Girroir Caps It Off
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MF/KTM's Johnny Girroir
claimed his seventh overall
victory in eight rounds at this
weekend's Harleywood U.S.
Sprint Enduro in Bristol, Virginia,
the eighth and final round of the
U.S. Sprint Enduro Series Cham-
pionship Presented by Moose
Racing, over Father's Day week-
end.
Girroir battled it out all week-
end with Pro 2 rider Angus
Riordan, beating the RPM Racing
KTM rider by 22.4 seconds after
two days of racing. In all, Girroir
won seven of the 12 tests, with
Riordan winning the remaining
five.
"I felt like I had the woods
figured out yesterday and Gus
[Riordan] from Pro 2 was get
-
ting me out in the Cross test on
day one," said Girroir. "Then day
two kind of started off opposite.
I got him in the Cross test and
he caught me in the woods. It
was just good battling all week
-
end long. Close battling. Within
10 seconds or so at the end of
today. So, it's awesome."
Not only was Riordan in
contention for the overall for the
weekend but he was also in a do-
or-die battle with Phoenix Honda
Racing's Cody Barnes for the Pro
2 Championship. Riordan needed
to win both days of the class to
take the Pro 2 championship,
and he did just that.
"It feels unreal. It feels good,"
said Riordan. "A bit of a come
-
back from the start of the sea-
son, but it feels unreal. First half
of the season was pretty rough,
and then second half of the
season I was slowly getting back
in the championship points, so
it was worth it. I needed to win
both days to win the title, plain
and simple. I tried not to think
about the championship. I just
wanted to win. Just day by day. I
had one crash yesterday, which
got me a bit worried: Test one in
WIND
IN THE
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Jonathan Girroir made it
seven wins out of eight
rounds at the U.S. Sprint
Enduro final in Virginia.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
