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time (at that point of the week-
end) on the enduro test to cut
3.1 seconds into Milner's lead,
then took another second off
in the following run of the cross
test, although he lost that test to
Ryan Sipes.
Heading into the final test of
the weekend, the enduro test,
the tension was palpable as Mil-
ner held just a three-second lead
over Russell. Knowing that the
FMF/KTM superstar had beaten
him in the last run of the cross
test Milner let it all hang out as
he took off onto the test first.
Russell, mounted on a 2015
KTM 250XCF could be heard
bouncing off the rev-limiter for
the majority of the test, obviously
pushing and wanting the test win
and the overall as well.
Milner crossed the finish and
registered a 7:23.012 time on
the enduro test, two seconds
faster than Kailub's previous time
on the enduro test which was
the fastest at that point of the
weekend. Russell came flying
into the finish almost exactly at
the 15-second gap where he
started the test behind Milner,
and rushed to the timing and
scoring screen only to see that
he had lost the test by .4 of a
second giving Milner the overall
win, and the win for the day by
an insanely close one-thou-
sandth of a second.
The only rider able to steal
a special test win away from
Milner and Russell was Rockstar
Energy AirGroup Racing's Ryan
Sipes who finished the weekend
in a solid third place including a
win in the last time on the cross
test on day two.
KR4/FAR/Husqvarna's Thad
DuVall finished fourth for the
weekend just over a minute
behind Sipes. Ride MPS/
Honda's Layne Michael rounded
out the top-five ahead of FMF/
KTM's Russell Bobbitt, Factory
Beta's Cory Buttrick, and AmPro
Yamaha rider Jordan Ashburn.
The top Amateur for the week-
end was Lites A rider Triston
Landrum who took an impressive
9th-overall finish. Mike Witkow-
ski would round out the top-10
overall.
Jason Hooper
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ANDREW
FREDRICKSON
Kailub Russell
battled back and
forth with Milner
but came up just
short of the win.
Ryan Sipes
was the only
rider other
than Milner and
Russell to top a
special test.
