Girroir Completes Perfect Season
F
MF KTM Factory Racing's
Johnny Girroir completed a
clean sweep of the 2024 AMA
U.S. Sprint Enduro Series, win-
ning all eight rounds on the
eight-round schedule, after win-
ning both days of competition
at this weekend's double points-
paying season finale at Roger's
Farm Sprint Enduro in Ninety Six,
South Carolina, November 9-10.
Girroir set the tone for Satur
-
day's round by winning the first
cross test of the day by a seven-
second margin over Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna Racing's Craig
DeLong. Fellow Husqvarna riders
Toby Cleveland and Jason Tino,
both Pro 2 riders, were third and
fourth. Meanwhile, AmPro Ya
-
maha's Liam Draper rounded out
the top five ahead of FMF KTM
Factory Racing Lander's Angus
Riordan.
Despite his disappointing ride
in the opening test of the day,
which was 10 seconds adrift of
Girroir, Draper was able to move
up into second behind Girroir
with a solid win in the second
test, which was the first enduro
test of the day.
At the end of the day, Girroir
and Draper each won three of
the six tests, although Girroir had
the advantage in overall time,
winning the day by 10 seconds
over Draper, thanks to Draper's
off performance in test one.
"For some reason, I struggled
with arm pump in the first test,
and that's not like me; I rarely do
that," said Draper. "That might
have cost me the win today, be
-
cause Johnny beat me out at the
end of the day by 10 seconds."
Bell's Electric Toby Cleveland
(Husqvarna) surprised the field
by finishing third for the day and
first in the Pro 2 class, beating
out Husqvarna-mounted Jason
Tino by just over a second in one
of the best battles of the day.
DeLong rounded out the top
WIND
IN THE
P50
Johnny Girroir was the
overall winner at the
AMA U.S. Sprint Enduro
final in South Carolina,
completing the sweep
of the series.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
