OFF ROAD
ROUND 12 / OCTOBER 2, 2016
POWERLINE PARK / ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO
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third place after the second lap
and then slowly reeled in DeLong.
He was right behind the Husky
rider as they entered lap five of
the six-lap race. Bollinger got
around DeLong and was now
trailing leader Michael by a little
over two minutes heading into
final lap, which was too much of
a deficit to make up in just one
lap. So Bollinger took it easy the
last lap, going just fast enough to
stay ahead of DeLong, knowing a
second-place finish would clinch
the XC2 title. He ended up taking
the checkered flag 2:19 behind
Michael, and was two seconds
clear of third-place DeLong.
"I knew today was going to
be tough since the track was
got off to a fast start, nabbing
the $100 Hot Cams Holeshot
Award, but his lead was short-
lived. His teammate, Layne
Michael, was flying and motored
past DeLong just a few miles into
the race. Points leader Bollinger
was playing it safe and cruising
in the middle of the pack.
Michael had a one-minute-
plus lead after the first lap;
DeLong was second, followed
by Tegan Temple and Michael
Witkowski. Bollinger had worked
his way up to fifth.
Michael continued to stretch
out his lead a bit over DeLong as
the race progressed.
Bollinger, meanwhile, con-
tinued to gain ground. He had
to a sudden halt, the result of a
damaged radiator.
Strang's misfortune was Ricky
Russell's fortune, as the Suzuki
rider moved up a notch, taking
the checkered flag third over two
minutes behind Duvall.
Ashburn ended up fourth
right behind Duvall, while Grant
Baylor took fifth, crossing the
finish line more than two minutes
behind Ashburn.
JCR Honda's Chris Bach was
sixth in XC1, followed by Cory
Buttrick, Russell Bobbitt and
Andrew DeLong.
XC2
In XC2, Coastal Racing/
Husqvarna/MSR's Craig DeLong
AMSOIL GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES
Trevor Bollinger and the JCR Honda crew celebrate their first GNCC title in XC2.
