son Tino for fourth and top Pro
2 rider.
As far as the overall results,
Girroir left no doubts, finishing
the two-day event 1:07 seconds
ahead of Draper, with Barnes
another 1:17 second back.
"I never really change tires, but
for this track I brought a gummy,
and we ran an 81 on the Cross
test and after Liam blew my
doors off in the second Enduro
test on Saturday, we started run
-
ning a gummy tire on the Enduro
test since it was so slick and
silty," said Girroir. "It got super
rocky out there, and it kept you
on your toes. I think it tried to
bite each of us at one point or
another. This is the first time I've
changed tires all year between
the Cross test and the Enduro
test, so it kept you on your toes
all the time. I'm just happy to get
it done and wrap up the champi
-
onship."
Draper gave Girroir a good run
for his money on Saturday, de-
spite coming back from surgery
to have some hardware removed
from his knee.
"It was just nice to be back
racing," said Draper. "It's always
a little worrying when you come
back from an injury about how
you're going to do it, and this
weekend, I felt like I was straight
back to where I was before and
super close with Johnny all
weekend."
Barnes was not comfortable
with the rocky and silty terrain
but still managed an impressive
third overall.
"I had a third overall both days,
so I'm happy with that," said
Barnes. "The track conditions
were super tough, definitely not
my strong suit, but I was able to
make the most of it and just stay
off the ground, that was my main
goal this weekend. The Enduro
test had just a bunch of silt and
a ton of loose rocks, and I'm not
very comfortable in those condi
-
tions, so to be able to keep it on
two wheels and be somewhat
competitive with those guys was
good."
Riordan topped the Pro 2
class and was fourth overall
after a tight battle with Tino.
"Yeah, me and Tino went back
and forth, and since it was a
tight battle, any mistake could
mess up your day, so you had to
be careful out there," said Rior
-
dan. "There was a lot of silt, and
underneath the silt were rocks,
so you didn't know what was
coming up."
Tino was second in the Pro 2
class and fifth overall.
"The racing was very tight, and
it made it very stressful, espe
-
cially on a track like this," said
Tino. "It could bite you if you
weren't careful, so I just put my
head down and went as fast as I
could in the conditions."
Dominick Morse (Husqvarna)
was sixth overall and third in the
Pro 2 division.
Gavin Simon (Husqvarna) was
the top Pro-Am rider in seventh
overall, with Babbitt's Online
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Liam Draper showed no signs
of slowing after returning from
injury. He won the second Enduro
test en route to second overall.
