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JONES WINS UTAH SPRINT
HERO ENDURO
J
ustin Jones won the Sprint
Hero Racing Series held at
Iron Mine Raceway in Cedar City,
Utah, March 1-2. Jones, riding
his Monster Energy Honda, beat
out Cole Shondeck and Destry
Abbott for the victory and took
the points lead in the process.
The event was the second of
three being held this season.
The race was held on six miles
of motocross, single track and
off-road sections and that were
separated into full-length tests.
Riders were sent out on each
loop in 10-second intervals and
were challenged to run a full-out
lap, followed by a break. The
racer in each class that has the
lowest total time on course over
the two days is the winner. The
Iron Mine event was held on
three tests: Motocross, GP and
Enduro over the two-day event.
Jones, who finished second
in the first race at Glen Helen,
had to play catch-up after a hard
tumble during Saturday's race.
He came back on Sunday and
took the win.
"On Saturday, Destry and Cole
Shondeck were really going
fast and I didn't make it easy on
myself," said Jones. "I made a lot
of mistakes and went down hard
once. I rebounded on Sunday
and conditions couldn't have
been better. We had a decent
amount of rain last night and I
came out on top."
After finishing fifth in the open-
er, Shondeck decided to run the
whole series and was rewarded
with a runner-up finish, just be-
hind Jones. A veteran motocross
racer, Shondeck said the format
has helped him really come up to
speed in off-road racing.
"I did the first round in Glen
Helen and I liked it so much I
decided to do the whole series,"
said Shondeck. "It was an awe-
some weekend. The enduro test
was super cool. The single-track
section was tight and completely
different than the rest of it. The
GP sections were fast, but they
Justin Jones topped
the second round of
the Sprint Hero Enduro
Series in Utah.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
HARLEN
FOLEY
