After leading the first half of Saturday ’ s event in “ combined overall scoring ”, Girroir ended the weekend with two PRO 2 victories and third overall in the combined scoring .
“ I got out to a great start on Saturday and actually ended up leading the overall the first four tests ,” said Girroir . “ Stew was creeping on all me day . A couple seconds here , three seconds there , and it caught up to me at the end . I think he was three seconds ahead of me going into the last test . I had some issues on the last test . Just trying to get around the last pro one rider , I hit a tree , tangled myself , had to pull back off the tree .”
Despite getting off to a slow start , Trail Jesters Racing KTM ’ s Jesse Ansley held off Husqvarna ’ s Ben Nelko and XC Gear / Enduro Engineering / Husqvarna ’ s Ryder Lafferty to claim a pair of seconds in the Pro 2 class .
“ First two tests weren ’ t that great ,” admitted Ansley . “ I ’ m just kind of getting the bugs and the jitters worked out , especially with the
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