circumstances, we didn't even
think we'd be racing at this point.
We were hardly out of the hos-
pital. So, to be at this point and
parking it on the podium on a
box-stock bike, I'm stoked."
Beta USA's Thorn Devlin
rounded out the podium after
turning in his best performance
of the season. "Start to finish, I
pretty much just put a day togeth-
er and it felt really good," said
Devlin. "We had a pretty flawless
day as far as it goes. I went down
once right before the finish of
a section earlier in the day, but
luckily, I went into the last section
with a little bit of a lead so I knew
I just had to kind of ride safe and
ride comfortable. I'm speechless.
It feels so good."
FMF/KTM's Ben Kelley fin-
ished 34 seconds behind Devlin
to claim fourth overall. A couple
of crashes kept Kelley playing
catch up for most of the day.
"I was doing pretty good the
first two tests and then had a
crash unfortunately in the third,"
said Kelley. "I was going fast and
couldn't make a chicane around
a big log and had to go over it. I
endoed and bent my bars, so I
struggled a bit in that test. I did
the best I could. I was trying to
reel in third there at the second
half of the day, but just couldn't
make it happen."
After starting off his 2020
season with a podium finish at
round two, XC Gear/Enduro
Engineering/Husqvarna's Ryder
Lafferty was disappointed with a
fifth overall finish in Ohio.
"I started off kind of slow," ad-
mitted Lafferty. "I struggled with
my bike setup a little bit. I had
a crash in the second test and
jammed my wrist pretty good.
Then I started figuring out the
bike and got better and the times
got better. Then going into that
last one we were 20 seconds
down. I felt like I had it. I had a
good one going, a good last test,
and then I got tangled up on a hill
and lost some time. So it was a
bummer, but it's all good."
Sixth overall was NE Pro
2-class winner Craig Delong
(Rockstar Energy Husqvarna).
Cody Barnes (Beta USA) was
second in the NE Pro 2 class
with seventh. Barnes battled
Mike McGinnis, who ended up
third in class.
Shelbie Roman (Honda) won
the Women's Amateur class, top-
ping runner-up finisher Elizabeth
Allen (KTM) and Kylie Harris
(Beta).
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Josh Toth (KTM)
2. Steward Baylor (Kaw)
3. Thorn Devlin (Bet)
4. Ben Kelley (KTM)
5. Ryder Lafferty (Hus)
6. Craig Delong (Hus)
7. Cody Barnes (Bet)
8. Mike McGinnis (KTM)
9. Vincent Smith (KTM)
10. Grant Baylor (She)
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Craig Delong topped the Pro2 class in sixth overall.
