On The Pegs VOL . 4 ISSUE 11 - NOVEMBER 2020117
and Russell finished strong , winning the final test by 3.3 seconds and taking the overall victory by 2.4 seconds .
“ I came out swinging today and rode good ,” said Russell . “ I had awesome times the first three tests and then test four I kind of threw it away and had a couple falls . My front brake lever fell down and I couldn ’ t get it back up . It was so far down I was having a hard time getting to it , so my timing was a little bit off . But I was able to pull it together and win the last couple tests . So five out of six on the day .”
Although Michael won five tests over the weekend , the race marked the second round in a row where he was in position to take the overall win , only to lose out in the final test .
“ It ’ s frustrating because he got me at the last one in the last test and got me on this one in the last test ,” said Michael . “ But it was a good weekend , nonetheless . I fought hard . I was there all weekend and pretty consistent . One little mistake kind of cost me , but like I said , he had a big one that kind of put me back in it . All in all , a good weekend . Any time you ’ re batting with Kailub it ’ s good .”
Team Babbitt ’ s Online / Monster Energy / Kawasaki Team Green ’ s Josh Strang won a Cross test and was rewarded with third overall . The Aussie off-roader only returned to racing the week before after missing several weeks due to a shoulder injury .
“ I was a little off the pace ,” said Strang . “ I