OFF ROAD
ROUND 3/MARCH 30, 2014
STEELE CREEK/MORGANTON, N.C.
P86
AMSOIL AMA GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES, PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
Race Team's Rory Mead. Mead
held the second-place position
until the final lap when the New
Zealand-native was reportedly in-
volved in a single rider accident.
Rory was airlifted to a local
hospital where he is currently be-
ing treated. There are no official
updates on Rory's condition at
this time.
Ricky Russell secured the sec-
ond-place position in XC2, while
Grant Baylor rounded out the top
three. RideMPS.com/AMSOIL/
Honda's Layne Michael came in
fourth, with Imperium Bicycles-
backed Chris Douglas in fifth.
Douglas also secured the $100
DigitalOffroad.com XC2 Hole-
shot Award.
Indiana's Austin Lee grabbed the
$125 American Kargo Top Amateur
Award with 20th overall for the day,
while also topping the 250 A class
by about three minutes.
In the morning race, Super
Senior A (45+) winner Stephen
Thaxton, once again, grabbed
the overall victory after a grueling
two-hour competition. Thaxton
was joined on the overall podium
by WXC winner Kacy Martinez
and Super Senior A runner-up
Todd Ghearing rounding out the
overall podium.
Factory FMF/KTM's Marti-
nez grabbed her third consecu-
tive victory in the WXC Premier
Women's class, while N-Fab/
AmPro Yamaha's Becca Sheets
took second and Sara Baldwin
rounded out the WXC podium.
In the 8 a.m. Youth race, the
Super Mini (14-15) riders, once
again, prevailed through the
muddy track conditions. North
Carolina's very own Conner
Smith captured his first ever over-
all victory, with Tennessee's Sam
Thurman in second and West Vir-
ginia's Brendan Poling rounding
out the podium. CN
OVERALL
1. Kailub Russell (KTM) XC1
2. Charlie Mullins (KTM) XC1
3. Josh Strang (Yam) XC1
4. Thad DuVall (Hon) XC1
5. Steward Baylor (KTM) XC1
6. Jordan Ashburn (Yam) XC1
7. Andrew Delong (Hus) XC1
8. Trevor Bollinger (Hon) XC2
9. Chris Bach (Hon) XC1
10. Ricky Russell (Yam) XC2
Russell celebrates his
second win of the season.
