ROUND 13 / OCTOBER 26, 2025
IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
OFF-ROAD I PROGRESSIVE GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES
P80
slid out before reaching the pits
and dropped back two places.
On lap two, Witkowski passed
Ashburn to take the lead, with
AmPro Yamaha's Liam Draper
passing Kelley to drop the KTM
rider to fourth. Davis was in 10th,
physically.
Draper, still on the move, passed
Ashburn for second before the
end of lap two. In the overall
standings, Barnes led the overall
running, with Witkowski second,
Draper in third, FMF KTM Fac
-
tory Racing Team Landers' Gus
Riordan
in fourth and Kelley sixth
overall. Davis was 13th overall.
There was a record-setting
2881 entries for this year's event
as Flatrock Motorclub GasGas
Factory Racing's Jordan Ash
-
burn grabbed the holeshot and
led Witkowski
through turn one.
By the eight-mile marker, it was
Ashburn with the lead, followed
by Witkowski, FMF KTM Rac-
ing's Johnny Girroir and Kelley,
with
Davis moving up into fifth,
right on Kelley's six.
By the time the front-runners
reached the pits for the first
time, Girroir, the defending series
champ, ran second behind Ash
-
burn, with Kelley in third. Davis
Meanwhile, Kelley
had
wrapped up the XC1 Pro title
a few races ago at the Moun-
taineer GNCC in West Virginia,
on
September 21. If Davis, who
elected to stay on his more
familiar 250 rather than switch
to a 350, were to hold onto his
points advantage, he would be
the first rider in the 50-year his
-
tory of the series to claim the
overall
title from the XC2 class.
On the other hand, if Kelley won
the race and Davis finished third,
Kelley would claim his second
overall championship in four
years.
Ben Kelley
celebrates
winning the GNCC
overall title, his
second in four
years.
