ROUND 4 RACE REPORT
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2026 US Sprint Enduro Series
Round 4
Olde Mill Farm Sprint Enduro
April 11-12, 2026
Charlotte Hall, Maryland
By Shan Moore
Photos by Jade Barnes
After a chaotic opening to the 2026 US Sprint Enduro Series that produced three different winners in
three rounds, Liqui Moly Beta rider Cody Barnes emerged as the first repeat victor after a hard-
fought battle at round four’s Olde Mill Farm Sprint Enduro in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. Barnes
secured the overall win with a 12 result over the course of the two-day event, edging FMF KTM
Factory Racing’s Grant Davis’s 2-1 performance by the slimmest of margins.
Barnes struck early on Saturday with a 5.5second win in the opening cross test. Davis answered
back immediately, claiming the enduro test by just 0.1 seconds and trimming another 1.7 seconds in
the third test. Cooper Jones (KTM) held third at the midway point, eight seconds behind Davis.
When it counted most, Barnes responded with wins in two of the final three tests to take Saturday’s
win by just over five seconds. Jones completed the podium and earned top Pro 2 honors, followed
by Husqvarna riders Toby Cleveland and Brody Johnson, while Colton Shields (Hsq) led the ProAm
class with a strong sixth overall.
“I got off to a really good start in the first cross test,” said Barnes. “It was obviously a fresh grass
field, and I was able to really roll the corners and set some stuff up. But at the end of the day, it
seemed like I went backwards on the cross test while Grant picked it up. I think I was just trying
too hard to set up my corners more and the course got some big silt berms and it just didn’t
work.”
Davis struck first on Sunday, opening with a 3.5second crosstest win over Barnes, with Cleveland
third, again pacing the Pro 2 class. Barnes rebounded decisively in test two, gaining nearly eight
seconds to take the provisional lead, before Davis countered in test three to reclaim a slim
advantage. After another back and forth in tests four and five, the weekend was decided in the final
test, where Barnes erased a foursecond deficit by beating Davis by 6.1 seconds to secure the
overall victory by 2.1 seconds. Davis held on to claim Sunday’s win, with Jones in third again.
“Today was a little rough,” said Barnes. “I really struggled in the cross test with the silt and Grant
made a lot of time on me there. I made up a lot of time in the enduro test, but I crashed in the silt in
that last cross test and threw away any chance of getting the day win for Sunday, but I sent it in that
last test of the day and made up enough time to take the overall win.”
Davis struggled with a few falls on Sunday but still managed the day win.
“I couldn’t keep it off the ground,” said Davis. “I started picking up speed in the enduro test on day
two and I flowed well. It was kind of sketchy in places with some square edges, but I managed it well
in the end.”
Jones finished third overall and first in Pro 2, Cleveland was fourth overall and second in Pro 2, and
Shields rounded out the top five as the leading ProAm rider.
Jones won the Pro 2 class on Saturday by a little over 30 seconds, but finished second to Cleveland
on Sunday. Jones had enough spare time from Saturday to claim the overall win in the Pro 2
division.
“Today I honestly struggled a good bit and Toby got me for the day,” said Jones. “I got him for the
overall so it was a good weekend.”
Brody Johnson (Hsq), Cole Whitmer (GG), Will Sievenpiper (Kaw), Lane Whitmer (GG) and Brayden
Baisley (Yam) rounded out the top 10.
FMF KTM’s Brandy Richards topped AmPro Yamaha’s Danielle McDonald for the win in the
Women’s Pro Division, while Yamaha-mounted Lillie Sheets was third overall.
“I definitely love this place,” said Richards. “It was a little bit dryer this year, but I loved the
cross test. Lots of lines opened up and it was fun getting some creative line choices. There were
a lot of people here this weekend so the enduro test got choppy, but overall, it was a fun
weekend.”
Austin Tsakanikas rode his KTM to the Open A victory to earn the $1,000 KTM Power Pick
contingency award.
Top Amateur for the weekend with an overall win in the 250
A division was Brayden Baisley.
The US Sprint Enduro Series has started a Six-Day Futures presented by US Sprint Enduro Series
program, which was created to support, educate, and inspire the next generation of American
off-road motorcycle racers, while building awareness of what the International Six Days of
Enduro (ISDE / “Six Days”) truly entails. KTM’s Brandy Richards was this round’s instructor, and
she led 15 participants around the course to talk about lines and strategy. KTM’s Grant Davis
will be the instructor at the next round at the High Voltage Sprint Enduro. To learn more at
www.ussprintenduro.com.
Round five of the 2026 US Sprint Enduro Series resumes with the High Voltage Sprint Enduro on
April 25-26 in Maidsville, West Virginia/Dillinar, Pennsylvania. For more information on the US
Sprint Enduro Series check out www.ussprintenduro.com.
Complete Results can be found HERE
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ROUND 4 OVERALL RESULTS
- Cody Barnes (Bet)
- Grant Davis (KTM)
- Cooper Jones (KTM)
- Toby Cleveland (Hsq)
- Colton Shields (Hsq)
- Brody Johnson (Hsq)
- Cole Whitmer (GG)
- Will Sievenpiper (Kaw)
- Lane Whitmer (GG)
- Brayden Baisley (Yam)
