After five rounds of racing Ashburn currently sits third in the National Championship points standings. Ashburn was faced with battles throughout the duration of the race, swapping between fourth and fifth place for majority of the day. He would put his head down and push for the remainder of the race to hold onto the last podium position.įinding himself in the fourth place position for the second race in-a-row was Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Jordan Ashburn. Baylor made his way into the third place position as the two-lap card came out. Baylor also had his work cut out for him as he made his way through the pack of XC1 riders. Strang came through the finish line with a one minute and 34 seconds lead over the rest of the pack to earn his first overall win of the 2020 season.įactoryONE Sherco’s Grant Baylor battled back from a sixth place start to the day to earn his best finish of the season and round out the XC1 Open Pro podium with a third overall. Russell was able to get his bike untangled with help from his team, and finish in the second place position. Russell endo’ed over the bars into a fence off to the right of the track, where his bike also became entangled in the fence.
Therefore, a battle for the overall win ensued, however, Russell would find some misfortunate as he found himself in a soft spot on a berm. As the white flag flew, indicating one lap left, Strang found himself 1.5 seconds ahead of Russell. The duo would continue in a heated battle throughout the next five laps.
Russell jumped out to grab the early lead and earn the $250 All Balls Racing XC1 Open Pro Holeshot Award, but by the time the lead pack came around on the second lap Strang was just two seconds off of Russell. Josh Strang (Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki) earned his first overall win in four years at the 2020 FMF Camp Coker Bullet GNCC. Strang’s win would not come easy as he would swap the lead position multiple times throughout the three hour race with FMF/KTM Factory Racing’s Kailub Russell. Taking his first overall win in four years was Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Josh Strang coming through to meet the checkered flag first in South Carolina.
FMF Camp Coker Bullet: Motorcycle Race Report
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