ROUND 7 MARVIN’S MOUNTAIN ADULT RACE REPORT
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Marvin’s Mountain Sprint Enduro
2024 US Sprint Enduro Series presented by Moose Racing
Round 7
August 24-25, 2024
Masontown, West Virginia
Story by Shan Moore
Photography by Art Pepin
FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Johnny Girroir remained perfect for the season, picking up
his seventh-straight overall victory in the 2024 US Sprint Enduro Series after winning
both days of this weekend’s hot and dusty event at the Marvin’s Mountain Sprint Enduro
in Masontown, West Virginia. In all, Girroir won 11 of the 12 tests during the weekend.
Girroir won all but one test on Saturday, finishing the day 11.6 seconds ahead of Am
Pro Yamaha’s Liam Draper, who topped Girroir in the second enduro test, Girroir’s only
defeat.
“Saturday went well,” said Girroir. “I won the first three tests and then the fourth test I
got caught sleeping and Liam got me by about 11 seconds. I tightened it back up and
crushed the last cross test and rode smooth in the last enduro test it was a solid first
day.”
Meanwhile, Draper finished a little over a minute ahead of Phoenix Honda’s Cody
Barnes, with FMF KTM Factory Racing Lander’s Angus Riordan another 30 seconds
back in fourth. Riordan was also the top Pro 2 rider.
One of the top contenders in the Pro 1 class, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Racing’s
Craig DeLong, went down in the second enduro test on Saturday, costing him over a
minute, which dropped the Pennsylvania rider considerably down the standings.
Girroir crushed it on Sunday, sweeping all six tests to top Draper by 58 seconds for the
day. Barnes was 13 seconds back in third, while Riordan edged out Husqvarna rider
Jason Tino for fourth and top Pro 2 rider.
As far as the overall results, Girroir left no doubts, finishing the two-day event 1:07
seconds ahead of Draper, with Barnes another 1:17 second back. With the win, Girroir
wrapped up the series championship one race early.
“I never really change tires, but for this track I brought a gummy and we ran an 81 on
the cross test and after Liam blew my doors off in the second enduro test on Saturday
we started running a gummy tire on the enduro test since it was so slick and silty,” said
Girroir. “It got super rocky out there and it kept you on your toes. I think it tried to bite
each of us at one point or another. This is the first time I’ve changed tires all year
between the cross test and the enduro test, so it kept you on your toes all the time. Just
Happy to get it done and wrap up the championship.”
Draper gave Girroir a good run for his money on Saturday, despite coming back from
surgery to have some hardware removed from his knee.
“It was just nice to be back racing,” said Draper. “It’s always a little worrying when you
come back from an injury how you’re gonna do and this weekend I felt like I was straight
back to where I was before and super close with Johnny all weekend.”
Barnes was not totally comfortable with the rocky and silty terrain but still managed an
impressive third overall.
“I had a third overall both days so I’m happy with that,” said Barnes. “The track
conditions were super tough, definitely not my strong suit but I was able to make the
most of it and just stay off the ground, that was my main goal this weekend. The enduro
test had just a bunch of silt and a ton of loose rocks and I’m not very comfortable in
those conditions, so to be able to keep it on two wheels and be somewhat competitive
with those guys was good.”
Riordan topped the Pro 2 class winner and was fourth overall after a tight battle with
Tino.
“Yeah, me an Tino went back and forth, and since it was a tight battle any mistake could
mess up your day, so you really had to be careful out there,” said Riordan. “There was a
lot of silt and underneath the silt was rocks so you really didn’t know what was coming
up”
Tino was second in the Pro 2 class and fifth overall.
“The racing was very tight and it made it very stressful, especially on a track like this,”
said Tino. “It could bite you if you weren’t careful, so I just put my head down and went
as fast as I could in the conditions.”
Dominick Morse (Hsq) was sixth overall and third in the Pro 2 division.
Gavin Simon (Hsq) was the top Pro-Am rider in seventh overall, with Babbitt’s Online
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s JoJo Cunningham hot on his heals in eighth overall and
second Pro-Am rider. Meanwhile, Cooper Jones (KTM) finished ninth overall and third in
the Pro-Am Division.
DeLong never regained his pace after his crash on Saturday and finished 10th.
The top Amateur was Tyler DiBartolo who won the Open A class and took the FMF Fastest Enduro and Cross Test Amateur Awards!
FMF KTM Factory Racing Lander’s rider Brandy Richards continued her undefeated
streak in the Women’s Pro class ahead of Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s
Korie Steede and Jocelyn Barnes by sweeping all 12 tests.
“This was different from the other races we’ve had this year,” said Richards. “Just because of
the drastic differences between the cross and the enduro tests. The cross test was tight and as the race developed you start getting braking bumps, so we would stiffen up the suspension for
the cross test and then soften it up for the enduro test since it was so slippery. Once we started
doing that it was a lot easier.”
racer of the fastest Cross Test and fastest Enduro Test on the weekend in the
Youth/Amateur and Pro divisions.
YOUTH DIVISION
Super Mini SR Racer, Enduro Test – Levi Wilkins 7:01.7
Super Mini SR Racer, Cross Test – Levi Wilkins 7:28.6
AMATEUR DIVISION
Open A Racer, Enduro Test- Tyler Dibartolo 6:57.5
Open A RACER, Cross Test – Tyler Dibartolo 7:48.2
PRO DIVISION
Liam Draper (Pro 1), Enduro Test – 7:.08.1
Johnny Girroir (Pro 1), Cross Test – 6:12.9
The US Sprint Enduro Series resumes on November 9-10 for its season finale and double points round at Roger’s Farm in Ninety-Six, South Carolina. For more information on the US Sprint Enduro Series
go to www.ussprintenduro.com.
FULL RESULTS LINK HERE
ROUND 7 OVERALL RESULTS
- Johnny Girroir (KTM)
- Liam Draper (Yam)
- Cody Barnes (Hon)
- Angus Riordan (KTM)
- Jason Tino (Hsq)
- Dominic Morse (Hsq)
- Gavin Simon (Hsq)
- JoJo Cunningham (Kaw)
- Cooper Jones (KTM)
- Craig DeLong (Hsq)
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