J
ordan Ashburn used consis-
tency and speed to win the
Crow Canyon Full Gas Sprint
Enduro—round four of the Kenda
Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series,
presented by PRI Powersports
Insurance—in Uhrichsville, Ohio,
June 18-19. Despite not winning
a test all day on Sunday, the
Beta USA rider capitalized on
two test wins on Saturday plus
consistent top-three finishes in
the remaining tests to edge SRT
Racing's Steward Baylor by less
than a second for the overall
win.
Ashburn has been close be-
fore, but the Tennessee native
put it all together.
"It feels great to finally get that
first win," said Ashburn. "I was
just consistent all weekend
and my times on Sunday
were pretty much the same
as my times on Saturday."
Ashburn showed his
diversity on Saturday by
winning a cross test and
an enduro test—the first
and last tests of the day.
Meanwhile, Baylor and
Lunova Group Husqvarna's
Broc Hepler won two tests
of their own, with Hepler
winning two cross tests
and Baylor winning a pair of
enduro tests.
Though Ashburn com-
pleted Saturday's event with
the fasted accumulated
time, Baylor was in the hunt
and might have finished with the
fastest time had he not taken a
hard tumble in the final test.
"I was coming out of the
woods and there was a turn with
a jump in it and I just lost my grip
and went down," said Baylor.
"I made it just fine the first two
times through so I thought it
wouldn't be a problem on the
third one, but that wound up
costing me a lot of time."
Hepler had a prior commit-
ment to ride a local race on
Sunday but wanted to give the
Ohio Full Gas round a try on Sat-
urday to see how he stacked up
against the series regulars.
"I wanted to see how I com-
pared to those guys and I've
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THE
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ASHBURN WINS CROW
CANYON SPRINT ENDURO
Jordan Ashburn
came away with
the overall win
at the Full Gas
Sprint Enduro
in Ohio.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
DARRIN
CHAPMAN
Broc Hepler took top
honors in a couple of tests.
