OFF-ROAD
KENDA FULL GAS SPRINT ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 8-9, 2020
GRR COMPLEX / GASTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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but a few rough ones to go along
with it and finished sixth.
"Obviously Saturday was bet-
ter," said Delong, who was riding
a 350. He normally rides a 250.
"I was kind of in the mix for a po-
dium for most of the day until the
end, and then I kind of fell apart.
Today I was just struggling. I tried
to make some adjustments to
try to make it better as the track
got rougher, but it didn't seem to
work out in the beginning of the
day. I had a decent test halfway
through but then in the woods
test I struggled the most. I'm
not sure if it was me or the bike
or just a combination, but I just
couldn't seem to find the speed
that everyone else was riding
with."
Ashburn rounded out the top
to be back racing. The track got
really rough this weekend, so I
think compared to last year it was
maybe rougher. The sand was
a little wetter than normal and it
created some more bumps. But
it was good. For the most part I
felt decent, but not as good as I
feel like I should have. But it's all
right."
Draper was fifth in the Pro
class.
"I started off rough," said the
New Zealander. "Day one, test
one, I crashed. It just put me
back, but today I rode good. I
was happy with that. Mixing it up
with the top boys. I'm up in the
XC1 now so it's no joke, really.
You got some fast boys out there.
Hopefully round two goes better."
Delong had several good tests,
test win over Kailub in the final
test. Strang was fourth ahead of
Draper.
Overall, Kailub easily topped
the podium, ahead of Ricky in
second. Third went to Michael by
virtue of his two test wins.
Strang was frustrated with
fourth overall. The 2018 series
champ had looked as though he
would finish second on Saturday,
but test five had to be thrown out
for the Pro class due to a track
banner that got taken down,
which dropped him to third for
the day and fourth overall for the
weekend.
"It was a bit disappointing,"
said Strang. "I think I might have
finished third if we had that test
in. I struggled a little bit all week-
end, but other than that, it's good
Josh Strang rounded out the top five overall.
