2024 U.S. Sprint Enduro Round 6 Results

Shan Moore | June 19, 2024

Every top athlete has an off day from time to time. How you manage your off days and come back from them makes you a true champion.

Johnny Girroir at 2024 U.S. Sprint Enduro Round 6 — **Johnny Girroir had a rough day at the office on Saturday at CJ Raceway, round 6 of the U.S. Sprint Enduro Series, in West Virginia, but picked up the pace on Sunday for the overall win.**

By Shan Moore | Photos by Art Pepin

After five straight overall wins in the 2024 U.S. Sprint Enduro Series and after virtually dominating the series to this point, FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Johnny Girroir had somewhat of a rough day at the office on Saturday at the CJ Raceway Sprint Enduro in Newburg, West Virginia, June 15-16. Four different riders split the six tests, and Girroir won three of them.

At the end of Saturday’s event, Girroir won the day by four seconds ahead of a close battle with Phoenix Honda’s Cody Barnes, salvaging his day with a great ride in the next-to-last enduro test.

“I had a pretty high-speed crash in the second cross test on Saturday, and that kind of scared me or shocked me a little bit,” said Girroir. “I wasn’t riding that great in the beginning anyway, but I picked it back up in the end.”

Barnes topped Rockstar Energy Racing’s Craig DeLong by nine seconds to claim second for the day, with DeLong in third.

Angus Riordan at 2024 U.S. Sprint Enduro Round 6 — **Angus Riordan was flying on his 250cc. The KTM rider took the Pro 2-class win and fourth overall.**

Saturday’s top five consisted of Girroir, Barnes, DeLong, FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers’ Angus Riordan, who also won the Pro 2 class, and Babbitt’s Online Monster Energy Kawasaki’s JoJo Cunningham.

On Sunday, Girroir was determined and ready. As a result, he won all three cross tests and one enduro test to outpace DeLong for the win.

“Today went smooth,” said Girroir. “I kept her off the ground, found some good speed in the cross test and had a good last enduro test.”

Third was Barnes, with Riordan and Husqvarna-backed Jason Tino rounding out the top five. Riordan also topped the Pro 2 division with Tino second.

“I had a good weekend with second overall,” said Barnes on Sunday. “I was competitive with Johnny, plus he had a crash, and I was close to him, so that helped. Then today, it got a little bit drier, and I kind of struggled a little bit and didn’t make it easy on myself. I had a bad last cross test trying to be more patient, which cost me on the 250. You just got to ride it more aggressively. On the last enduro test, I got caught a little stump and got tangled up in some trees, but I was able to hold on to second overall for the weekend, so that was good.”

DeLong was more consistent on Sunday, finishing second. “Today was really good,” said DeLong. I fell in the second enduro test and probably lost 10 seconds. That really set me back, because I was second behind Johnny, and that fall dropped me back to third. I had a good cross test, and I won the first enduro test today, so I feel I’ve been making good improvements the last few weeks.”

Riordan was fourth again, ahead of Husqvarna-backed Jason Tino. “The weekend went well,” Riordan said on Sunday. “I managed to win the Pro 2 yesterday by about 25 seconds and got fourth overall,” said Riordan. “Today, I just maintained. I was up by just a second, so I knew I had to pull something out, and I was able to get Tino by a few seconds, so I won both days and the overall.”

Though Girroir didn’t win every test, his brilliant riding in the remainder of the tests garnered him the overall win for the weekend. In all, Girroir won six of the 12 tests, which gave him the overall by 28 seconds.

Brandy Richards at 2024 U.S. Sprint Enduro Round 6 — **Brandy Richards continues to dominate the Pro Women’s division. She was 18th overall.**

The Pro Women’s division was won by FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers’ rider Brandy Richards. She kept her winning streak alive by topping Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Korie Steede by a little over two minutes.

“Yesterday was a little bit slippery, but then it dried out,” said Richards on Sunday. “Today was super dusty and super slick, and I just made a few mistakes here and there, but overall, I had a good time.”

Steede won two tests on Sunday. “Overall, it was a super rough weekend for me; I just wasn’t on,” said Steede. “It’s really hard to compete with Brandy when you are making a lot of mistakes, so Sunday, I tried to turn the day around and grabbed two test wins and had the fastest enduro time in the final enduro test, so at least I improved on Sunday.”