OFF ROAD
AMSOIL GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES
ROUND 12/OCTOBER 5, 2014
POWERLINE PARK/ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO
P100
Yamaha machine. Milner's new
teammate Whibley finished ninth
overall, with Moto Vations Sus-
pension/Palmer Motorsports'
Takeshi Koikeda rounding out the
top 10 overall.
>>XC2
GRANT BAYLOR
CROWNED AGAIN
Ending his XC2 Pro Lites career
with a commanding victory, KTM
Support rider Grant Baylor was
crowned with his second straight
XC2 Championship. Baylor put
on a hard charge to top his class
competition by over four minutes,
while also finishing seventh over-
all for the day.
"I would have liked to get that
overall win before moving into the
XC1 Pro class but I'm happy to
have this second championship,"
Baylor said. "I'm looking forward
to hopping on the 450 at Ironman
to at least get one race under my
belt before next season when I
ride XC1 full time."
It was an all out battle for sec-
ond place in the XC2 Pro Lites
class between KR4 Arrive-N-Ride
KTM's Nick Davis and RideMPS.
com/AMSOIL Honda's Layne
Michael. The duo battled back
and forth all afternoon but it was
a head-to-head battle on the final
lap as they got together on a hill
climb. Michael made it through
and went on to secure second
place, while Davis lost some time
to finish nearly one minute back
in third.
>>Amateur
Racing
SHAKE-UPS
Pennsylvania's Michael McGin-
nis captured the $100 DigitalOff-
road.com XC2 Holeshot Award,
finishing eighth for the day.
Indiana's Michael Witkowski
earned another $125 American
Kargo Top Amateur Award with
21st overall and the 250 A class
victory.
The 10 a.m. race saw a few
shake-ups in the overall running
as 200 C Schoolboy (12-15) win-
ner Hunter Shelton and 125 B/C
winner Timmy Crosby interjected
themselves into podium conten-
tion through the adjusted time
clock. It was Masters A (50+)
Vance Earl who came away with
the overall victory, followed by
Tennessee's Shelton in sec-
ond, and Pennsylvania's Crosby
rounded out the top three overall.
KR4 Arrive-N-Ride's Brooke
Cosner captured her first-ever
WXC victory, finishing sixth over-
all for the day. The N-Fab AmPro
Yamaha duo of Becca Sheets
and Jessica Patterson rounded
out the WXC podium with second
and third, respectively.
In a hard fought battle for the
Youth Overall, Tennessee's Sam
Thurman came out on top with
his second overall victory of the
season, as well as the Super Mini
(14-15) win. Thurman was joined
atop the podium by South Caro-
lina's Cole Mattison in second
and Pennsylvania's Austin Bryant
in third. CN
OVERALL
1. Josh Strang (Yam) XC1
2. Kailub Russell (KTM) XC1
3. Jordan Ashburn (Yam) XC1
4. Charlie Mullins (KTM) XC1
5. Steward Baylor (KTM) XC1
6. Chris Bach (Hon) XC1
7. Grant Baylor (KTM) XC2
8. Daniel Milner (Yam) XC1
9. Paul Whibley (Yam) XC1
10. Takeshi Koikeda (Hon) XC1
Grant Baylor clinched the XC2 title
with another victory.
