OFF ROAD
ROUND 4/APRIL 13, 2014
UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA
P104
2014 AMSOIL GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES, PRESENTED BY MAXXIS
University/Yamaha-backed Ricky
Russell led five of the six laps.
Russell experienced a crash on
the final lap and Baylor cruised in
for the win.
Ricky Russell held on to finish
second, while North Carolina's
Trevor Bollinger rounded out the
class podium with a third place
finish.
Baylor leads the XC2 Pro Lites
class by just three points over
Russell, while the XC2 rookie
Bollinger is just three points be-
hind Russell in third.
Pennsylvania's Craig Delong,
younger brother of Andrew De-
long, grabbed the $125 Ameri-
can Kargo Top Amateur Award
with 16th overall for the day, while
also topping the 250 A class.
Master's A (50+) winner Vance
Earl earned his first Amateur
overall victory of the season,
where he was joined by the Mas-
ter's A runner-up Michael Crane
with second place overall. Super
Senior A (45+) Class' Rick Mat-
teson rounded out the overall po-
dium with yet another class win.
N-Fab/AmPro Yamaha's Jes-
sica Patterson secured her first
WXC class win battling it out with
second-place finisher Factory
FMF/KTM's Kacy Martinez. Ash-
ley Copeland earned her first po-
dium finish of the season.
In the 8 a.m. Youth race, the
Super Mini (14-15) riders once
again dominated the overall po-
dium. South Carolina's very own
Cole Mattison captured his first
overall victory of the season,
with Tennessee's Sam Thurman
in second and Alabama's Kyler
Godwin rounding out the podi-
um. CN
XC1:
1 Kailub Russell (KTM)
2. Charlie Mullins (KTM)
3. Josh Strang (Yam)
4. Andrew DeLong (Hus)
5. Paul Whibley (Yam)
6. Jordan Ashburn (Yam)
7. Steward Baylor (KTM)
8. Jason Thomas (KTM)
9. Ryan Sipes (KTM)
10. Takeshi Koikeda (Hon)
XC2:
1. Grant Baylor (KTM)
2. Ricky Russell (Yam)
3. Trevor Bollinger (Hon)
4. Layne Michael (Hon)
5. Jesse Groemm (KTM)
6. Callan May (Yam)
7. Sam Evans (Yam)
8. Shane Hufford Jr. (KTM)
9. Jeddediah Haines (Yam)
10. Mark Heresco Jr. (KTM)
XC1-class rookie
Andrew Delong had his
best result so far.
