Racing

Big Buck Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Photos

Thad DuVall finishes off sprint series with a win

November 15, 2016

Thad DuVall "scrubs" a tree en route to a test win at the Big Buck Full Gas Sprint Enduro in South Carolina. DuVall won three tests on Saturday and two tests on Sunday.Photo By Shan Moore

Layne Michael followed up his brilliant ride at the ISDE in Spain with a runner-up finish at the Big Buck Sprint Enduro this past weekend.Photo By Shan Moore

There was a big difference between Saturday's event and Sunday's event. It hadn't rained in the Sourth Carolina area for weeks going into the Big Buck race and Saturday's event was pretty dusty. However, rain moved in overnight and Sunday's race was slick and wet. Here, a rider slides off line and almost hits a tree in the Enduro Test.Photo By Shan Moore

Grant Baylor won a test on Saturday and finished off the weekend in fourth overall.Photo By Shan Moore

Andrew DeLong showed up at the Big Buck on a 300cc two-stroke Husqvarna, the first two-stroke the Pennsylvania rider has raced in five years. DeLong spent the race getting used to the bike and finished the event in eighth.Photo By Shan Moore

Argentinian Luciano Benavides has been flying to all the events and racing Thad DuVall's KR4 practice bike. Benavides finished second in the Open A division.Photo By Shan Moore

Evan Smith won a test on Saturday and was seventh overall.Photo By Shan Moore

Fresh off his national enduro win in Tulsa, Cory Buttrick finished off the Full Gas Sprint Enduro series with a fifth overall finish.Photo By Shan Moore

The Big Buck was Thad DuVall's final race with KR4 and will be riding for the factory Husqvarna team in 2017. The West Virginia rider will be riding the Kenda AMA National Enduro Series, GNCC, the Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series next year, and shooting for a spot on the US ISDE team.Photo By Shan Moore