Team Woodhead/DeRisi Racing’s Braden Henthorn capitalized on McGill’s misfortune as the XC1 Class rookie made his way past BNR Motorsports rider Kevin Yoho and into the third place position. From there, Yoho applied the pressure to keep a young Henthorn in his sights.

As the race wore on, Borich inched his way toward the front of the pack where he finally engaged in a side-by-side battle with Fowler on the final lap. The duo flip-flopped the lead position in the final moments, but it was Borich who prevailed at the end of the two-hour competition. Borich’s Ironman GNCC victory was his eighth of the season and 67^th win of his career, allowing the Pennsylvania native to tie Bill Ballance’s all-time ATV win record at the final race of the 2013 season.

“I never thought I would be that high up in the win records until everyone started talking about it and it’s pretty cool to think about I guess,” Borich said. “It seems like every year we get the championship wrapped up early and run into some bad luck in winning races. But today we just had fun, did what we needed to do and came out with the win.”

Despite leading a majority of the two-hour race, Fowler finished eight seconds behind Borich to claim second overall for the day. Fowler’s second place finish gives the Ohio native the #2 plate for the 2014 season.

“Today was a lot of fun. The last lap I got into a rhythm and got a second burst of energy and did everything I could to battle with Chris [Borich],” Fowler said. “It was fun to push each other and we both made our mistakes but he came out on top this time.”

In his first year of XC1 competition, Henthorn put forth his best performance of the season with a third place overall finish at the season finale.

“Today was awesome, I didn’t ever think I would be there. It’s kind of unbelievable,” Henthorn said. “I finally beat the sixth place curse I’ve had all year!  I really have to thank Kevin Yoho, he’s the one who pushed me all day out there and kept me going.”

Yoho finished only 16 seconds behind Henthorn to capture fourth place overall for the day, securing a career-best #5 plate for 2014. After a successful season of competition in the College A Class, Jay Shadron made his XC1 Pro Class debut, where he finished an impressive fifth place overall from the front row. McGill was able to salvage sixth place overall after losing time to adjust his ATV in the pits.

With absence of Shadron in the College A Class, it was a head-to-head battle all afternoon between Pennsylvania’s Cole Richardson and Indiana’s Marshal Goings. The duo set a pace that wasn’t even matched by the XC2 Pro Am Class, as they finished seventh and ninth overall respectively, ahead of all Pro Am riders. Richardson’s impressive seventh place overall earned him the Top Amateur honors for the day.

Hilltop Motorsports rider Chad Jones landed himself a position in the center of the podium for the first time ever as he claimed the XC2 Pro Am victory in front of his home state crowd. Indiana’s Jay Humphrey grabbed the $100 All Balls Racing Holeshot Award but it was 2012 XC2 Champion Patrick McGuire who claimed the early lead in the class. McGuire led the first three laps of the two-hour race but an unfortunate mechanical issue hindered his ability to finish the race.

From there, Jones made his way into the lead position and never looked back. Ohio’s Josh Merritt began the race just inside of the top ten but quickly moved his way through the pack. As the white flag fell, Merritt held a comfortable second place position as the battle came for third place. New Jersey’s Randy Hamilton and Indiana’s Nathan Wallpe flip-flopped the third place spot but in the end, it was Hamilton who claimed the final podium position.

In the 10 a.m. race, it was Super Senior 45+ winner Dave Simmons who topped the AM Overall podium, claiming the final GT Thunder Overall Amateur Award of the season. Ohio’s Cody Collier and Maryland’s Wesley Wolfe once again battled it out in the Schoolboy (13-15) Class until Wolfe ran into mechanical issues that ended his morning after only two laps. As a result, Collier captured the class win, as well as the #201 plate and the Schoolboy (13-15) Class Championship in his first season competing in the 10 a.m. race. Recently crowned 2013 Women’s Class Champion Kylie Ahart ended the season on a high note as she secured her second overall-podium finish of the season with third overall and yet another victory in the Women’s Class.

The 4x4 overall podium was topped by U2 class winner Michael Swift, aboard his Team UXC Racing Can-Am machine. Swift’s victory at the Ironman GNCC earned the Tennessee native his first U2 title, besting BNR Motorsports/Can-Am rider Robert Smith in a close-knit battle for the championship. North Carolina’s Kevin Trantham secured yet another 4x4 Lites victory, also securing third place overall atop the 4x4 podium.

West Virginia’s Bryan Buckhannon took the win in the 4x4 Open class, securing yet another championship in the class. Buckhannon announced that the Ironman GNCC would be his last race as a full time 4x4 competitor.

New York’s Hunter Hart grabbed his tenth 90 Open (12-15) class win of the season, while topping the Youth overall once again. Hart closes out the 2013 season as the Youth ATV Champion, in addition to the 90 Open (12-15) class win. Florida’s Brandon Frazier locked in the second place overall finish, surpassing John Glauda Jr. in the class standings after 13 races.