VOLUME 63 ISSUE 5 FEBRUARY 3, 2026 P73
(Left) Now competing in the Pro 1
class, 2025 Pro 2-class Champion
Grant Davis and runner-up in Georgia
made life difficult for the winner,
Girroir. (Right) Defending champ
Liam Draper was third overall.
While much of the East Coast
was dealing with snow, south-
central Georgia was spared the
white stuff. Aside from cold tem
-
peratures, conditions were nearly
perfect,
setting the stage for a
spectacular weekend of racing.
Although Girroir is no stranger
to dominating the series, this
weekend was anything but easy.
A deep field of talented and
noticeably improved competition
kept the pressure on throughout
both days.
"It was a good start to my
year," said Girroir on Sunday. "It
was a little tighter yesterday. I
had a nasty crash on the Cross
test, and then Grant just obliter
-
ated me in the last Enduro test.
Everyone's
ripping this year. Cody
[Barnes] had three good tests to
finish out the weekend, and Grant
[Davis] was flying, too. He keeps
me on my toes, so it should be an
interesting season."
Davis, one of Girroir's FMF
KTM Factory Racing teammates,
showed exactly why he's con
-
sidered one of the sport's rising
stars.
The Pennsylvania rider
finished second overall, just 14
seconds in overall time behind
Girroir, and picked up an Enduro
test win on Saturday.
"I'm happy with my riding," said
Davis. "But I want to beat Johnny
one of these days. He was defi
-
nitely going fast. I had a pretty
good
crash today, but other than
