🎥 2017 Full Gas Sprint Series: Round 3

A slippery track greeted the riders on Saturday morning as heavy rains and strong winds the day before left the Bristol area drenched. However, the conditions quickly improved as the sun began to dry the track. The racing was fast and close all weekend on what some of the riders considered the best dirt the series has seen all year. Unlike the previous two rounds, which were located at motocross facilities, the Virginia race was held at a more traditional venue, with a true grass track cross test and an enduro test complete with tight single-track, a few fire roads, a technical blast through a shallow creek and even a rocky section.

Coastal Racing Husqvarna’s Ryan Sipes claimed his second victory of the season at Round 3 of the Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series presented by PRI Powersports Insurance finishing ahead of SRT KTM Racing’s Cory Buttrick and Beta USA’s Jordan Ashburn. Sipes claimed eight of the 12 test wins on the weekend – five on Saturday (three Cross tests and two Enduro tests) and all three Enduro tests on Sunday. SRT Racing’s Steward Baylor, Beta USA’s Jordan Ashburn and Am Pro Yamaha’s Josh Toth split the remaining four tests among themselves, which played right into Sipes’ hands, allowing the Kentucky rider to extend his lead in the final results.

Australia’s, Tayla Jones claimed her second win of the series in the Women’s Pro division, ahead of Bonanza Plumbing KTM’s Mackenzie Tricker and Maryland’s Brooke Cosner. Jones won all 12 of the tests and beat out Tricker by three-minutes-and-15-seconds. Jones even finished as high as ninth overall in one of the Cross tests. “The weekend was awesome, I really loved both tracks – the cross track and the enduro track,” said Jones. “It was slippery on Saturday but on Sunday the dirt was perfect and it was like riding on chocolate cake, you could just exit a turn and hold it wide open.”

Highlights

Produced by Rob Mitchell.

OVERALL RESULTS

Men’s Pro Class

Women’s Pro Class

For more on the 2017 Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series, visit the official website.