test to snag a podium, and I was
close but came up probably a
second and a half, two seconds
shy. So, it sucks."
Phoenix Honda Racing's Cody
Barnes won the Pro 2 class with
a fifth overall finish, despite get
-
ting off to a slow start.
"Day
one started off pretty
rough," said Barnes. "In the
cross test, I came into it a little
bit too cold, and I just made
a couple mistakes. The same
thing happened in the enduro
test. I managed to turn things
around by the end of the day,
but I was digging myself out
of a hole, which is never good.
Finally, I had some good test
scores and was right there with
the Pro one guys for the second
half of Saturday's event. Then I
started slow again today, and I
lost some time to Angus [Rior
-
dan]. He was riding really good.
I
made it up in the enduro test,
but the guys were really on it
in the Pro one class, and I was
hoping to be right up there with
them."
Sixth overall and second in
the Pro 2 class was RPM KTM's
Angus Riordan who surprised
everyone by turning in the fastest
time of all classes on the cross
test to kick off the weekend.
"Me and Cody [Barnes] was
on a roll the first couple of tests
on Saturday and then the big
boys didn't like that and they
showed us how it's done," said
Riordan.
Coastal Racing GasGas'
Thad Duvall, who is still feeling
the effects of a hip injury, was
seventh.
"I was just pretty far off on
some of the tests," admitted
Duvall. "I'm just kind of getting
that sprint mentality back. I had
some really good tests; I just
need to get better on Saturdays
and just kind of learn that sprint
speed a little bit. I still favor
my hip a little bit in the ruts. I
haven't really ridden ruts since
the big injury, especially ruts like
on the moto track today. Once I
get comfortable on the ruts with
my leg I can go from there."
Phoenix Honda Racing's Ruy
Barbosa was eighth and third
place in the Pro 2 division.
ROUND 1 / JANUARY 28-29, 2023
SOUTH OF THE BORDER MX / HAMER, SOUTH CAROLINA
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OFF-ROAD I U.S. SPRINT ENDURO SERIES
Kori Steede won the Women's Elite class.
