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After missing the previous round
to be introduced as a member of
Puerto Rico’s Motocross of Nations
team during last month’s Unadilla
National Motocross, Ryan Sipes
returned to action in the Kenda Full
Gas Sprint Enduro Series with an
overall win over Labor Day week-
end at the Big Buck Sprint Enduro in
Union, South Carolina.
The Rockstar Energy/Leatt/Maxxis
Husqvarna-backed Sipes won seven
tests en route to his fifth overall vic-
tory of the season.
In addition to winning all six of the
Cross tests, Sipes won the first En-
duro test of the weekend, which is a
rare feat for the Kentucky rider, who
is more at home on the faster tests.
“The track was dusty at the start
of the day on Saturday so I knew if
I won the first Cross test it would
make me the first rider out on the
course for that first Enduro test,
which gave me a big edge,” admit-
ted Sipes.
After the fourth test a hard rain-
storm moved in over the area, leav-
ing the course wet and slippery for
the remainder of the day.
Sipes went on to win Sunday’s
event by 14 seconds over Tely En-
ergy Racing’s Grant Baylor, with
Coastal Racing Husqvarna’s Layne
Michael, Tely Energy Racing’s Stew-
ard Baylor and Rockstar Energy