This Saturday, Sept. 20, the GNCC Series makes a return to Somerset, Pennsylvania’s Mountain Ridge Trail Riding Park for the first time since 2011 with the Car-Mate Mountain Ridge GNCC. While Team Maxxis’ Chris Borich assumes control of the championship points, it’s N-Fab AmPro Yamaha’s Walker Fowler who has held most of the momentum leading up to the 11th round. Fowler has captured three wins in the last four races, where he’s closed the points gap to less than 20 as the series heads into crunch time. While Fowler continues to create momentum in this second half of the season, Borich continues to search for it, having not captured a win since round six. The recent momentum swap has made this year’s championship battle more exciting than ever before. 

RacingPowersports.com/CST Tires/PirateMX.com’s Adam McGill sits in the third place position as the only rider besides Borich and Fowler to claim an overall victory this season. Just as he was making a run for Fowler and Borich in the overall standings, McGill experienced a mechanical issue at the last round that ultimately took him out of the race at Unadilla, as well as the championship chase. 

DWT Racing’s Jarrod McClure has put forth an impressive string of finishes this season, where he heads into Saturday’s race with three straight podium finishes behind him. McClure is well on his way to earning a career-best overall ranking, especially if he can finish atop the podium at the remaining three rounds. Precision/Maxxis Tires-backed Chris Bithell sits fifth in the championship standings as he heads into what could be considered his home race on the GNCC circuit. Less than one hour from his Irwin, Pennsylvania residence, Bithell will be looking to secure his first win of the season in front of his hometown crowd. 

Dave Bayless Motorsports/Dirtworks/DC Cycles-backed Brycen Neal has moved into the seventh place position, followed by GT Thunder-backed Brian Wolf in eighth, and DeRisi Racing/Team Woodhead’s Braden Henthorn rounds out the top ten overall.

N-Fab AmPro Yamaha’s Cole Richardson increased his points lead in the XC2 Pro Am Championship, where he now sits 10 points ahead of SICC Racing/Maxxis-backed Marshal Goings with three rounds remaining. Richardson and Goings have gone 1-2 at almost every round thus far and have been two of the most consistent riders on the circuit this season. However, Richardson’s five-race winning streak—and seven wins total—gives him a slight advantage over Goings, who has only three wins under his belt. New York’s Martin Christofferson continues his stellar season, sitting in a solid third place in the championship standings.

ATV Parts Plus/Can-Am’s Bryan Buckhannon continues to lead the way in the 4x4 Pro division with three victories behind him. However, Can-Am X-Team’s Kevin Trantham sits only seven points back in the second place position, with three wins behind him as well. BNR Motorsports/Loctite Can-Am’s Robert Smith sits in third in the championship standings with one win under his belt.