STRANG WINS SPRINT ENDURO SCORCHER
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n a format where test wins
often come by margins of a
tenth-of-a-second or less, being
consistently fast throughout the
two-day event is key. Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna's Josh Strang
proved this at round five of the
Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro
Series presented by Moose
Racing, July 9-10, by taking
three of 12 test wins and finish-
ing a close second-place in
seven tests to take his second-
straight overall win of the season
over KR4 Performance's Thad
Duvall and Coastal Racing's
Layne Michael.
The first test of the weekend
was the cross test that featured
much of the Lost Valley Motors-
ports Park's motocross track so
it was no surprise when former
pro motocrosser and 2015 ISDE
overall winner Ryan Sipes took
the test win by 1.5 seconds over
Strang, with Duvall another two
seconds back.
Duvall jumped out to the
weekend lead after the second
test, the enduro test, as he took
a four-second win ahead of
Strang and put 12 seconds on
Sipes who finished fourth in the
test, one-second behind SRT
Off-Road's Cory Buttrick and
just ahead of his Coastal Racing
teammate, Layne Michael.
As the temperatures outside
reached the mid-90s, the action
on the cross test was just as hot
with Sipes continuing to be the
fastest on the day, but Strang
kept him on his toes by finish-
ing just .092 behind him in the
second running of the test and
just over a second behind him in
the final cross test of the day.
Duvall and Strang would trade
test wins in the final two enduro
tests of the day and use those
scores to help build their advan-
tage over Sipes who finished
third and fourth in the final two
enduro tests. Sipes dropped a
IN
THE
WIND
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Despite a time-
costly fall, Josh
Strang pulled of
the win at the
Full Gas Sprint
Enduro in North
Carolina.
