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finish on Sunday to claim the series title. He did
better than that with second, which was more
than enough to give the Aussie the 2018 Full Gas
Sprint Enduro championship.
"Saturday was good," said Strang. "I was able
to use my "Euro" lines since the golf course
sections were slippery and I think that worked
in my favor. I knew I was sitting good going into
Sunday's race, but I didn't do the math because I
didn't want to have anything more to think about."
Strang was second in every test on Sunday
except for one.
"It feels great to win the title, especially as
good as Stew was riding on Sunday," added
Strang. "I did what I had to do on Saturday and
the rest took care of itself."
And to win the title while riding on a golf course
has to be every dirt biker's dream.
"That's an unbelievable situation," Strang said
about the chance to race on a golf course. That's
exactly what the series has provided its riders the
last two years.
Steward Baylor ended up second in the series
standings, but finished off an up-and-down
season with an exclamation point at the Hidden
Valley event with his dominating
win on Sunday.
"We weren't prepared for Sat-
urday," admitted Steward. "I was
riding the 2019 450 and all I had
as far as suspension was the
stock shock. I got a new shock
at the last minute but I was afraid
to run it this weekend without
any testing, and I paid the price.
My rear end was all over the
place with the stock shock."
Things took a drastic turn for
the better when Steward decided
to run the new shock on Sunday.
"After the way things went on
Saturday I figured I didn't have
anything to lose on Sunday so we
threw on the new shock," said
Steward. "I won the first Cross
test and I did it pretty dominat-
ingly. I ended up winning Sunday
by almost a minute so I wish I had
run the shock on Saturday."
Steward came up five points
short in his bid for a second
Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro title.
"It would have been nice
to have won the title, and I'm
bummed I didn't get it, but I'm hap-
py to come away with some wins
and I think I turned in a perfor-
mance today that is up there with
the very best," added Steward.
Steward Baylor was
unbeatable Sunday
but that wasn't
enough to keep the
championship.
Strang celebrates winning the 2018 title.
