On the final lap, Neal made a bold attempt to get around Borich for the final podium position but in the process clipped his rear tire and lost his momentum. Neal's mistake allowed Jarrod McClure to get by late in the race, where Neal ultimately finished 5th overall for the day.

"Fifth place is definitely not what we want but we finished and got some points toward the championship," Neal said. "Tough weekend but we're looking forward to the next race!"

Coastal Racing/MSR/Maxxis/Waynesburg Yamaha team rider Eli Kiger put forth an impressive ride to earn his first victory of the season in the College B (16-21) Class. Kiger put himself in a favorable position right away as he shot off the line to capture the early lead ahead of 16 others in his class. By lap two, Kiger was able to pull one minute and 30 seconds on 2nd place, where he continued to extend his lead with every lap of the two-hour race. Finishing nearly four minutes ahead of the 2nd place rider, Kiger earned his first victory of the season in South Carolina.

"It was a great race, I was able to go into the woods first and lead every lap from there," Kiger said. "It feels great to get the win after experiencing some bad luck at the last couple of rounds."

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Side-by-Side Race

In the XC1 Pro Class, Coastal Racing/Polaris/CST/OMF/Walker Evans/Racer Tech's Bill Patterson, along with his passenger "Skinny Mike", started from row two, where he powered his Polaris RZR 1000 into a 2nd place position off the start. Patterson stuck behind Tim Farr on the opening lap as the duo blazed through the fresh trail to widen the path for the following laps. Patterson caught up to lapped traffic by the second lap and soon came to a stop when a bottleneck had formed just before a mud hole. Patterson chose an alternate line around the bottleneck but unfortunately became buried in the fresh mud.

"We climbed out of the car and with help from fans we were able to lean the car up and shove trees under the tires to gain traction," Patterson said. "Once we got out of the mud we hammered down and were able to get three more laps in and gain a few points."

Patterson made up seven positions in the final laps to ultimately finish 15th in the XC1 Pro Side-by-Side class.

Starting just behind Patterson on row three was XC1 Team Driver Sean Bogdan and his passenger Jade Kiger aboard the Coastal Racing/CST/OMF/Walker Evans/Racer Tech Polaris. Bogdan got pushed wide off the start, where he entered the woods in the back of the pack. Despite a bad start, Bogdan immediately went to work picking his way through the pack, where he moved from 20th to 10th on the adjusted time clock by lap three. From there, Bogdan continued to push his way into 9th on the white flag lap, where he finished strong to capture a season-best 6th overall.