OFF ROAD
AMSOIL GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES
ROUND 10/SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CENTER/NEW BERLIN, NEW YORK
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Lites points leader Grant Baylor,
who came only three seconds
away from stealing third place
overall on time adjustment.
"We've been riding this track
for a long time now and that thing
is beat," Strang said. "It was so
rough and so worn out, and with
all the people out there it makes
for a tough day but I'm happy to
finish on the podium."
Strang's third-place finish al-
lowed him to surpass an injured
Factory FMF/KTM's Charlie
Mullins for second place in the
championship standings.
With only three rounds remain-
ing in the 2014 season, Russell
holds a commanding 50-point
lead over Strang in the champi-
onship standings. In his bid for
a second-straight title, Russell is
well on his way to breaking into
the top five on the All-Time Over-
all Bike Wins list, which is a big
feat for the 24-year-old who once
looked up to GNCC's greatest
during his Youth days.
"It means a lot to me to be on
the verge of breaking into the top
five on the all-time wins list," Rus-
sell said. "It's a list full of great
champions that I really looked up
to when I was younger and they
are what made the series into
what it is today."
SPOTLIGHT
After a good start and a top-
three running for most of the day,
Delong finished fifth in the XC1
class and sixth overall. N-Fab
AmPro Yamaha's Paul Whibley
has struggled to maintain the fast
pace that he's used to as a two-
time GNCC Champion. Whibley
rode a solid pace all afternoon
but wasn't able to break into the
top five overall at round 10, fin-
ishing sixth in the class and sev-
enth overall for the day. The New
(Above) Josh Strang finished out the
day on the XC1 Pro-class podium.
(Right) Women's winner Kacy
Martinez finished sixth overall in the
morning race.
