US Sprint Enduro round two, the Outback Sprint Enduro in Laurinburg, North Carolina brought a shock to the system as AM Pro Yamaha’s Liam Draper stops Johnny Girroir’s 22-race winning streak.

Fans of sprint enduro knew it was just a matter of trine 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 – ironically going back to his defeat by Zach Osborne in 2023 at South of the Border MX in South Carolina also on the AM Pro Yamaha.

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 – Sunday’s win came by a whisker over one second.

In all, Draper and Girroir both 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 7.10ths of a second apart so super close and I got into the lead and at one point and then he got it back from me but yeah 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 and end, but the practical KTM rider knows that all things must on to an end: “I’ve been feeling under the weather and just a little bit off, but Liam was riding good so we were P2 on the podium and I’m looking forward to Round 3.”

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 Enduro 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 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 round the sandy course got: “It got really chewed up and lot of tree roots got exposed and cross us up,” said Barnes. “We ended up getting a lot of big breaking bumps and it ended up being a super fun track with big sandy corners but 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.

Brandy Bosses Pro Women class

KTM’s Brandy Richards dominated the Pro Women’s division, winning all 12 tests of the weekend to post 17th place finish overall on her first US Sprint Enduro race of the 2025 season.

Rockstar Energy Factory Racing’s Korie Steede was second near three minutes back followed by Phoenix Honda Racing’s Tayla Jones and Rachel Gutish on the Sherco and Ellie Winland (Yamaha) completing the top five.

“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 and just flowed.”

2025 US Sprint Enduro rnd 2 results (top 30):

Full results: www.moto-tally.com/usse/results.aspx

Words Credit: Shan Moore
Photo Credit: Art Pepin + Kristy Snaps