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ally enjoyed the Enduro test a lot and I had fun, so it was a good weekend.”
Former National Enduro winner Cory Buttrick was seventh overall.
“It was pretty up and down,” said Buttrick. “I wish I could have started where we
finished. I finally started making steps in the right direction. I feel like the last three
tests today (Sunday) I finally started racing instead of riding. It felt like all weekend
I was kind of just scared to go the pace. I was just struggling to carry speed everywhere.
I couldn’t connect an entire lap. I made a few small changes to the bike
today just suspension-wise. I picked up some time. Finally I was happy with how we
finished. We were heading in the right direction.”
Trail Jesters Racing KTM’s Jesse Ansley went into the final test on Sunday with a
nine-second advantage over 760 Husqvarna’s Ben Nelko for second place in the
Pro2 class, but a crash in the final test dropped him to third in class and ninth overall,
behind Nelko.
“I was third Pro2 rider at the end of day one, then I made up really good ground
the beginning of today,” said Ansley. “Then going into the last test I had a nine-second
buffer on Ben. I ultimately blew it, honestly. Ben caught me and I crashed up. I
just gave up so much time. Then for me to be in a good position and I just blew it.
Obviously it’s all on me. I just got to go back and figure it out.”
Former Pro Motocrosser Andrew Matusek rounded out the top 10 overall on a
Suzuki.
Matusek also won the Open A class ahead of Hans Neel and Luke Ross.
West Coast rider JT Baker won the ProAm class on a FactoryONE Sherco, beating
out round-one winner Cole Mattison. Anson Maloney, another Californian, was third.
In the Women’s Pro Class, Rockstar Husqvarna Lan Mills XC rider Tayla Jones took
the win by just less than four seconds ahead of Am Pro Yamaha’s Rachel Archer.
“I had a pretty good weekend,” said Jones. “I was super stoked to be back at the
Full Gas races, these are my favorite. The tracks were awesome. It got dry and dusty,
but it’s summertime. What do you expect? I didn’t have any crashes. I was pretty
amazed at that with how slick the conditions were. I had fun and got another win
here, so I’m stoked.”
US ISDE Team member Brandy Richards, of Arizona, was third on an FMF/KTM.
RESULTS
1. Kailub Russell (KTM)
2. Josh Strang (Kaw)
3. Johnny Girroir (KTM)
4. Layne Michael (Yam)
5. Jordan Ashburn (Kaw)
6. Liam Draper (KTM)
7. Cory Buttrick (Hsq)
8. Ben Nelko (KTM)
9. Jesse Ansley (KTM)
10. Andrew Matusek (Suz)