On The Pegs March 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 3 | Page 66

On The Pegs
RUSSELL BOBBITT
DEBRIEFED
It was like old times for Rus-
sell Bobbitt at the Sumter
Enduro, riding a two-stroke, on
the pipe and standing up over
the bars. Russ tells us in his
own words about his race.
“Just starting off in the first test,
I felt awesome. I’ve only ridden
this bike about four times, but it
came together really fast for me.
When I was setting it up I was like, ‘dang, it feels great.’ The day started off well.
I had no idea exactly where I was, but I rode super smooth. I was like back to my
old style, standing up a lot more and just steering with the front a whole bunch.
Just kind of clicked straight away. I think everyone else maybe was trying
hard the early part of the day, and I was just riding smooth and felt good and
knocked off those three test wins in a row. I was like, ‘dang, I wasn’t expecting
that at all.’ I really wasn’t. Those guys kind of crept up the last three tests, but I
was still riding good. I didn’t have big mistakes or anything.
“In tests four through six it still felt good. Just those guys I think stepped it up
a little bit. I wasn’t trying to push the envelope or anything. Not because I had
any kind of gap. I was kind of riding where I was comfortable without doing
anything stupid and just having fun out there, really.
“It was a little of a surprise, but I can tell when I’m riding well and it feels good.
So I knew I had a good pace going. I just didn’t know if those guys would be
levels up on me or not. It just kind of worked out. I didn’t touch a clicker on this
stuff. Didn’t fall down at all.
“I picked good lines. I rode it like I was riding the two-stroke back in the day,
standing up a whole bunch. Just flowing really nicely. I wasn’t fighting any of
the inertia, I feel like. Good time.