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Ryan Sipes Takes the Narrowest of Victories at Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro

Sipes edges Baylor for Virginia Sprint Enduro win

May 3, 2018

As expected, series point leader Ryan Sipes dominated the Cross test, winning all three of Sunday’s runs by 11-12 seconds.Darrin Chapman

Rockstar/Leatt/Maxxis Husqvarna's Ryan Sipes capitalized on his Supercross and motocross skills to claim his second win in a row in the Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series in Bristol, Virginia, where he edged Tely Energy Racing KTM's Grant Baylor by 1.5 seconds after two days of racing. In all, Sipes won six of the 12 tests en route to his win, while Baylor won three tests to secure second.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Josh Strang rounded out the podium, finishing the event less then a minute behind Baylor, while KR4 Husqvarna’s Layne Michael and Tely Racing’s Steward Baylor were fourth and fifth.

Beta USA’s Jordan Ashburn was fourth at the end of Saturday’s round, but was a little off the pace in Sunday’s slick conditions and slipped to sixth overall after the weekend.Darrin Chapman

Josh Strang won the first Enduro test of the weekend and finished the Virginia round in third overall.Darrin Chapman

KR4 Husqvarna’s Tayla Jones took the Women’s Pro win by about 40 seconds over Bonanza Plumbing/Trail Jesters KTM’s Mackenzie Tricker.Darrin Chapman

KTM-mounted JoJo Bowden rounded out the top 10 overall and was second in the Pro2 division.Darrin Chapman

KR4 Husqvarna’s Liam Draper won the Pro2 class with an impressive eighth overall finish. Draper leads the Pro2 class point standings.Darrin Chapman

Evan Smith has been a solid top-10 performer all year and put his SRT Racing Husqvarna into seventh in Virginia.Darrin Chapman

Grant Baylor miscalculated the start time for the first Enduro test of the day and had to start several classes behind the Pro division. The Tely Energy Racing KTM rider still managed to win the overall on Saturday.Darrin Chapman

Former ISDE team member Layne Michael won an Enduro test on Sunday en route to fourth overall for the weekend.Darrin Chapman

Virginia Sprint Enduro Results

Position	Rider	Brand	Time
1	Ryan Sipes	Husqvarna	01:19:50.151
2	Grant Baylor	Husqvarna	01:19:51.698
3	Josh Strang	Husqvarna	01:20:11.487
4	Layne Michael	Husqvarna	01:20:14.062
5	Steward Baylor	KTM	01:20:29.051
6	Jordan Ashburn	Beta	01:20:42.620
7	Evan Smith	Husqvarna	01:21:47.653
8	Liam Draper	Husqvarna	01:23:23.951
9	Mike Witkowski	Beta	01:24:09.384
10	JoJo Bowden	KTM	01:24:15.403

Mike Witkowski on the gas in the Enduro test. The Beta USA-backed rider finished a solid ninth overall.Darrin Chapman

2018 Pro Class Championship Point Standings

Position	Rider	Brand	Points
1	Ryan Sipes	Husqvarna	106
2	Steward Baylor	KTM	95
3	Josh Strang	Husqvarna	79 \|
4	Grant Baylor	KTM	77
5	Layne Michael	Husqvarna	71
6	Jordan Ashburn	Beta	69
7	Evan Smith	Husqvarna	59
8	Mike Witkowski	Beta	52
9	Russell Bobbitt	KTM	24