2010 Amsoil Ironman ATV GNCC Report: Borich Tops Amsoil Ironman GNCC

In one of his most dominating performances of the year, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider grabbed the $250 Motorcycle-USA.com holeshot award to start the race and then quickly pulled away as the rest of the field jockeyed for position. After two hours of racing Borich crossed the finish line with over a minute to spare ahead of second place.

Adam McGill turned in a gutsy performance to come from the back of the pack to finish second, the Warnert Racing Can-Am rider passing teammate Chris Bithell on the final lap to do so.

"I got a decent start but I got tagged by a rider before we went into the woods and then we got in one of the fields and I caught a berm and rolled it," said McGill. "I got going again and just charged as hard as I could and moved into second, so it ended up being a good day."

The finish matched McGill's best of the year and solidified his third overall status in the final XC1 standings.

Bithell ran in second place for much of the race but dropped off the pace on the final two laps due to a clogged air filter and eventually settled for third.

"I was running second and they were telling me I was catching Borich - I was riding good and I was feeling awesome," said Bithell. "But then we had some kind of problem. We didn't have any power and Adam passed me in a field and he was tapped out and I was in first gear."

Despite being disappointed with the finish, Bithell was happy to get his third podium in a row.

Taylor Kiser was near the back of the pack when the field rolled through the first turn at the start of the race, but the Ballance Racing Yamaha rider rallied to finish a strong fourth, leaving him sitting second overall in the final championship standings. Kiser finished 18 seconds ahead of Yamaha rider Jeffrey Pickens, whose fifth place finish matched his best of the year.

Donnie Ockerman changed things up a bit and instead of riding his usual Yamaha, rode a Honda to eighth, finishing ahead of Yamaha riders Brandon Sommers and Johnny Gallagher.

In the XC2 class, HMF Honda rider Brian Wolf claimed the XC2 series title with a hard-fought second place finish behind Ballance Racing Yamaha's Walker Fowler. Wolf needed to finish right behind Fowler to win the title but he had to overcome a bad start and a stripped countershaft sprocket to do so.

"I thought my day was over when I was last going into the woods after the start," said Wolf. "I pushed hard and before I knew it I was up in second but on lap four I had to pit because I had some chain problems. Turns out, my countershaft sprocket was stripped so they tightened my chain up and I came back out in fifth. I had one lap to go and I was in fifth so I thought my day was over again."