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pressure. I would say I rode a
little cautious. Of course, I came
into the last two seasons with
injuries, so I've been a little on
the cautious side and just staying
smart, really."
Defending series champion
Layne Michael had a weekend
he'd rather forget. After winning
the first test on Saturday, the
AmPro Yamaha rider admittedly
struggled for the remainder of
the day. Michael got back into
the groove on Sunday but could
not stop Girroir from sweeping
the day.
"I just struggled this week-
end," said Michael. "I felt like I
kind of got back on track there
today, but in the last test I made
a small mistake and crashed. I
just kind of clipped a root wrong
and it pitched me pretty good.
Just some mental errors this
weekend. Hopefully, figure that
out for the next one and come
back stronger, for sure."
Phoenix Honda's Cody Barnes
capitalized on a strong perfor-
mance on Saturday to take the
win in the Pro 2 class and finish
fourth in the overall standings.
Babbitt's Racing Team Green
Kawasaki's Lyndon Snodgrass
beat out Barnes for top Pro 2
honors on Sunday, but it was
not enough to erase to lead that
Barnes had built on Saturday.
"I had a really good day on
Saturday," said Barnes. "I made
only one mistake. Only had one
crash. Then today, I struggled a
little bit on the cross test, but all
in all, it was a good day. I was
able to come out with the overall
for the weekend. It's a good way
to start off the year."
Considering the conditions,
Snodgrass was happy with his
overall performance.
"I've never really ridden in
ice or snow or anything like that
before, so right off the bat I was
kind of just too hesitant," said
Snodgrass. "I kind of just didn't
really get into a flow. I wasn't
really confident on that slippery,
Cody Barnes traded 250cc
Pro-class wins with Lyndon
Snodgrass but came
out on top in the overall
classification.
