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ning the second test.
"I felt like there was room for
improvement, so I'm looking for-
ward to the next round in Michi-
gan," said Duvall.
In the meantime, Steward Bay-
lor (Tely Energy KTM) took over
the series points lead with his
runner-up finish. He came into
the event tied with Toth for the
top spot at 123 points each.
Steward turned in a solid per-
formance for second, although
his times were off the pace for
the first half of the race. In the six
tests, Steward went 5-4-5-5-4-2,
but a clean race counted for a lot
on a day when most of the top
10 struggled with mistakes and
poor line choices, and a strong
performance in the final test al-
lowed the South Carolina rider to
beat out Toth for second overall
by five seconds.
"It's typical for me to start slow
and give away a bunch of time
and then to get aggravated and
start picking people off later in
the race, and that's how today
went," said Steward. "I think it's
a mental thing; I'm worried about
my knee. It still gives me trouble
which weighs on my mind."
Toth was happy to be on the
podium but disappointed that he
let second place slip out of his
hands in the final test.
"No major drama or anything,
I just started off slow," said Toth.
"I was riding smooth and way
off the pace, but I picked it up
midway into the race. I had a
really bad time in the last test
and that cost me second. It was
so slick out there, and I felt like
I was riding a good pace, but
then I would hit a slick spot and
it would be gone. That happened
over and over."
Cory Buttrick (KR4 Husqvarna)
had one of his better rides of the
year for fourth, beating out Ben
Kelley by 17 seconds.
Grant Baylor (Tely Energy
KTM) started off the event with
a win in the first test, however,
he missed a turn heading to test
two and started the test late,
which put him 57th fastest for the
test. Despite the huge hole the
mistake put him in, Baylor was
able to salvage a fifth overall for
the day.
Ben Kelley (Trail Jesters Rac-
ing KTM) battled most of the
day with Toth for second place,
however he broke his front-brake
rotor in the final test when his
front wheel struck a tree, drop-
ping him down to sixth.
Jarrett Mohn took the win in
the NE Pro2 division, edging
out Jake Froman (AirGroup/
Enduro Engineering Husqvarna)
by 10 seconds. At the finish,
Mohn took the win with Froman
in second and Logan Lowrey
(AirGroup/Enduro Engineering
Husqvarna) in third.
Tayla Jones (KR4 Husqvarna)
continued her win streak in the
Women's Elite class. She won
three of the five tests ridden by
the class and finished the race
with a 13-minute cushion over
Mackenzie Tricker (Trail Jesters
KTM Racing).
Shan Moore
PRO
1. Thad Duvall (Hus)
2. Steward Baylor (KTM)
3. Josh Toth (KTM)
4. Cory Buttrick (Hus)
5. Grant Baylor (KTM)
6. Ben Kelley (KTM)
7. Craig DeLong (Hus)
8. Mike Witkowski (Bet)
9. Russell Bobbitt (KTM)
10. Andrew DeLong (GG)
Runner-up Steward
Baylor is the new
points leader.
