overall," said Temple. "It's pretty
exciting."
Grant Baylor, Steward's
younger brother and Tely Energy
Racing teammate, was seventh
overall, in his return from a shoul-
der injury. Grant had spent only
one hour on the bike before start-
ing the race, and he admitted
afterward that he didn't have the
upper body strength to compete
properly.
Beta USA's Mike Witkowski
finished up in eight overall, a little
over a minute off of Grant's time.
"It started off the first test was
rough, just all day it was fighting
blowing corners and going the
wrong way type of deal," said
Witkowski. "But towards the end,
I started getting better times, just
too late in the day."
Brothers Chase and Zack
Hayes were ninth and tenth
overall (fourth and fifth NE Pro2),
respectively on a pair of KTMs.
Mackenzie Tricker showed her
sand-riding prowess with a big
win in the Women's Elite division,
putting her Mepmx/Fly/Grizzly
Peak/Traveler's Rest Speedway/
KTM on top of the box ahead of
Rockstar Energy/Husqvarna/
Moose Husqvarna's Tayla Jones
by 19 seconds.
"It was a pretty good day," said
Tricker. "I started slowly in test
one, then I kind of started chip-
ping off a little bit of time. I lost
19 seconds in that first test, so I
had to just kind of make up some
time. Tayla and I went into the last
test with two seconds separat-
ing us, so it was just like I knew
it was going to be the both of us
just either sending it or crashing
and I was able to get the win."
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Steward Baylor (KTM)
2. Russell Bobbitt (KTM)
3. Evan Smith (Hus)
4. Tegan Temple (KTM)
5. Liam Draper (Hus)
6. Cody Barnes (Bet)
7. Grant Baylor (KTM)
8. Mike Witkowski (Bet)
9. Chase Hayes (KTM)
10. Zach Hayes (KTM)
IN
THE
WIND
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Evan Smith has
stepped up his
game as of late. He
got on the podium
with third overall.
