VOLUME ISSUE APRIL , P71
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY
BY SHAN MOORE
I
t was a three-way fight to
the finish, and Johnny Girroir
came away victorious after a
two-day battle with RPM Rac
-
ing KTM's Angus Riordan and
Babbitts Online Monster Energy
Kawasaki's Lyndon Snodgrass.
Girroir, on the FMF KTM, got
in the last punch to claim the
overall win at Pearl's Pond Farm
Sprint Enduro, round five of the
U.S. Sprint Enduro Series in
Arvonia, Virginia.
In all, Girroir won six of the
12 tests over the weekend and
eventually topped "Gus" Riordan
by 28 seconds to take the win.
The Connecticut rider also won
both individual days, edging out
Riordan by just 1.4 seconds on
Saturday.
Riordan went into the final
test on Saturday with a 12-sec
-
ond lead over Girroir, but a crash
cost the Aussie 13 seconds and
the RPM KTM rider conceded
defeat to Girroir.
"Yesterday was a nail-biter,"
said Girroir. "Gus was ripping.
He had me by 12 seconds going
into the last test. Unfortunately,
he had a crash and I kept it
on two wheels. I had my best
enduro test of the day and took
the overall by just a little bit. I
came into today knowing that
I had to go fast, and it was the
other Aussie that was going
fast, Lyndon. We had a good
battle all the way down to the
final test. Layne Michael was
on it, too. He crushed that last
enduro test that he got me by
a second. We all finished super
Johnny Girroir won both
days in Virginia but had to
fight for them. However,
the KTM rider has a
commanding lead in the
championship.
