rest of the day and matched his
best finish of the season with a
fourth.
"I was just consistent all day,"
said Devlin. "I felt good and
didn't make any mistakes until
just the end there. It gets really
rocky at the end, and it's kind
of hard to stay on two wheels.
We'll just build on another fourth
and just keep working. Hope-
fully, we'll get a podium soon."
Beta USA's Mike Witkowski
rounded out the top five with
a consistent performance that
saw him finish no lower than
fifth in any of the six tests.
Finishing sixth overall and first
in the NE Pro2 class was Tely
Energy Racing's Liam Draper,
who won the first test (in his
class) in spite of breaking his
rear brake line.
"I just put my head down all
day," said Draper. "I enjoy this
place. It was fun. It was kind of
sketchy in some places where
you couldn't see those little
rocks, but other than that I had
fun."
Former Pro Trials rider Ronnie
Commo was seventh overall and
second in the NE Pro2 division.
The KTM rider from Florida had
just returned to action after tak-
ing two weeks off due to a back
injury.
"I spent a lot of time on the
ground until the final two tests
and then in the last two tests
I managed to get some good
results in," said Commo.
Nate Ferderer made his first
appearance in the series since
February and came away with
eighth overall and third in the NE
Pro2 class in his first race on a
Suzuki. Nate welcomed the rain.
"I'm really happy it rained,"
said Ferderer. "It was nice,
diverse conditions between slick
and good traction. So, all in all, it
was a good day. I'm happy to be
on the podium with third, and I
plan to do the remaining national
enduros. More fun to come."
Yamaha riders Dylan Yearbury
and Brandon Forrester rounded
out the top 10. Yearbury was also
fourth in the NE Pro2 class, while
Forrester won the AA division.
Mepmx/Fly/Grizzly Peak/
Traveler's Rest Speedway/KTM's
Mackenzie Tricker won three of
five tests en route to the win in
the Women's Elite class, finishing
the event 14.423-seconds ahead
of Am Pro Yamaha's Rachel Ar-
cher, who won the fifth test. Beta
USA's Rachel Gutish won test
three on her way to third overall.
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Steward Baylor (KTM)
2. Grant Baylor (KTM)
3. Evan Smith (Hus)
4. Thorn Devlin (GG)
5. Mike Witkowski (Bet)
6. Liam Draper (KTM)
7. Ron Commo (KTM)
8. Nate Federer (Suz)
9. Dylan Yearbury (Yam)
10. Brandon Forrester (Yam)
IN
THE
WIND
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Evan Smith had
another good ride
and finished out the
day on the podium.
