ROUND 2 ADULT RACE REPORT FROM OUTBACK MOTORSPORTS PARK

-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 2025 US Sprint Enduro Series
Round 2
February 1-2, 2025

Outback Motorsports Park
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Photos by Art Pepin

Fans of sprint enduro knew it was just a matter of time before Am Pro Yamaha’s Liam
Draper got his overall win in the US Sprint Enduro Series. But most didn’t expect it to
come at the expense of FMF KTM Factory Rider Johnny Girroir, who, up until this race
had amassed 22-straight day-wins going back to his defeat by Zach Osborne in 2023 at
South of the Border MX in South Carolina.

Though it was by the narrowest of margins, Draper won both days of the event to take
the overall by 6.394-seconds after two days of racing at Outback Raceway in Laurinburg
North Carolina. Meanwhile, Sunday’s win came by a whisker over one second.
In all, each rider won six tests over the course of the two days, however, it was Draper’s
brilliant ride in Saturday’s final test that made the difference.
“That last enduro test I did the best I could and laid it all out there,” said Draper. “I was going to
die trying to beat Johnny; it was some of the closest racing I think I’ve ever had. We went into
the last Test 7.10 th s of a second apart, so super close and I got into the lead at one point and
then he got it back from me, but yeah I just rode the last test the best I could and laid it all out
there. I was going to die trying to beat Johnny.”

Girroir was disappointed at his streak coming to an end, but the practical KTM rider knows that
all things must on to an end.

Phoenix Honda’s Cody Barnes battled FMF KTM Factory Racing Team Landers’ rising star,
Grant Davis. In the end, Davis came out with the final step of the podium, proving the 19-year-
old’s recent successes in National Sprint weren’t just flukes. Davis also won the Pro 2 class.

“I’m happy with how I rode,” said Davis. “The entire course was deep sand and I need to fix
some of my mistakes and I’ll be better. I lost the front end twice and that’s what kind of did me
in for the overall for on Saturday.”

Barnes, riding a 450 this year instead of his usual 250, missed the podium by four seconds,
although he topped Davis in four tests.
Cody talked about how rough the sandy course got.
“It got really chewed up and lot of tree roots got exposed and it crossed us up,” said Barnes.
“We ended up getting a lot of big breaking bumps and it ended up being s super fun track like
big sandy corners, so the track was a lot of fun the track definitely got really chewed up and a
lot of tree roots exposed.”

FMF KTM Factory Racing Team Landers’ Cooper Jones came out on top of a monumental battle
Red Bear Team Green Kawasaki’s Collier Martinez; the two separated by lass then two
minutes at the end of the weekend.
Toby Cleveland (Hsq) was seven second back in ninth, while Colton Shields (Hsq) won
the Pro-Am class with a 20th overall finish.

TOP 3 OVERALL
JOHNNY GIRROIR 2ND (PRO1)/ LIAM DRAPER 1ST (PRO1)/
GRANT DAVIS 3RD (PRO2)

PRO AM PODIUM
HUNTER SMITH 2ND /COLTON SHIELDS 1ST / JASON LIPSCOMB 3RD

PRO WOMEN PODIUM KORIE STEEDE 2ND/BRANDY RICHARDS 1ST/TAYLA JONES 3RD

PRO 1 PODIUM
JOHNNY GIRROIR 2ND / LIAM DRAPER 1ST / CODY BARNS 3RD

PRO 2 PODIUM
COOPER JONES 2ND / GRANT DAVIS 1ST/ COLLIER MARTINEZ 3RD

Landers KTM’s Brandy Richards dominated the Pro Women’s division, winning all 12 tests of the
weekend. Rockstar Energy Factory Racing’s Korie Steed was second near three minutes back.

“The only crash I had was in the first test of the first day,” said Richards. “I just kind of lost the
front end and then after that I kind of just stayed up pretty much full time and just flowed. The
enduro I would say was like 70% sandy and then there was also like some hard packed black
dirt there with a bunch of nasty tree roots. But it was mostly sand.”

Phoenix Honda Racing’s (Hon) Tayla Jones rounded out the podium followed by
Bonecutter Sherco Racings, Rachel Gutish in fourth and Ellie Winland on her Yamaha in fifth.