SEPTEMBER 2-4, 2023
HIGH VOLTAGE RACEWAY / DILLINER, PENNSYLVANIA
OFF-ROAD I SPRINT ENDURO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P92
a little sketchy. Just the enduro
test was rough. It got chewed
up pretty good."
Dante Oliveira had a good
shot at the overall win had it not
been for a crash in the enduro
test that cost him almost two
minutes.
"It wasn't that bad of a crash;
it was just the way I went down,"
said Dante. "I jammed my hand
into the ground. My brother was
on the ground at the same time
as me because he took off 15
seconds before. So, then I got
up there, and I saw his back, and
then I smashed the ground right
away. Just hit a root a little bit in
the dust."
everybody else. I was a little bit
off the pace there the last two
days."
Coastal Racing GasGas'
Ryder Lafferty was getting up to
speed, as well, and rounded out
the top five.
"I haven't done one of these
in over year," said Lafferty. "So,
not my best format, but I feel
like I got better like I always do
with these races. You start out
Saturday a little rusty, and then
by Sunday, you figure it out.
That's how this weekend was. It
went pretty quick. I felt like I had
some good times on Saturday.
The same thing Sunday and
then today as well. Today was
edge and crashing too much on
day one. I dug myself out of the
hole yesterday and just tried to
survive the tests today. I rode
pretty well, but they were get
-
ting nasty and these guys were
shredding."
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
DeLong had a consistent week-
end for fourth. "I really enjoyed
the first day," said DeLong. "Not
so much the cross test. It's fun,
but it's not my strong point. I
really enjoyed the enduro test.
I was happy to get through it,
honestly, the first day. I knew
the next two days were going
to be tough because Josh was
finding his groove, and so was
Craig DeLong
was a front-runner
all weekend, too. He
ended up fourth.
