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on the test with Buttrick finishing
fifth with a 5:11.303, but it was
DuVall who faired much worse,
having a massive crash over a
jump on the motocross track
and finishing 50 seconds back
of test winner Russell with a
5:55.404 test time.
DuVall bounced back and
took the final three test wins of
the day to work his way back
into third-place overall. But-
trick stayed consistent finishing
second behind DuVall in the final
three tests to keep a 34.4-sec-
ond lead at the end of the first
day of racing. Ricky Russell fin-
ished the day in second overall,
seven seconds ahead of DuVall.
Day two started the same
as day one, on the cross test,
which had dried considerably
since the start of the event. Dust
became an issue for riders on
the course, but it didn't slow
down DuVall, who started third.
He took the test win by three
seconds ahead of Buttrick, with
Mike Witkowski in third and Rus-
sell in fourth.
Another test win for DuVall,
this time in the enduro test, cut
six more seconds into Buttrick's
lead and also moved the KR4
Performance rider into second
overall ahead of Ricky Russell.
"After yesterday's fiasco I
knew it would be tough to run
Cory down; he rides really well
at these," said DuVall. "It was a
better day today and I was able
to get maximum points for the
championship, which is good."
Feeling the heat from DuVall,
Buttrick wicked it up for the third
test of the day, the cross test,
and took the win by five sec-
onds over DuVall to help rebuild
the lead he had at the start of
the day. The SRT Off-Road
racer kept the momentum going
into the fourth test and added
another five seconds back with
another test win over DuVall in
the enduro test.
DuVall rebounded and took
the final two test wins, good
enough to give him the overall
win for Sunday's racing by eight
seconds over Buttrick, but not
enough to take the weekend
overall event win.
Ricky Russell stayed consis-
tent on Sunday to clinch third-
place overall, his first-ever Full
Gas Podium finish, ahead of
Drew Higgins and Mike Wit-
kowski.
"I've just got to minimize those
little mistakes, I didn't really have
any big ones, but those two
guys—Buttrick and DuVall—were
just on it this weekend," said
Russell.
Billy Schlag took the top
amateur spot with an impressive
seventh-place overall with his
Open A competitors Jacob Row-
land, Cody Pingley and Tristian
Stumbo rounding out the top 10
overall.
Becca Sheets and Brooke
Cosner had a great battle for the
win in the Women's Pro class
with Sheets coming out on top
for the weekend overall. Cosner
still holds the series points lead
ahead of Sheets by 31 points.
Jason Hooper
1. Cory Buttrick (KTM) 1:16:25.578
2. Thad DuVall (Hus) 1:16:51.092
3. Ricky Russell (Suz) 1:17:36.880
4. Drew Higgins (KTM) 1:18:53.497
5. Mike Witkowski (KTM) 1:18:55.869
6. Austin Lee (Yam) 1:19:13.203
7. Billy Schlag (KTM) 1:19:37.505
8. Jacob Rowland (Hus) 1:19:55.262
9. Cody Pingley (KTM) 1:20:33.959
10. Tristian Stumbo (Yam) 1:22:06.549
Thad DuVall battled
Buttrick for the win but
came up a little short.
