BEN KELLEY RETURNS TO THE CENTER OF THE PODUIM
WITH A BIG WIN AT THE SNOWSHOE GNCC

SNOWSHOE, W. Va. – FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Ben Kelley clinched his second victory of the 2021 AMA Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series on Sunday with a stellar performance on arguably the toughest stop of the whole GNCC circuit. Taking place at West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain Resort, the Snowshoe GNCC served as Round 9 of the 13-race series where Kelley now holds a nine-point lead in the XC1 Open Pro Championship heading into the summer break.

With a unique live engine start on the pavement, Kelley raced his KTM 350 XC-F to a third-place start on the opening lap and he settled into the rough and tumble terrain early on. Sitting about 30 seconds behind the leaders after the first hour, Kelley made a big charge in hour two, eventually making his move into the lead on lap four. With a hard-charging duo close behind, Kelley worked hard to create a gap late in the race and despite a brief pass on the final lap, he was able to reclaim the lead and hold strong to claim a 30-second victory after three brutal hours of racing.