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made his way into the third-place
position at one point, it was
Strang and DuVall in a head-to-
head battle down to the final field
section, with Strang grabbing the
final podium position by less than
one second.
"It's always good to be racing
with someone, it keeps you going
in a long three-hour race," Strang
said. "I got in front of him [Thad] on
the last lap and I figured if I could
stay in front of him in the woods I
would be okay through the grass
track. The track was a lot of fun
and I'm really happy to get a po-
dium finish at the first round."
DeLong and Baylor also put
in strong comebacks to capture
fifth and sixth overall. Whibley's
N-Fab/AmPro Yamaha teammate
Jordan Ashburn was seventh,
with Sipes, in his full-season
GNCC debut, showing impres-
sive speed and strength to score
eighth place in the class. As for
Russell, he, like Mullins, worked
his way all the way back to the
lead pack, but ran into mechani-
cal problems on the muddy
