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Mullins leads the championship standings heading into Round 6 Championship Chase Heats up at Limestone 100 GNCC Mullins holds the points lead heading into Round 6 Jen Kenyon jkenyon@gnccracing.com 304.284.0084 F ollowing an unpredictable weekend of weather and track conditions at Round 5 of the AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series, the chase for the 2013 championship has become a little bit tighter. While Charlie Mullins continues to lead the way in the overall standings, a tough weekend for the Factory FMF/KTM team last round allowed the rest of the field to garner much needed points in the championship chase. As the series makes its way into Round 6 this weekend, several riders will carry the momentum needed to inch another step closer towards the number one spot. standings after experiencing a crash and failing to score championship points at Round 3. With the exception of the points leader Mullins, Bach is the only other XC1 rider to have successfully scored championship points at all five rounds thus far. Consistency has paid off for the Indiana native as he looks to score his third podium finish in his home state this weekend. There's no denying the dominance of the FMF/KTM duo of Mullins and Kailub Russell but as many riders have already proven, it's a 13-race championship and every lap counts. Russell was plagued with mechanical issues in strang is coming off a season-best second place finish Shenandoah Honda/USWE-Sports.com's Thad DuVall is the first non-KTM rider to claim an overall victory in 2013, giving the West Virginia native confidence heading into this weekend's Dunlop Limestone 100 GNCC. DuVall currently sits one point below Carolina KTM/RidePG.com's Chris Bach in the overall 32 Trail Rider www.TrailRider.com