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Babbitt's Monster Energy Kawa-
saki teammate Jordan Ashburn by
11 seconds after two full days of
racing.
"It was a pretty good week-
end," said Strang. "I struggled in
the first Enduro test on Saturday.
I think it just caught me off-guard
how slippery it was. So, I lost
pretty much most of the time in
that first test. I was a lot closer
on Sunday and then just the last
test I took it fairly easy because I
wasn't putting any time into those
guys, so I just rode it in. Overall,
it was a good weekend except for
the first Enduro test on Saturday."
Ashburn focused on turning in
consistent times and eliminating
mistakes in his run to fourth overall.
"I had really good times on
the cross test, but it was a bit of
a struggle to find speed on the
enduro test," said Ashburn. "The
enduro test was really slick and I
would concentrate each time on
improving on certain lines, but I
would end up with the exact same
times so it was frustrating. But I'm
pleased with my finish."
Craig DeLong (Coastal Racing
Husqvarna) turned in a season-
best fifth-overall finish.
"I got off to a good start and
I was fast in the first cross test,
but I struggled a bit in the woods
test," said Delong. "I was just
off a couple of seconds and that
adds up fast over the course of a
weekend. Overall, it was a good
weekend for me, though. It was
probably my best performance of
the series so far."
Beta USA teammates Mike Wit-
kowski and Cody Barnes finished
the two-day event separated by
just four seconds, with Witkowski
taking sixth and Barnes taking
seventh. The two also finished
first and second in the Pro2
class.
"I definitely felt the most com-
fortable on the cross test," said
Witkowski. "It was fast but it had
a lot of turny spots. The woods
test was almost like you had to
either push it real hard or you just
had to back down because it was
sketchy."
Thorn Devlin (GasGas North
America) was eighth overall and
third in the Pro2 division.
"I kind of had some highs and
lows over the two days," said
Thad Duvall gave chase in second overall.
Mike Witkowski took top honors in Pro2.
