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we're looking at the champion-
ship," said Steward. "If I can keep
in second place, and if Grant
wants to keep winning, I'll let him
keep winning. I'm happy with it.
I'm looking for that championship,
and I know all I've got to do is ride
smart, and I'm in a really good
position as far as that goes."
Evan Smith managed to sneak
a peek into the top two when he
beat Steward in the fifth test of
the day. However, the Husqvar-
na/ Max Motorsports/FXR
Racing-backed Georgian took a
nasty crash in the final test and
rounded out the podium in third.
"I guess it was a good day,"
said Smith. "I had a couple of
decent-sized get-offs today. The
last test, I overshot a ravine and
just kind of went into a tree in the
air. Not much I could do about
it. That hurt a lot. So, I kind of
struggled to finish, but other than
that it was a good day."
After struggling through a
couple of races, GasGas North
America's Thorn Devlin put
together an impressive perfor-
mance to finish fourth.
Rounding out the top five was
Beta USA's, Mike Witkowski.
Tely Energy Racing KTM's
Liam Draper was nursing a
cracked pelvis from a crash at the
Tennessee Knockout the previ-
ous week but still managed sixth
overall and first in the NE Pro2
division.
"I enjoyed this place last year
when we had a sprint here, so
I was looking forward to it, it's
slick," said Draper. "I got off to a
pretty decent start. I just had fun
all day and kept my head down
and managed to get another win.
I'm just trying to stay on the bike."
Former national enduro winner
and extreme off-road ace Nick
Fahringer brought his Sherco in
for seventh overall. Meanwhile,
Tely Energy Racing KTM's Ron
Commo III grabbed eighth just
2.841 seconds ahead of Alex Tea-
garden (Husqvarna). Commo and
Teagarden also finished second
and third, respectively, in the NE
Pro2 class.
Michael Pilar was 10th over-
all and first in the AA class on a
Yamaha.
Eight-time National Enduro
Champ Mike Lafferty rode a KTM
790 Adventure R to 10th overall in
the AA class. Impressive stuff.
"Last year, I raced my '97
KTM. The year before that I raced
a 1090, I want to do something
a little different this year, so I
thought this would be the perfect
race to ride the 790," said Laf-
ferty. "It was a blast."
The Women's Elite race was
a battle between Mepmx/Fly/
Grizzly Peak/Traveler's Rest
Speedway/KTM's Mackenzie
Tricker and Rockstar Energy/
Husqvarna/Moose Husqvarna's
Tayla Jones, with Tricker getting
the win by 9.880 seconds ahead
of Jones.
Kelsey Pacholke (Husqvarna)
finished third.
Shan Moore
Overall Results
1. Grant Baylor (KTM)
2. Steward Baylor (KTM)
3. Evan Smith (Hus)
4. Thorn Devlin (GG)
5. Mike Witkowski (Bet)
6. Liam Draper (KTM)
7. Nick Fahringer (Shr)
8. Ron Commo III (KTM)
9. Alex Teagarden (Hus)
10. Michael Pillar (Yam)
Evan Smith continues to
ride well and finished out
the day on the podium.
