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strong, winning the final test by
3.3 seconds and taking the over-
all victory by 2.4 seconds.
"I came out swinging today
and rode good," said Russell.
"I had awesome times the first
three tests and then test four I
kind of threw it away and had a
couple falls. My front brake lever
fell down and I couldn't get it
back up. It was so far down I was
having a hard time getting to it,
so my timing was a little bit off.
But I was able to pull it together
and win the last couple tests. So
five out of six on the day."
Although Michael won five
tests over the weekend, the race
marked the second round in a
row where he was in position to
take the overall win, only to lose
out in the final test.
"It's frustrating because he got
me at the last one in the last test
and got me on this one in the last
test," said Michael. "But it was a
good weekend, nonetheless. I
fought hard. I was there all week-
end and pretty consistent. One
little mistake kind of cost me, but
like I said, he had a big one that
kind of put me back in it. All in all,
a good weekend. Any time you're
batting with Kailub it's good."
Team Babbitt's Online/Mon-
ster Energy/Kawasaki Team
Green's Josh Strang won a cross
test and was rewarded with third
overall. The Aussie off-roader
only returned to racing the week
before after missing several
weeks due to a shoulder injury.
"I was a little off the pace,"
said Strang. "I almost didn't
come this weekend just because
of my shoulder. I still have a little
bit of pain. To do these things,
you have to go at 100% to be
competitive, and I just wasn't
comfortable going as hard as
I would have liked. There were
some sections where I noticed I
was just kind of riding around in-
stead of attacking the track. But
overall, it was a good day."
Strang's Team Babbitt's
Online/Monster Energy/Ka-
wasaki Team Green teammate
Lyndon Snodgrass has improved
with each race and finished an
For the second Sprint
race in a row, Layne
Michael missed out on
the overall win in the
final test.
