VOL. 52 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 11, 2015 P29
with Raines Riding University
Yamaha's Ricky Russell in sixth.
With Milner out for the sec-
ond day of racing, a podium
position opened up, and the
battle between Bobbitt, Michael
and Ricky Russell for runner-
up honors was intense. While
Kailub Russell would continue
his dominance, once again win-
ning every special test, Bobbitt
and Michael's test times were
very close throughout the day
with Michael besting the FMF/
KTM rider on two out of three
attempts at the cross test.
"Layne and I were going back
and forth on the tests today,
which was really cool and kept it
interesting," said Bobbitt. "I just
had fun fighting for every second
and continuing to chip away and
try to catch KR."
Kailub Russell took Sunday's
win with a total time of 40:08.9,
with Bobbitt coming in second
for the day at 40:45.9 and
Michael just 10-seconds be-
hind him. Ricky Russell would
continue to improve in only his
second attempt at sprint en-
duro racing, leap-frogging Cory
Buttrick in the overall standings
to take fourth overall for the
day and the weekend. Buttrick
stayed consistent on his Beta
430RR and ended the weekend
in fifth-place overall.
"I've lost the last two races I've
done [Full Gas Sprint Enduro
round three and National Enduro
round six] so I was pretty eager
to get back to the center of the
box," said overall winner Russell.
"Losing the last Sprint Enduro
[to Milner] was pretty frustrating;
I thought I had him there at the
end and couldn't pull through and
ended up losing by 2.6 seconds.
I knew I would have to ride even
better today to beat him and it's
unfortunate that he got sick and
couldn't make it. But overall I'm
happy with how I rode, taking all
12 test wins with no falls and mak-
ing minimal mistakes."
Jason Hooper
Russell Bobbitt
(pictured)
endured
a tough
challenge from
Layne Michael
for runner-up
honors on the
second day.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ANDREW
FREDRICKSON
