October 3, 2009 - Power Line Park - St. Clairsville, OH

I was looking forward round twelve in hopes of putting in a great race; although the weather was expected to make for a muddy track it turned out nice on Saturday! Although a lot of the mud had been cleared out by the morning race in my mind I knew this course would be very slick and I made it a point to focus on getting a good start and keeping momentum. I had a decent jump off the line and was able to head into the woods in the fourth place position.

The track was slick in some places and dusty and muddy in others which made for interesting racing between the front runners as we all tried to gain time on one another. At the close lap number one the lead pack were all within seconds of one another. There were not a ton of places to make passes but where new lines could form they did as the race pushed on. I felt good as the race continued and my machine worked great. Unfortunately I would again unexpected traction and would collide with a tree in one of the tighter sections of the course. I fell way back in the pack which I knew would make for a long day.

Yadkinville, NC (September 23, 2009) - Rockstar Makita Suzuki could tie up the 2009 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series Championship this weekend at the Moose Racing Yadkin Valley Stomp in Yadkinville, N.C. In order for Borich to clinch the championship this weekend, Yamaha's Taylor Kiser will have to finish third or worse and Borich will have to take the win, which would make him the first person since 1999 besides Bill Ballance to win the championship.

Factory Yamaha's Ballance had surgery just weeks before the season started and had some rough races before he got back on the podium. Ballance climbed from the back of the pack all the way to fourth in the point standings, but time is running out on his incredible run of nine-straight GNCC Championships.