learning this 450. Today, I strug-
gled a lot. Just the dry slick.
With that much horsepower,
you
have to ride it a lot differently
than a little bike. So, it showed
today."
Riordan pushed Draper and
Girroir before settling for third
overall. He also won the Pro 2
class.
"I started off a bit rough," said
Riordan. "On Saturday's test one,
in the first turn, I laid her down.
Sort of set the tone for the day.
I was able to sneak in front
of Tino there for the last test.
Today, I just kept chipping away
[while] trying to keep Tino off my
ass."
and beat Enduro Engineering's
Josh Toth by 27 seconds, with
Pro 2 riders Gus Riordan, Jason
Tino and Pro 1 rider Draper
rounding out the top five.
Draper was particularly fast
on the cross test, winning two of
four on Saturday.
"Saturday was really good,"
said Draper. "I was the closest
I think I've ever been to Johnny
for most of the day."
Draper, who is still getting
used to the 450, had a big get-
off on Saturday. "In cross test
four, I hit the dirt hard," said
Draper. "That kind of threw me
back. Other than that, I'm super
happy with my riding. I'm just
Girroir nearly threw it away
on a G-out in Sunday's opening
enduro test, but amazingly, he
was able to save it and still win
the test.
"I was sweating that one,"
said Girroir. "I thought I was a
goner."
In all, Girroir won 11 of the 14
tests and topped Draper, who
had two test wins, by 16 sec
-
onds on Saturday. Meanwhile,
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Craig DeLong was third on
Saturday, another six seconds
back, while Riordan was fourth,
having won the final cross test
on Saturday.
Giroir swept Sunday's event
ROUND 3 / MARCH 30-31, 2024
SEMORA, NORTH CAROLINA
OFF-ROAD I U.S. SPRINT ENDURO SERIES, PRESENTED BY MOOSE RACING
P72
Liam Draper kept
Girroir honest all
weekend en route to
second overall.
