Russell Wraps Up Sprint Enduro
Championship
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MF/KTM's Kailub Russell
claimed the 2020 Kenda Full
Gas Sprint Enduro title with a
close victory at the Silver Hawk
Plantation Sprint Enduro, the
series finale, held at the Silver
Hawk Plantation in Buffalo, South
Carolina, October 17-18. The title
was Russell's third such champi-
onship and second in a row.
AmPro Yamaha's Layne Mi-
chael gave Russell a good battle,
and in fact, led the race by two
seconds with two tests remain-
ing. However, as he often does,
Russell dug deep and made up
the distance to take the overall
win.
"It was good to get the overall
win, but it was kind of strange
how it worked out," said Russell.
"I won one test on Saturday and
I won the day, and then I won all
but one today and almost lost.
It was a tough weekend. I was a
little unsure how Saturday was
going to go because I was a little
bit off and you don't have to be
off by much to be pretty slow
here. But I rode better on Sun-
day, and that was enough."
In all, Russell won six tests,
one on Saturday and five on
Sunday. However, two crashes
in test four on Sunday cost him
dearly as the North Carolina
rider finished the test 12 seconds
behind Michael, moving Michael
into the lead.
Trailing Michael with two tests
remaining, Russell made up 1.2
seconds in the cross test and en-
ter the final test just 0.8 seconds
behind. The final test would be
the decider and Russell finished
IN
THE
WIND
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Kailub Russell won
the Silver Hawk
Plantation Sprint
Enduro and the 2020
Championship.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
