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MILNER WINS ALLIGATOR FULL GAS SPRINT ENDURO
T
he second round of the 2016
KENDA Full Gas Sprint En-
duro Series presented by Moose
Racing took place at the home of
the Alligator Enduro in Bunnell,
Florida. Infamous for its seem-
ingly bottomless black sand, the
racers were faced with two chal-
lenging special tests during the
two-day event on March 2-3.
Racing began on the two-mile
cross test with Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna's Josh Strang jumping
out to the test win ahead of fellow
Australian, and round-one winner,
N-Fab AmPro Yamaha's Daniel
Milner, by just half a second. FMF
KTM's Russell Bobbitt finished
the test in third, and Thad Du-
Vall placed fourth in the test but
dropped eight seconds to Strang.
The second test of the day
was on the 3.5-mile enduro test
and it was Milner who posted
a blazing 6:53.521 test time
through the pines, palmettos,
and tricky bog sections, over six
seconds ahead of test-one win-
ner Strang. Milner's win in that
test gave him the overall lead that
he would hold for the remainder
of the two days of racing.
Milner would go on to win
the third test of the day by five
seconds over Strang, increas-
ing his lead to over 10-seconds.
DuVall would rebound from a
disastrous second test that saw
him drop 12 seconds to Milner
with a third-place finish in the
cross test.
Bobbitt would keep himself in
the mix with a win in the fourth
test of the day, the second lap
of the enduro test. Strang and
Milner kept their consistent day
going with second- and third-
place finishes in the test, with
RPM/KTM's Evan Smith putting
in his best ride of the day to fin-
ish fourth.
As the soft sand began to de-
teriorate and bog holes claimed
some amateur riders, line
selection became of the utmost
importance. The fifth and sixth
tests of the day set the tone for
Daniel Milner was on
it again in the Kenda
Full Gas Sprint Enduro
Series. He won round
two in Florida.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JASON
HOOPER
