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Daytona Beach, FL – FMF/KTM rider Russell Bobbitt earned 2nd overall at the Alligator National Enduro and took over the points lead.

Fellow KTM support rider David Knight was in attendance for the third round of the National Enduro Series. Knight started well earning the fastest lap time in the first two tests, followed by Bobbitt and Husaberg rider Mike Lafferty.

Bobbitt shined in the third test tying with Nick Fahringer for the best overall time and came into the gas stop with a 4 second lead over Knight. The fourth test was the most talked about all day. The rains earlier in the week had saturated the course resulting in a 4th special test that was all mud. The ‘mud test’ had its toll on Knight’s bike and dropped him from the competition allowing Bobbitt and Lafferty to move up a position.

Bobbitt suffered a few problems in the mud and allowed Lafferty to finish 30 seconds ahead in that section. Both riders entered the final test tied for the lead. The fifth test of the day was deemed the hardest by most of the riders as it was over 10 miles long and had thick palm leaves that blocked vision on the trail. “I got pretty scraped up in the last test from the branches but still had fun today,” commented Bobbitt. In the end, Bobbitt finished a few seconds off of Lafferty’s time and dropped to second place, still earning enough points to move into the points lead.

Overall Results –
1) Mike Lafferty
2) Russell Bobbitt – KTM
3) Nick Fahringer
4) Brad Bakken – KTM
5) Wally Palmer
6) Glenn Kearney
7) Jimmy Jarrett
Fred Hoess
9) Josh Gaitten – KTM
10) Cole Kirkpatrick – KTM