Buckwheat GNCC: Baylor Closes
Out GNCC With Win
F
or Steward Baylor and Ben
Kelley, the Buckwheat GNCC
in Newburg, West Virginia, Novem-
ber 8, may seem a bit like kissing
your sister, so the saying goes.
After three hours of spectacu-
lar racing, and a final two laps
that saw multiple lead changes
between the two (four on the final
lap), Kelley crossed the finish line
first, but was docked a position
for going outside of a boundary—
an innocent mistake.
Kelley, as you might imagine,
was not pleased because he
missed out on his first GNCC win
of 2020, and Baylor was also not
pleased because he didn't want
to win a race in that manner.
But all's well that ends well,
and Kelley was finally okay with
the situation, knowing he had
given it his all and left it all on the
racetrack. And on the podium,
Baylor told the enthusiastic
crowd that Kelley had indeed out
ridden him and knows the FMF/
KTM rider is not a cheater, saying
he didn't think Kelley did anything
to warrant such a severe penalty.
But rules are rules, and the
GNCC series doesn't play fa-
vorites and hands out penalties
equally to all. In all, seven riders
were guilty of similar infractions
on this day.
The win was Baylor's fourth in
the last five races. "Ben has been
hungry," said the AmPro Yamaha-
IN
THE
WIND
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Steward Baylor
emerged the winner of
the Buckwheat GNCC.
PHOTOS: KEN HILL
