crashing near the bottom of the
waterfall.
Lafferty's victory was his first
Pro-class win and it comes in his
"rookie" season in the class.
"It doesn't feel real yet, but
it's pretty cool," said Lafferty.
"It's been a long time coming,
but I'm happy with it. I feel like I
rode well, kept my head on my
shoulders all day. I earned it, I
feel like."
With his runner-up finish,
Grant moved into a two-way tie
with FMF/KTM's Josh Toth for
the lead in the series standings,
each with 133 points.
"It was close all day," said
Grant. "I just made a few too
many mistakes. I fell down a
couple times, but all in all it was
a good day. I came out healthy
and I believe I made up some
points on the lead, so it was a
good day."
Steward sits fourth in the
standings with 112 points after his
third-place finish and is still in the
championship chase.
"I gave those boys that one,"
Steward said after the finish.
"Somewhere in the middle of test
three I just stopped racing and
started riding. I think that told
the tale for the rest of the day.
Test four I bounced back and
dropped the hammer and gave it
everything I had. Then test five, I
had a couple tip-overs and I still
ended up doing well in the test,
but I had three crashes and I just
couldn't stay off the ground. I
knew I had the momentum going
into the last test. Just once again
I made a couple mistakes. Just
blew a couple corners. I felt like
I was the fastest guy all day, but
Grant and Ryder just had the
consistency."
Toth turned in a heroic ride
to claim fourth, despite a sus-
pected broken finger and badly
bruised hand suffered in test
four. Toth started the event on
a sore leg, which he injured
in a practice crash two weeks
before.
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Craig Delong took the Pro2-class win.
