AMSOIL GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES, PRESENTED BY MAXXIS, AN AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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finish more than two minutes
ahead of second place to se-
cure his fifth win of the season.
"I had a great day," Russell
said. "I had a decent start, rode
smooth and fast and flowed with
the track. I don't think I made a
mistake all day. I bobbled here
and there but I never fell over.
When you ride like that good re-
sults are going to come."
As Russell took a drink be-
yond the finish line, the new XC1
points leader was able to wit-
ness the battle for the remain-
ing podium positions intensify
as three Yamaha-mounted rid-
ers entered the Sunday Creek
Raceway motocross track that
led into the finish. Strang had a
(Below) Jordan Ashburn is getting
closer and closer to his first win.
(Left) At one point in the race,
XC2 competitor Grant Baylor was
the overall leader. He went on to
win the class.
line hill," Bach said. "I got stuck
under my bike and couldn't get
up. Luckily someone ran down
into the creek and picked my
bike up off me so I could keep
going."
This allowed Strang, Ash-
burn, Baylor and Whibley, who
had just joined the fray, to all get
by. Bach, who was poised to
achieve his first podium finish of
the season, went from second
to sixth in a matter of seconds.
Russell pulled through the
