two
rounds left.
"We knew that the start would
be super-important at this round,
and I got a decent one, although
I had a pretty big crash there
about halfway through," Kel
-
ley said. "I tried to charge back
toward the front as best I could,
but it was a really hard track to
pass on because of the condi-
tions. I'm proud to win the XC1
Open Pro Class Championship,
though, especially with how far
I have come from being injured
the last couple of years."
Liqui Moly Factory Beta Rac
-
ing's Josh Strang earned a hard-
fought third-place finish in the
XC1 class and fifth overall.
In the XC2 250 Pro class,
Rocket Racing/Bonecutter Off-
Road's Brody Johnson battled
through to earn third in class and
sixth overall on the day.
AmPro Yamaha's Kailub Rus-
sell as he came through to finish
fourth in XC1 Open Pro and
seventh overall. Russell found
himself midpack but continued
to push himself forward.
In the eighth overall position
was Phoenix Racing Honda's
Michael Witkowski after earning
the $250 Landers KTM XC1 Pro
Holeshot Award.
Rockstar Energy Factory
Husqvarna Racing's Craig De
-
Long was ninth overall and sixth
XC1. Bi-Con Services/JDP/
Moose Off-Road's Ryder Lafferty
rounded out the top 10 over-
all finishers on the day at The
Mountaineer GNCC.
After grabbing the $100
Lojak Cycle Sales XC3 Holeshot
Award, Bonecutter Off-Road/
GasGas-backed racer Jona-
than Johnson pushed forward
for the duration of the race.
Johnson took the XC3 125
Pro-Am class win, but Marion-
ville Powersports/Hinson/Fly
Racing's James Jenkins took
second while clinching the 2025
GNCC XC3 125 Pro-Am National
Championship. Beta Off-Road/
Estes Motorsports/Wossner
Piston's Raley Messer continued
to push and rounded out the top
three XC3 class finishers in West
Virginia.
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Ben Kelley was
fourth overall and
clinched the XC1-
class Championship.
