Michael Tops Society Hill Sprint Enduro
A
mPro Yamaha's Layne
Michael dominated round
three of the Kenda AMA U.S.
Sprint Enduro Series held at
Moree's Sportsmen Preserve
near Society Hill, South Caro-
lina, April 10-11, winning eight
of the 12 tests en route to the
overall victory.
Michael was untouchable in
the Cross test, sweeping all six
on the weekend, while adding
two Enduro test wins to his total.
In the end, Michael finished
the two-day event with a 19-sec-
ond advantage over Coastal
Racing GasGas' Johnny Girroir to
claim the overall win, while AmPro
Yamaha's Steward Baylor was
third overall and second in the
Pro1 division another 36 seconds
behind Girroir.
"It was an awesome weekend
for me," said Michael. "Johnny
and I were super close yesterday.
He actually edged me for the day,
but it was by less than a second.
I rode flawless all weekend. I
was just very well in tune this
weekend and I didn't put much
of a foot wrong. Overall, it was
an amazing weekend for me. I'm
definitely glad to get a win. I was
sick of getting second."
To add to a stellar weekend that
included second overall and first
in the Pro2 division, Girroir also
posted the fastest overall time for
Saturday's round, giving him his
first-ever Pro-class "day win."
Girroir won all three of the
Enduro tests on Saturday, while
Michael won all three Cross tests.
When the scores were tallied Gir-
roir came out on top of Michael
by 0.7 seconds.
"It was like a huge monkey off
my back," said Girroir. "I really
wanted to get a win. I was hop-
ing to win the weekend and we
started off Sunday with three-
IN
THE
WIND
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Layne Michael
dominated round
three of the U.S.
Sprint Enduro Series
in South Carolina.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
