IN
THE
WIND
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BUTTRICK SPRINTS TO FIRST
FULL GAS VICTORY
C
ory Buttrick has raced
every KENDA Full Gas
Sprint Enduro event since the
series' inception in 2014 and
has narrowly missed the podium
on several occasions, but that
all changed at round six of the
series in Brazil, Indiana, July
30-31, where the SRT Off-Road-
backed racer put his KTM on
the top step of the podium after
two days of special test racing.
The first test of the weekend
was the cross test featuring the
motocross track at the Staunton
MX facility, as well as a roll-
ing grass track section, and it
was KR4 Performance's Thad
DuVall who took the test win by
six seconds ahead of Buttrick
with a 5:08.757 test time. MCS
Suzuki's Ricky Russell was third
ahead of RPM KTM's Mike Wit-
kowski with Austin Lee rounding
out the top five.
A rain shower on Friday after-
noon made an already technical
enduro test more difficult and
Ohio native, Buttrick, who felt
right at home on the test took
the win by eight seconds over
DuVall with an 8:04.375 test
time to DuVall's 8:12.488. Ricky
Russell, who admittedly was
struggling early on getting up to
speed, again finished third in the
test another 12-seconds behind
DuVall.
Russell found his groove in
the third test of the day, the sec-
ond time on the cross test, tak-
ing the test win with a 5:05.212
ahead of Mike Witkowski and
Drew Higgins. Race leaders But-
trick and DuVall both struggled
Cory Buttrick heads to the
overall victory in Indiana.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JASON
HOOPER
