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IN THE WIND P46 Russell Wins Harleywood Sprint Enduro K ailub Russell was fast and consistent en route to the win at the Harleywood Full Gas Sprint Enduro, round five of the Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series in Bristol, Virginia, June 15-16. Russell (FMF/KTM) claimed four test wins over the course of the two-day event, including wins in the first three tests of the weekend. Russell never finished outside the top three in the re- maining eight tests, and after two days of racing his speed and con- sistency earned him the overall win by nearly four seconds over Thad Duvall (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna). "Saturday was really good," said Russell. "I was able to win the first three tests and was really close in the other ones. I rode re- ally well and kept it on two wheels the whole weekend, but Sunday was a little bit tougher. The guys stepped it up in the enduro test. I managed to win the first cross test of the day, but not by much. We were all really close in the times on the cross test, but Steward [Baylor] and Thad kind of picked it up in the enduro test. I was just having trouble finding where they were going a little bit quicker." Duvall parlayed three test wins into a runner-up finish, despite losing valuable time due to a crash in test four on Sunday. "I've been trying to work on being better on Saturdays, and this weekend I had a really good day on Saturday," said Duvall. "I was able to win a couple tests and fin- ish second for the day, really just a couple seconds behind Kailub. I was excited about that, because I knew I'm usually a little stronger on the second day and I came out and was riding really good day on Sunday. In the fourth test I was turning a good time and I just ended up crashing two turns from the finish and losing a lot of time. But other than that, it was a good weekend. I think I've lost the last two Full Gas rounds by less than four seconds, but I'm getting better at these. It was definitely a step in the right direction for sure." Josh Strang rounded out the podium in third, beating out his Kailub Russell dominated the latest round of the Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro in Bristol, Virginia. PHOTOS: DARRIN CHAPMAN