OFF ROAD
AMSOIL AMA GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES, PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
ROUND 3/MARCH 30, 2014
STEELE CREEK/MORGANTON, N.C.
P84
caught up to me. He kept me
honest that last lap and I had
to push pretty hard to keep him
back."
Rocky Mountain ATV-MC/N-
Fab AmPro Yamaha's Josh
Strang didn't get a good jump
off the line, so he chose to hang
back through the opening turns.
Strang quickly pushed his way to
the front and even caught Mul-
lins in the second-place position
near the end of the six-lap race.
In somewhat of a flashback fash-
ion, Mullins and Strang battled
closely into the final turns of the
Steele Creek course but this time
it was Mullins who crossed the
line first. Strang's third-place fin-
ish bumps him into third place in
the championship standings.
"It took a while to get going
out there," Strang said. "The last
couple of laps felt pretty good. I
caught up to Charlie on the last
lap but I just couldn't get by him.
But all in all it was a good day.
Podiums are always nice but it's
been two years since I've won a
GNCC, I'm ready for a win!"
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da's Thad DuVall returned to his
competitive ways with a fourth
overall finish in North Carolina.
Duvall commented after the race,
"I lost my front brake right off the
bat, I don't know if there was a
bubble in the line or what." De-
spite not having the use of his
