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in the slop, he still ended up tak-
ing the checkered flag approxi-
mately a minute and a half ahead
of Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Josh Strang.
About another couple of
minutes back came third overall
Russell Bobbitt, Kailub Russell's
FMF/KTM teammate. It was a
career-best finish for Bobbitt in
GNCC.
"It's been a career goal of
mine to get on the GNCC XC1
podium and I'm just happy to get
it up there today. Everyone on
the team has been putting in a
ton of effort and having the guys
out on the track today was a
huge help—my mechanic did an
awesome job pitting me and get-
ting me goggles when I needed
them and the other team mem-
bers pointed out great lines. The
rain made it super greasy and
the track had to be ridden with
a lot of throttle control. The hills
got really interesting toward the
end of the day with lappers scat-
tered everywhere and the creek
jump landing deteriorated and
was nasty, but I'm super happy
to hang in there and get third
today."
Baylor ended up finishing
fourth overall, 41 seconds be-
hind Bobbitt.
Rounding out the top five
overall was XC2 250 Pro
(16-24)-class winner Craig
DeLong on the Coastal Racing
Husqvarna. DeLong took the
lead just before seeing the white
flag when his teammate Layne
Michael went down. It was De-
Long's first win of the season.
Michael ended up second in
class (seventh overall), followed
by N-Fab/AmPro Yamaha's Josh
Toth (eighth overall), who has
already clinched the XC2 Cham-
pionship.
Sixth overall went to N-Fab/
AmPro Yamaha's Ricky Russell
in the XC1 class.
KTM riders Jonathan Girroir
(XC1) and Benjamin Kelley (XC2)
rounded out the top 10 overall.
Coastal Racing's Jack Ed-
mondson topped former GNCC
champ Barry Hawk (who is also
Edmondson's team manager) for
the win in the FMF XC3 125 Pro-
Am class. Devan Welch filled out
the XC3 podium.
Bonanza Plumbing/Trail
Jester KTM's Mackenzie Tricker
secured her first WXC win of the
season along with morning race
overall. Fly Racing/ Maxxis/
Seat Concepts KTM-backed
Becca Sheets was second, with
125 B/C class winner Randall
Ervin finishing an impressive
third overall. Brooke Cosner
capped off the WXC top-three.
CN
Overall
1. Kailub Russell (KTM)
2. Josh Strang (Hus)
3. Russell Bobbitt (KTM)
4. Grant Baylor (Hus)
5. Craig DeLong (Hus) XC2
6. Ricky Russell (Yam)
7. Layne Michael (Hus) XC2
8. Josh Toth (Yam) XC2
9. Jonathan Girroir (KTM)
10. Benjamin Kelley (KTM) XC2
Craig DeLong topped the XC2 class.
