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Girroir Tops High Voltage Sprint Enduro C oastal Racing GasGas' Johnny Girroir and AmPro Yamaha's Layne Michael split wins on Saturday and Sunday at round seven of the U.S. Sprint Enduro Series at the High Volt- age Sprint Enduro in Dilliner, Pennsylvania, May 28-29. Girroir took the combined overall victory for the weekend by six seconds over Michael. With his performance over the two days, Michael moved past FMF/KTM's Josh Toth to take the series points lead with one race remaining on the schedule. Girroir was surprisingly fast, especially on Saturday's slick and technical course, consider- ing it was his first race back after breaking his "iliac crest" on the left side of his pelvis back in March. After winning the opening test of the day, Girroir capitalized on the momentum to beat Mi- chael by 12 seconds for the day. "It's no secret I like technical tracks, and with the conditions Saturday I felt right at home," said Girroir. "I'm a little shocked about how I did, but I came into it want- ing to win and that's what I did. Layne was really on it on Sunday and really fast in the cross test, but I had a little advantage on him in the woods. I'm glad because he probably would have got me. He did get me today, but he probably would have got me for the overall." Sunday's course was more hard-pack, and Yamaha's Mi- chael shined as he usually does in those conditions. After winning all three of Sun- day's cross tests, Michael went into the final test of the day lead- ing Girroir by just 0.6 seconds for the day win. Michael emerged with a five-second advantage over Girroir giving him Sunday's IN THE WIND P44 Johnny Girroir returned from injury and got back to his winning ways at the High Voltage U.S. Sprint Enduro in Pennsylvania. PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE