Girroir Wins CJ Raceway Sprint Enduro
E
very top athlete has an off
day from time to time. How
you manage your off days and
come back from them makes
you a true champion.
After five straight overall wins
in the 2024 U.S. Sprint Enduro
Series and after virtually domi
-
nating the series to this point,
FMF KTM Factory Racing's
Johnny Girroir had somewhat
of a rough day at the office on
Saturday at the CJ Raceway
Sprint Enduro in Newburg, West
Virginia, June 15-16. Four differ
-
ent riders split the six tests, and
Girroir won three of them.
At the end of Saturday's event,
Girroir won the day by four
seconds ahead of a close battle
with Phoenix Honda's Cody
Barnes, salvaging his day with
a great ride in the next-to-last
enduro test.
"I had a pretty high-speed
crash in the second cross test
on Saturday, and that kind of
scared me or shocked me a little
bit," said Girroir. "I wasn't rid
-
ing that great in the beginning
anyway, but I picked it back up in
the end."
Barnes topped Rockstar
Energy Racing's Craig DeLong by
nine seconds to claim second
for the day, with DeLong in third.
Saturday's top five consisted
of Girroir, Barnes, DeLong, FMF
KTM Factory Racing Landers'
Angus Riordan, who also won
the Pro 2 class, and Babbitt's On
-
line Monster Energy Kawasaki's
JoJo Cunningham.
WIND
IN THE
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Johnny Girroir said he wasn't at his
best, but still took the overall win in
the U.S. Sprint Enduro Series in West
Virginia.
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