OFF-ROAD
KENDA AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
ROUND 10 / NOVEMBER 3, 2019
STANTON, AL ABAMA
P58
Bobbitt grew up racing the
Perry Mountain course with his
dad, which was all the invitation
he needed to show up for the
race. After battling all day with
Husqvarna/Max Motorsports/
FXR's Evan Smith and XC Gear/
Enduro Engineering/Husqvarna's
Ryder Lafferty for the final po-
dium position, Bobbitt made up a
17-second deficit to Smith in the
final test to take third away from
the Husky rider by one second.
"I was a little leery that I was
going to be able to hold on the
To be doing it with your brother, it
just makes it that much better."
Grant's only bobble all day
came in the final test, which
almost surely cost him the win.
"I had a four-second gap
over Steward, and I hadn't hit
the ground all day, but I tipped
over once in that last test, and
he ended up getting me by just
over a second for the day," said
Grant. "It was really tight racing. I
pushed as hard as I could to get
the win, but Steward just made it
happen."
to beat you on a track today that
you should beat me on."
Steward went on to make up
the four seconds, plus one, to
win the event by a single second.
"The last couple of weeks
I haven't been on the bike.
I haven't been doing what I
needed to do," said Steward. "I
don't know what happened, but
something clicked today. I kind
of expected him to win. It's pretty
cool. I think over the last couple
of races, only a couple seconds
have separated us. It's badass.
