On The Pegs July 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 7 | Page 69

On The Pegs VOL. 4 ISSUE 7 - July 2020
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all of a sudden, you’d go into a super nasty, black,
muddy section. It was definitely a fun race and kept
things interesting.”
Tennessee’s Jordan Ashburn was fourth on the
other Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Team Green
Kawasaki.
“I think I was fifth on the first lap and I knew the
track was going to be fast and rough, so I tried to
follow the leaders to see what lines they were running,”
said Ashburn. “On the third lap, I made a slight
miscalculation and went down just enough to lose
them. It took me a couple laps to catch back up to
Toth. But once we got in the lappers I kind of struggled
a little bit, and Grant ended up catching me.
Then Andrew DeLong caught me. I was like, what is
going on? I figured out their lines later on in the race
and was able to put a pretty good charge on the last
lap and come back to fourth.”
Trail Jesters KTM Racing’s Johnny Girroir turned in
one of his best performances of the year with a fifth
overall finish, which was also good enough for first in
the XC2 250 Pro class. Girroir led six of his eight laps
in the XC2 class, and with his win, he moved into first
in the class standings.
“I think I was more comfortable than most in the
fast, sketchy straights,” said Girroir. “There was a lot
of chop and square-edged bumps and it was scary
but I think I made up a lot of time in those.”
OVERALL RESULTS
1. Josh Strang (Kaw)
2. Kailub Russell (KTM)
3. Grant Baylor (Shr)
4. Jordan Ashburn (Kaw)
5. Johnny Girroir (KTM)
6. Josh Toth (KTM)
7. Mike Witkowski (Yam)
8. Craig DeLong (Hsq)
9. Layne Michael (Yam)
10. Ryder Lafferty (Hsq)