Kailub Russell Clinches National Enduro Title
Cycle News Staff | September 28, 2015
Kailub Russell (left) and his dad, Jeff, celebrate Kailub’s 2015 AMA National Enduro title in Lynnville, Indiana. Photography courtesy KTM Images
Jeff and Kailub Russell became the first father/son duo to have won the AMA National Enduro title. Jeff won his title in 1991 and now Kailub in 2015.
A third-place finish at the Black Coal National Enduro in Lynnville, Indiana, September 27, sealed the deal for the FMF KTM rider, Kailub, who gutted out a sore knee that he injured more than two weeks ago at the ISDE in Slovakia. The title was also the first for Kailub in the enduro championship.
The Black Coal win went to Ryan Sipes, the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider who also took overall individual top honors at the Slovakia ISDE. This was Sipes’ first AMA National Enduro overall win of his career.
Second overall went to JCR Honda rider Chris Bach, followed by Russell, AmPro Yamaha’s Grant Baylor and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Josh Strang.
FMF KTM’s Russell Bobbitt, who finished seventh overall at the Black Coal and is dealing with his own injuries, still controls second place in the standings with one round remaining on the 2015 schedule.
RESULTS
Black Coal National Enduro
Lynnville, Indiana,
September 27, 2015
1. Ryan Sipes (Hus)
2. Chris Bach (Hon)
3. Kailub Russell (KTM)
4. Grant Baylor (Yam)
5. Josh Strang (Hus)
6. Nick Fahringer (Hus)
7. Russell Bobbitt (KTM)
8. Cory Buttrick (Bet)
9. Drew Higgins (KTM)
10. Andrew DeLong (Hus)