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body to catch in front of me. So
I was super focused in that test,
and I absolutely smashed it. I felt
like I threw it away there on Sat-
urday, but Josh was riding good.
He kept me honest all weekend.
It was tough."
Strang settled for a hard-
earned second overall. "Overall,
the weekend was good," Strang
said. "I lost the overall by two
and a half seconds. I didn't do
anything wrong. I had a few small
mistakes but all my tests were
pretty good. Kailub had a killer
first Enduro test today. He was
ten seconds faster than every-
one all weekend. That's Kailub.
He can pull it out, he must have
been on edge. He does it every-
where. He's good at it."
Johnny Girror (Trail Jesters
Racing KTM), competing in the
Pro2 class, edged out Layne
Michael (AmPro Yamaha) for the
last step of the podium.
Jordan Ashburn (Team Bab-
bitt's Online/Monster Energy/
Kawasaki Team Green) rounded
out the top five overall.
"I started off a little bit slow,
just timid on the weekend," said
Pro2 winner Girroir. "I didn't
really want to crash, but it's not
the name of the game here. It's
sprinting. I think I won 11 out of 12
tests in Pro2, so it feels good."
Michael ended up with three
runner-up finishes on Sunday.
Ashburn was fourth in the Pro
division and fifth overall.
Tely Energy Racing KTM's
Liam Draper, who moved into the
Pro division this year after win-
ning the Pro2 championship last
year, was sixth overall.
Former National Enduro win-
ner Cory Buttrick (Husqvarna)
was seventh overall, followed
by second in Pro2 Ben Nelko
(Husqvarna), Jesse Ansley (KTM)
and Andrew Matusek (Suzuki).
Matusek also won the Open A
class ahead of Hans Neel and
Luke Ross.
West Coast rider JT Baker won
the ProAm class on a Factory-
ONE Sherco, beating out round-
one winner Cole Mattison.
In the Women's Pro Class,
Rockstar Husqvarna Lan Mills
XC rider Tayla Jones took the
win by just less than four sec-
onds ahead of AmPro Yamaha's
Rachel Archer.
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Kailub Russell (KTM)
2. Josh Strang (Kaw)
3. Johnny Girroir (KTM)
4. Layne Michael (Yam)
5. Jordan Ashburn (Kaw)
6. Liam Draper (KTM)
7. Cory Buttrick (Hus)
8. Ben Nelko (Hus)
9. Jesse Ansley (KTM)
10. Andrew Matusek (Suz)
Strang was the
overall leader after
the first day.
Johnny Girroir won the Pro2
class in third overall.
