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struggling and ended the day in fifth. On Sunday, Russell found the pace he was looking for and took the opening test (cross test) by a full second over Strang, with Duvall in third. Duvall won the second test by four seconds over Russell, with Strang another three seconds back in third. The dispar- ity in enduro test times was due to the technical nature of the test. Duvall continued the pace and, despite struggling on Saturday, won the remaining two enduro tests on Sunday, giving him a clean sweep of the test for the day and moving him into first in Sunday's results ahead of Russell by 14 seconds. Sunday was not a good day for Toth, who dropped to fourth for the day behind Duvall, Russell and Strang. In the overall results, Russell gained enough time on Duvall during Saturday's event to take the overall win by 3.115 seconds ahead of Duvall. "I'm still not happy with how I rode, but it was good enough to win," said Russell. "There were a lot of guys going fast this week- end." Third went to Strang, while Toth was fourth with Ashburn rounding out the top five. North Carolina's Lyndon Snod- grass turned in an impressive ride to put his KTM into sixth, while Husqvarna/Max Motorsports' Evan Smith added another win in the Pro2 division with a seventh- place finish. Beta USA's Mike Witkowski was second in the Pro2 class with an eighth-place finish, while Coastal Racing Husqvarna's Craig DeLong nailed down ninth overall. Beta USA's Cody Barnes filled out the top 10 and rounded out the podium in the Pro2 class. Husqvarna-backed Tayla Jones remained undefeated in the highly competitive Women's Pro division by taking a two-and-a-half-minute win over MEP MX KTM's Mack- enzie Tricker, with Maxxis/KTM's Becca Sheets in third. During two days of racing, Jones won every test except for one of the cross tests en route to the win. Tricker won the one test that Jones failed to win. Billy Schlag (KTM) continued an impressive run in the Am-Pro class with a win ahead of Tyler Vore (GG), with JR Cook (KTM) rounding out the podium. Of the Letter of Intent riders hop- ing to qualify for this year's ISDE, Am-Pro Yamaha's Ricky Russell was fastest, posting the quickest overall time on both days. GasGas North America's Thorn Devlin was second on Saturday with Trail Jest- ers KTM's Jesse Ansley in third. Devlin and Ansley swapped posi- tions on Sunday. On Saturday, Tyler Vore (GG) and James King (Yam) were fourth and fifth. On Sunday, Vore was fourth, and Anthony Krivi (Yam) was fifth. The Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series returns to action on June 15-16 at Harleywood in Bristol, Virginia for round five of the series. CN OVERALL 1. Kailub Russell (KTM) 2. Thad Duvall (Hus) 3. Josh Strang (Kaw) 4. Josh Toth (KTM) 5. Jordan Ashburn (Kaw) 6. Lyndon Snodgrass (KTM) 7. Evan Smith (Hus) 8. Mike Witkowski (Bet) 9. Craig DeLong (Hus) 10. Cody Barnes (Bet) IN THE WIND P52 (L-R) Thad Duvall, Russell and Josh Strang filled out the Pro podium.