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final lap it was Rocky Mountain
ATV*MC/N-Fab's Josh Strang
who sealed the deal on his Am-
Pro Yamaha YZ450F. This time,
however, Russell made moves
early on to set a pace that just
wasn't matched by his competi-
tion, and proceeded to open up
a gap over the XC1 field.
"I want to thank everyone who
told me I couldn't win on a 150,
because you gave me the motiva-
Briefly...
ran into some issues early on that set
him back from the pace of the front-
runners. Jonsson said he enjoyed
the Ironman track and would like to
come back for redemption.
One day after a grueling 3 hours of
racing at the Ironman finale, several
GNCC racers will begin their journey
to Argentina for the International
Six Days Enduro (ISDE). Repre-
senting Team USA will be Thad Du-
Vall, who opted to sit out the GNCC
finale to heal an injured shoulder,
Charlie Mullins and Kailub Russell,
in addition to Zach Osborne, Taylor
Robert and Mike Brown on the World
Trophy Team. Two-time XC2 Pro
Lites Champion Grant Baylor and his
brother Steward Baylor, also an XC2
Champion, along with XC2 front-run-
ner Trevor Bollinger will join Justin
Jones in representing the Junior Tro-
phy Team. GNCC WXC competitors
Sarah Baldwin, Rachel Gutish and
Mandi Mastin are set to represent
the Women's Trophy Team, while
XC1 competitors Chris Bach and An-
drew DeLong will join Gary Suther-
lin in representing the Wellard Club
Team. Aussie natives Josh Strang
and Daniel Milner will also head over
to Argentina to once again represent
Team Australia.
Although Charlie Mullins has been
back for two rounds of GNCC Rac-
ing since his double wrist injury ear-
lier in the season, the 2011 Cham-
pion struggled with pain and lack of
strength and movement in his wrists
at Ironman. "Each wrist is giving
me trouble in different ways, which
makes it hard. I'm focused on getting
through Six Days and then I'm going
to have them looked at by a special-
ist," Mullins added.
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