good competition. I had the lead
over Layne by just a second or
two the whole day, and then that
last one he took it away from me.
Layne rode good all day today
and he got the win for the day by
just about three seconds on me.
I got the overall for the weekend,
so it was good. Good racing. It's
going to be a good season."
Michael was pleased at having
turned the page on the season.
"I was able to squeeze out the
win there in the last test," said
Michael. "Obviously, we didn't
get the overall win, but to at
least split days with Johnny was
a huge step in the right direc-
tion. Yesterday was a bit disap-
pointing, but today I felt really
sixth and final test of the day
leading Girroir by a mere 10th of
a second. After turning in one
of his best performances of the
day, Michael emerged from the
final test with the fastest time
and Sunday's win.
Girroir posted the second-
fastest time in the test and was
second on the day, but his 1-2
performance earned him first
overall for the weekend.
"Today, I started off firing out
of the gate with the first two tests
and got a comfy lead, then it was
a battle from there," said Girroir.
"Everyone's really close. Layne
is riding really good, and Cody
Barnes is riding really good from
the Pro 2 class. So, it's been
Pro 2 rider Cody Barnes
wedged his way between the
top two pros by winning the final
cross test of the day outright on
his Phoenix Honda, in addition
to winning all six tests in the Pro
2 division.
At the end of Saturday's event,
Girroir finished on top of the time
sheets for the win with Barnes in
second and Michael in third.
Girroir opened with wins in the
first two tests on Sunday; how-
ever, Michael started to match
Girroir's pace starting with the
second set of tests, although it
was Barnes getting another test
win in the second cross test.
After trading wins in the next
few tests, Michael entered the
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Layne Michael isn't about
to give up on defending the
number-one plate quite yet.
He put an end to Girroir's
three-day win streak by
winning Sunday's race and
taking second overall.
