ROUND 4 OLDE MILL FARM ADULT RACE REPORT
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2025 US Sprint Enduro Series
Round 4
Olde Mill Farm Sprint Enduro
March 22-23, 2025
Charlotte Hall, Maryland
Words by Shan Moore
Pictures by Art Pepin
It was a Near Sellout at Olde Mill, in Charlotte Hall, Maryland!
Mother Nature hammered the site with rain on Thursday night making the fields loam extra soft and spongy for everyone’s arrival, but the strong sun and intense wind helped dry out the fields as the weekend progressed.
Racers enjoyed the Olde Mill Farms Cross Test and many liked the tighter woods sections this year on the Enduro Test. As racing progressed the Enduro Test steadily got rough and really tested the racers adaptiveness. And the intense winds really stretched the limits of the ribbon on the Cross Test which kept the crew busy to say the least! Regardless of what Mother Nature threw our way – the steadfastness of the crew and the tenaciousness of the racers made the weekend a success!
This season we have really given the racers a plethora of variety. All in all, it was a great race weekend with many newcomers to Sprint Enduro learning from our seasoned series followers on how to tackle the Sprints!
We appreciate the landowners once again having the USSE Race Series out for its 3rd event in the shadows of our Nation’s Capital and are thankful for the opportunity to bring the Nation’s Premier Sprint Enduro Series to the area.
Nancy Schlag, Co-Founder
The Olde Mill Sprint Enduro in Charlotte Hall, Maryland, kicked off the second half of the 2025
US Sprint Enduro Series with thrilling intensity. This race was a golden opportunity for
contenders to make a renewed push towards their respective championships. True to its
reputation, the Olde Mill Sprint was one of the most exciting and fiercely contested
races of the year.
On Saturday, FMF KTM Factory Racing Team Landers’ Grant Davis took an early lead with a
three-second win in the cross test over Am Pro Yamaha’s Liam Draper, with FMF KTM Factory
Rider Johnny Girroir trailing by another five seconds. However, Davis lost 10 seconds to Draper
and five to Girroir in the first enduro test.
Davis regained the overall lead by winning test three, while Girroir came in second and Draper
third. The three top riders battled fiercely in one of the tightest races of the season. With two
tests remaining, Davis seemed to have the upper hand, but Girroir won the final two tests and
edged out Davis by 1.1 seconds for Saturday’s win, despite Davis winning three tests compared
to Girroir’s two. Draper, who had one test win, was third for the day, nine seconds behind
Davis, while Phoenix Racing Honda’s Cody Barnes came in 15 seconds behind Draper for fourth.
Rockstar Energy Factory Racing’s Craig DeLong was fifth.
Davis jumped out to the early lead again on Sunday with a win in test one, followed by Girroir
and Draper. However, the Pro 2 rider faltered again in the enduro test, finishing eighth and
dropping down the order, although he rebounded to win test three.
Unlike Saturday, once Girroir got into the overall lead he never relinquished and slowly pulled
away for Sunday’s win and the overall victory for the weekend. In the end, Girroir won four
tests while Davis won two.
“I started off slow, I don’t know what I was doing out there,” said Girroir. “Everyone’s riding
good and everybody has a chance now. I started off bad Saturday and kind of just gathered
myself all day and had a couple of good tests at the end and then today I had some good tests,
even though I had a couple of crashes. I crashed last enduro test but other than that it was a
pretty good weekend and yeah everybody’s ripping so it’s gonna be a good last few rounds.”
Davis continues to be a thorn in the side of the Pro 1 riders and finished second overall and first
in the Pro 2 division.
“I tried to give Johnny a run for it but the guy just always pulls it out,” said Davis. “But I’m happy
with my weekend and how I was riding. I’m just happy with how I rode this weekend.”
Having won round two of the series, Draper was somewhat disappointed in third overall in
Maryland.
“I was just making bad line choices,” said Draper. “On Sunday, the main line was so chewed up
that I was trying to get out of the main line and I guess that wasn’t the best option. I think
staying in the main line was the way to go. I had some close calls in the enduro test and just
wasn’t willing to really send it in there. I really enjoyed the cross test but the woods were pretty
hammered.”
Barnes was pleased to finish second Pro rider and third overall on Sunday, showing
improvement over Saturday’s fourth place finish. Although he struggled in the enduro test both
days, Barnes finished the weekend with fourth overall.
“I figured out the enduro test a little better on Sunday, and I had some better times,” said
Barnes. “I fell in that first enduro test on Saturday and that set me back. I just didn’t ride well all
weekend in the cross test. I was struggling so much so that’s where I was losing a lot of time to
Johnny, Grant and Liam. On Sunday, I made some bike changes. They changed the shock spring,
and I think that helped a lot because overall I just rode a little bit better and minimized the
mistakes.”
Flat Rock Factory GasGas rider Jason Tino had a fantastic finish, taking a sixth on Saturday and a
fifth on Sunday for fifth overall for the weekend. Tino was also second in the Pro 2 division.
DeLong rounded out the Pro 1 division with a fourth in class and sixth overall.
Phoenix Racing Honda’s JoJo Cunningham topped the Pro-Am division with a seventh overall
after finishing ninth on Saturday and sixth on Sunday for seventh overall. Meanwhile,
Husqvarna riders Gavin Simon and Toby Cleveland were eighth and ninth overall,
respectively.
FMF KTM Factory Racing Team Landers’ Cooper Jones rounded out the top 10.
Phoenix Honda Racing’s Tayla Jones eked out a win by five seconds over
Rockstar Energy Factory Racing’s Korie Steede in the Pro Women’s division, however Steede holds the points lead over Jones by 7 points going into Round 5.
Rieju USA’s Rachel Gutish was third overall, four minutes ahead of fourth-place finisher Ellie
Winland (Yam).
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FMF FASTEST TEST TIME AWARDS:
PRO DIVISION
Grant Davis (Pro 2), Cross Test – 6:37.4
Johnny Girroir (Pro), Enduro Test – 7:18.9
AMATEUR DIVISION
Rivers Morris (250A), Cross Test – 7:00.8
Olin Daniels (250 A), Enduro Test – 8:03.3
Olin Daniels was also the top Amateur for the weekend with an overall win in the 250 A class.
YOUTH RACE REPORT WILL BE OUT SOON!
The US Sprint Enduro Series returns to action on April 19-20 in Dilliner, Pennsylvania, for the
High Voltage Sprint Enduro, which will also double as an AMA ISDE Qualifier round. For more
information check out www.ussprintenduro.com.
ROUND 4 OVERALL RESULTS
- Johnny Girroir (KTM)
- Grant Davis (KTM)
- Liam Draper (Yam)
- Cody Barnes (Hon)
- Jason Tino (GG)
- Craig DeLong (Hsq)
- JoJo Cunningham (Hon)
- Gavin Simon (Hsq)
- Toby Cleveland (Hsq)
- Cooper Jones (KTM)
COMPLETE RESULTS CAN BE FOUND HERE
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