OFF-ROAD
ROUND 4 / JUNE 9, 2019
GREENSBORO, GEORGIA
P62
KENDA AMA NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
bump, it would click it into false
neutral. So, I literally rode that
whole section not being able to
shift or put the left foot on the
peg."
Mike Witkowski (Beta USA) fin-
ished off the day in eighth overall
finish, beating out Ron Commo
III (GasGas North America) by 10
seconds. Commo's ninth overall
was also good enough for third in
the Pro2 division.
Six-time National Enduro
Champion Russell Bobbitt round-
ed out the top 10 on his Gnarly
Routes KTM.
In the Women's Elite class,
Tayla Jones (Rockstar Energy/
Husqvarna/Moose Husqvarna)
took the overall win despite win-
some vines across the face, and
that slowed me a bit," said Smith.
Cory Buttrick (XC Gear/En-
duro Engineering/Husqvarna)
looked on form en route to
sixth overall, while Thorn Devlin
(GasGas North America) finished
seventh overall, despite being a
bit under the weather. Devlin ran
as high as third early in the race.
"After the second test I came
in and saw I was in third overall,
and I held that until test five," said
Devlin. "But going into test six, I
came down over the hill right off
the start, and there was a bridge,
and I wiped out. I bent the shifter
completely around the frame, so
I couldn't shift. I went to put my
foot on the peg, and when I hit a
"It's just a bummer, but we
just were waiting and got side-
tracked on my start time before
the final test, and then Stew [Bay-
lor] yelled, and he goes, 'Dude,
you got to go.' So I was late for
my start," said Draper. "Me and
Cody [Barnes] were pretty tight
going into the last test. Then I
went in a minute late, and that
cost me."
Draper settled for fourth just 21
seconds behind the Beta rider.
Evan Smith (Husqvarna/Max
Motorsports/FXR Racing) fin-
ished fifth overall, and third in the
Pro class.
"I won test three and was
feeling good and gaining a lot of
time, but then in the last test I got
Grant Baylor
led most of the
enduro, but a
fall in the final
test cost him
the victory, but
he still took
second overall.
