Wolfe wasn’t ready to settle for second and quickly took the lead with Dillinger's Celtic Pub/GBC Motorsports/Moose Racing’s Marty Christofferson in tow as they headed into the woods. Wolfe continued leading majority of the first lap with Christofferson, Borich and WFR/Yamaha/Maxxis/Fly Racing’s Walker Fowler on his tail.

“I’m not sure what’s going on with my starts, but I need to work on that,” said Fowler. “Luckily, we were ahead of McGill off the start or it would have been a long day. It took me until the end of the first lap to get into the lead, and I was surprised with how wet the track was that first lap.”

Fowler struggled to get through the frontrunners, but advanced through the riders and made some quick passes to be in the lead as he approached timing and scoring for the first time. Meanwhile, McGill was working his way through the pack after a bad start and sat in sixth.

As the second lap wore on, McGill closed the gap on Fowler and was on Fowler’s back wheels as the white flag came out. With the added pressure from McGill, Fowler ended up hitting a tree allowing for McGill to make the pass. After getting back on-track, McGill got hung up with some lapped riders where Fowler was able to catch back up.

“Toward the end of the race I got into some lapped traffic and that made me lose some time,” reported Fowler. “McGill caught up with me and was pushing it a little too hard and I tagged a tree. Then more lapped traffic was ahead of McGill and I was able to make that time back up once I got back going.”

With only one open field section remaining, Fowler realized this was the prime opportunity to get back to the front. The duo were side by side, but Fowler was able to make the move and lead the way to the finish. Despite McGill’s efforts to end Fowler’s success, Fowler remains the only person to have an overall Tomahawk win on his resume.

“We progressively keep getting better. We are like a steam roller, and just keep getting better each race,” said McGill.

Borich ran a consistent third-place race to round out the overall podium. JMR/ATVriders.com-backed Jarrod McClure just missed the box, with fourth overall, and after leading most of the first lap, Wolfe maintained his pace to land a top-five finish.

BNR Motorsports/Maxxis/Pro Graph-X/Precision’s Josh Merritt scored his best finish of the season with seventh overall, and GBC/Fly Racing/HMF/Yamaha’s Johnny Gallagher followed in eighth. ATV Innovations/Solo Pilot’s Westley Wolfe and Christofferson rounded out the top-ten overall.

Coastal Racing’s Brycen Neal was struck with bad luck on the last lap where his right rear wheel fell off. Neal displayed the heart of a champion, where he rode the last mile of the race with only three wheels to finish 13th in class and 65th overall.

In the XC2 Pro-Am division, Cameron Bruce jumped out to the early lead and claimed the $100 All Balls Racing Holeshot Award. In the end, it would be a New York sweep of the podium with M.R. Unlimited/Hygear Suspension/GBC Tires/Tire Spine’s Devon Feehan, Ithaca Recreation/Maxxis/Quad Tech/Storm Peak Crossfit-backed Hunter Hart and Hygear Suspension’s Greg Covert.

A 20th overall finish earned John Glauda Jr. top amateur honors along with the College A (16-21) class win. Drew Landers and Jeffrey Pickens took the second and third top amateur positions in the 1 p.m. race.

Claiming his sixth 4x4 Pro win of the season was Cunningham Racing/Can-Am/Maxxis-backed Kevin Cunningham, who also topped the overall charts in the 10 a.m. race. Schoolboy Sr. (14-17) class winner Ronnie Rusch finished second overall, and Can-Am/DJR/QuadBoss-backed Bryan Buckhannon trailed in third overall and second in 4x4 Pro. Team UXC Racing’s Michael Swift rounded out the 4x4 Pro class podium.

Dillinger's Celtic Pub’s Katelyn Osburn claimed her first WXC win of the season in front of her hometown friends and family. Angel Knox finished just behind Osburn in second, and Traci Pickens rounded out the class podium.

Layne McCormick rode his way to another youth overall win, where he lead the race from start to finish. McCormick’s victory now has him sitting 17 points ahead in the championships standings. Colton Buck and Devin Corrothers followed in second and third.