Girroir Wins High Voltage Sprint Enduro
J
ohnny Girroir has won eight
straight U.S. Sprint Enduro
days, accounting for four over-
all victories—some of them
dominating and some of them
nail-biters. On Saturday at High
Voltage Raceway, round five of
the U.S. Sprint Enduro Series was
of the nail-biter variety, thanks to
Am Pro Yamaha's Liam Draper.
However, Sunday's more techni
-
cal event saw Girroir hammer the
competition to amass his fifth
overall victory of the series easily.
On Saturday, Girroir squeezed
by Draper with a win by three-
tenths of a second; Draper
landed three wins, while Gir
-
roir took five. Needless to say,
nerves were high going into
Sunday's event.
"There was nothing really on
the track to separate the riders
on Saturday, so Liam and I had
a pretty good battle, and he won
a few tests," said Girroir. "It went
back and forth, and finally came
down to the last test."
An overnight rain caused
chaos, forcing the enduro course
to be rerouted in places, which
caused a delay. It all played into
Girroir's hands, however.
"Sunday was a whole new
racetrack," said Girroir. "Me and
Liam were both on the ground
in the first test, but after that I
found my flow and rode much
better than Saturday. I thrive in
the technical stuff."
Draper is getting better with
each race and nearly won Sat
-
urday's event, but in the end, he
settled for second for the day
and second overall. Sunday was
a lockout by Girroir, with the
KTM rider winning all six tests.
"I started off a little slow, and
Johnny had a good cross test,
but then I gained it back in the en-
duro test," said Draper. "The last
cross test on Saturday, I crashed,
and you can't crash when you are
splitting hairs with Johnny. I won
WIND
IN THE
P32
Jonathan Girroir
continued his winning
ways in the U.S. Sprint
Enduro Championship.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
