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US Sprint Enduro - Round 7 Marvin's Mountain
WORDS: Shan Moore
PHOTOS: Art Pepin
FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Johnny Girroir remained perfect for the season, picking up his seventhstraight overall victory in the 2024 US Sprint Enduro Series after winning both days of this weekend’s hot and dusty event at the Marvin’s Mountain Sprint Enduro in Masontown, West Virginia. In all, Girroir won 11 of the 12 tests during the weekend.
Girroir won all but one test on Saturday, finishing the day 11.6 seconds ahead of Am Pro Yamaha’s Liam Draper, who topped Girroir in the second enduro test, Girroir’s only defeat.
“Saturday went well,” said Girroir. “I won the first three tests and then the fourth test I got caught sleeping and Liam got me by about 11 seconds. I tightened it back up and crushed the last cross test and rode smooth in the last enduro test it was a solid first day.”
Meanwhile, Draper finished a little over a minute ahead of Phoenix Honda’s Cody Barnes, with FMF KTM Factory Racing Lander’s Angus Riordan another 30 seconds back in fourth.
Riordan was also the top Pro2 rider.
One of the top contenders in the Pro 1 class, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Racing’s Craig DeLong, went down in the second enduro test on Saturday, costing him over a minute, which dropped the Pennsylvania rider considerably down the standings...
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