Rocky Mountain/KR4/FAR Husqvarna’s Thad DuVall would end the day in third place in his debut ride on the all-new 2016 Husqvarna FC350. With only a few-minutes on the bike prior to the event, DuVall’s times picked up as the day went on as he and the team made setup changes to get the rider more comfortable.

Evan Smith would finish the first day of the two-day event in fourth place, and Cory Buttrick, in his first race back on a KTM, rounded out the top-five.

The second day of racing would see the racers tackle the same two special tests but in reverse direction. Racing conditions were nearly perfect with weather in the mid-60s and with plenty of moisture in the red South Carolina dirt the tests began to become rough throughout the day.

Strang would come out swinging in the first test of the day, the enduro test, taking the win by three-seconds over DuVall and an additional second over Mullins to stretch his lead to twenty-seven seconds in the overall.

The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider was the first rider to hit the cross test and struggled finding the right lines in the reversed direction and dropped seven seconds to Mullins, who laid down a blistering 4:43.7 test time to Strang’s 4:50.1, DuVall was second with a 4:47.0.

Mullins would stay hot through the next two tests taking both test wins and moving into the lead for the day, and cutting into Strang’s overall lead for the weekend. Strang would rebound in the fifth test of the day on the enduro test, taking the win over Mullins by seven seconds to reclaim the lead for the day and put a cushion back in his overall lead heading into the final test of the weekend on the cross test, where he would also take the win and clinch his first-ever Full Gas Sprint Enduro overall win.

“This was my last race of 2015 so it was great to close it out with a win,” said Strang. “I don’t think I saw anyone racing without a smile which is awesome, so hats off to everyone who makes this series work.”

“I had a blast getting back into the race swing this weekend,” said Mullins, who hasn’t raced at all in 2015 after series wrist injuries back in 2014 resulted in partial fusions of both wrists. “I felt a lot more comfortable on the second day and was able to win three-of-six tests and finish the weekend second overall. Pretty stoked for my first race back!”

“I was a little off on Saturday, but figured it out today and was there all day just a couple of seconds off the lead in a couple tests,” said third place finisher Thad DuVall. “I had a blast keeping Strang and Mullins on their toes today and it proves how good the Husqvarna is right off the showroom floor.”

Evan Smith would finish day two in fourth place overall, the same as the first day of racing, to secure fourth place for the weekend in his pro debut. Pennsylvania-native Tegan Temple would climb to fifth place overall for the weekend in his first race as part of the Beta USA Factory Race Team.

42-year-old former pro motocross racer Billy Schlag would finish the weekend in ninth place overall and take the top amateur honors and clinch the Open A Class championship for 2015.