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America's Thorn Devlin for fourth
place. A great ride in the fifth test
where he posted the third-fastest
time was good enough to give
Smith fourth overall ahead of
Devlin by just 16 seconds.
Finishing sixth behind Devlin
was Beta USA's Mike Witkowski.
Liam Draper was seventh over-
all and first in the NE Pro2 class.
The Tely Energy Racing KTM
rider suffered a hard crash in test
two but managed to recover to
claim the class win.
New Zealander Dylan Year-
bury finished eighth on an Am
Pro Yamaha, while XC Gear/En-
duro Engineering/Husqvarna's
Jake Froman, who recently
returned to the series from an
injury, was a solid ninth.
Former Pro Trials rider Ronnie
Commo rounded out the top 10
on a KTM.
Like Ricky Russell, Beta USA's
EnduroCross star Max Gerston
also attended the AIMExpo and
hung around to compete in the
Muddobber National Enduro,
finishing eighth in the Pro class.
It was Gerston's first East Coast
enduro.
"It was a different kind of
challenging," said Gerston. "I'm
not used to charging that hard
through stuff that tight. Having
to go really, really fast through
those tight trees, man, that was
challenging, but I had fun for
sure."
Gerston has the AMA West
Hare Scrambles title on the line
and most certainly didn't want to
jeopardize his chances.
Mackenzie Tricker wrapped
up the Women's Elite title with
an impressive win in Indiana.
The Mepmx/Fly/Grizzly Peak/
Traveler's Rest Speedway/KTM
rider won all five of the tests in
the class and beat out Am Pro
Yamaha's Rachel Archer by 3:29
minutes, and also topping the B
class overall, despite riding with
a sore shoulder.
"I injured my shoulder two
weeks ago at the GNCC and
I ended up re-breaking my
scapula that I injured in '17," said
Tricker. "I just took a lot of ibu-
profen today and did what I had
to do. I crashed in test three,
but they ended up dropping it.
Other than that, I rode good. I'm
stoked."
Tricker win seven of the eight
races held so far this year en
route to her championship.
"I come from a motocross
background, so the last thing I
ever thought I would do would
be win a National Enduro Cham-
pionship," said Tricker. "So
it's great. I love enduro racing.
Hopefully there's more cham-
pionships ahead and maybe in
some other off-road series as
well."
The Kenda AMA National
Enduro Series returns to action
on October 20 at round 9 of the
Kenda AMA National Enduro
Series in Sand Springs, Okla-
homa. CN
OVERALL
1. Grant Baylor (KTM)
2. Steward Baylor (KTM)
3. Ricky Russell (Yam)
4. Evan Smith (Hus)
5. Thorn Devlin (GG)
6. Mike Witkowski (Bet)
7. Liam Draper (KTM)
8. Dylan Yearbury (Yam)
9. Jake Froman (Hus)
10. Ron Commo III (KTM)
Ricky Russell
kept the pressure
on the Baylor
brothers.
