ROUND 12/OCTOBER 13, 2013
POWERLINE PARK/ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO
OFF ROAD
P92
AMSOIL GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES
place for the day, followed by
Japan National Cross Country
Champion Takeshi Koikeda, AmPro Yamaha's Ricky Russell and
Adam Bonneur for the top 10 in
the XC1 division.
F.A.R./Husqvarna's Andrew
DeLong claimed the XC2 classwin, his third straight since returning from a midseason injury.
Delong finished nearly two and a
half minutes ahead of Shane Hufford.
"I'm really happy to finally get
a win here at Powerline Park,"
Delong said. "I usually don't have
good luck here but for some reason everything seemed to click
today and it was like a flawless
day."
Riding his KTM 125, DirtWise Schools/KTM-Parts.com/
Maxxis's Jason Thomas kept his
championship quest alive by finishing third and gaining seven
points over class leader Grant
Baylor. Baylor had a day of problems after running out of fuel on
the second lap, forcing him to
wait until his pit crew could get
him refilled and back in the race.
Baylor fought back hard and
(Above) Finally fully recovered from
his injury, Paul Whibley looked like
his old self again.
(Above right) Josh Strang came from
behind to finish fourth.
would claim seventh. He'll head
to the final with a 21-point lead
over Thomas.
In a heated battle for the 250cc
A-class win, Indiana's Mike Witkowski topped runner-up Anthony
Stone by only six seconds in the
final moments of racing. Witkowski's 23rd overall was enough to
earn him his first career Top Amateur Award, while Stone came in
