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whole time," said Bobbitt. "I haven't been
riding that fast lately, or training like that.
Evan made a mistake, so I got him by
one second. But Ryder and I were really
close all day so it goes back to a standard
battle with a Lafferty. It was super fun
today. It's always fun to be able to show
up and still feel like I can go fast."
Smith was disappointed at missing the
podium by a second but happy for his
"very good friend," Bobbitt.
Lafferty was second in test two, and
third in two other tests, but lost any
chance at third when he got stuck on a
hill and then lost his brakes in the final
test, leaving him with fifth overall.
Tely Energy Racing's Liam Draper
rounded out the top six, which also gave
the New Zealander the win in the NE
Pro2 class, as well.
Riding his first-ever national enduro,
FXR, Bryan Easler Toyota, Kenda tires,
XC gear-backed Jonathan Johnson came
33 seconds behind Draper to take sixth.
Johnson was getting a taste of his first
National Enduro and was impressive for
a newcomer with a seventh overall and a
second place in the NE Pro2 division.
Ronnie Commo, the winner of the NE
Pro 2 class at the previous round in Okla-
homa, finished eighth overall and third in
the NE Pro2 class.
A pair of Japanese bikes rounded out
the top-10, with Kawasaki-mounted Evan
(Left) Grant
Baylor made it a
Baylor-brothers
1-2 in the 2019
championship.
(Below) Russell
Bobbitt, who
won the opening
round of the
championship
earlier this a
year, finished out
the season on
the podium
in third.
