OFF-ROAD
KENDA FULL GAS SPRINT ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 8-9, 2020
GRR COMPLEX / GASTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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bring it on home with the win," said
Mattison.
Rockstar Husqvarna Lan Mills
XC rider Tayla Jones had a scare
in the Women's Pro class when
she dropped her bike into a deep
mudhole on Saturday and lost over
a minute getting out. Jones made
up the time by winning every test
on Sunday to take the overall win
ahead of BABS Racing/Maxxis/
Fly/Pro Circuit Yamaha's Becca
Sheets by nearly 15 seconds.
"The tracks are super rough,
but overall I had a lot of fun,"
said Jones. "The first race of the
season went really well, so I can't
really complain. Saturday, I ended
up getting stuck in a mud hole and
lost like a minute thirty, so I had
to come back from that. So that
kind of sucked and put me behind
going into the last couple tests,
but I ended up making up the time.
I won yesterday and today, so I'm
pretty stoked."
New Zealand's Rachel Archer
was third on an Am Pro Yamaha,
while Beta USA's Rachel Gut-
ish finished fourth and Canada's
Shelby Turner was fifth. CN
PRO
1. Kailub Russell (KTM) 1:17:57.180
2. Ricky Russell (Hus) 1:19:24.092
3. Layne Michael (Yam) 1:19:29.417
4. Lyndon Snodgrass (Kaw) 1:19:29.562
5. Josh Strang (Kaw) 1:19:36.451
6. Johnny Girroir (KTM) 1:19:36.985
7. Liam Draper (KTM) 1:20:18.458
8. Craig Delong (Hus) 1:20:32.433
9. Ben Nelko (Hus) 1:21:21.995
10. Jordan Ashburn (Kaw) 1:21:25.446
"I've enjoyed myself out here.
We finished up with no injuries or
nothing, so that's good as well."
Third went to former Pro moto-
crosser from Pennsylvania, Ben
Nelko, on a Seven Sixty Motors-
ports Husqvarna.
"I'm not really a sand rider but
I was able to make it work," said
Nelko. "I ended up third in Pro
2 and ninth overall, so it was a
good weekend."
The ProAm class went to local
boy Cole Mattison. The KTM
rider topped Georgia's Josh Lee
by 1.57 seconds with Pennsyl-
vania rider Neil Enman finishing
third.
"I took a digger on the first
cross test, but other than that
I just tried to hold my lead and
seven in the Pro division.
The Pro2 class was a battle
deluxe between Team Babbitt's
Online/Monster Energy/Kawa-
saki Team Green's Lyndon Snod-
grass, from Australia, and Trail
Jesters KTM's Johnny Girroir.
Snodgrass was solid on Satur-
day, winning four of five tests,
while Girroir won the remaining
test.
On Sunday, Snodgrass and
Girroir went back and forth
again, with Girroir taking Sun-
day's win, however, Snodgrass
claimed the overall thanks to his
strong performance on Saturday.
"Johnny beat me by a few
seconds today, but we've got the
overall for the weekend, so that's
pretty cool," said Snodgrass.
Tayla Jones won the Women's division.
