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wheelied through. Then he was just pressuring me the whole way to the finish. It was all I could do to hang on. Happy to finish the race in first, at least." Babbitt's Online/Monster Energy/Team Green Kawasaki's Jordan Ashburn not only grabbed the holeshot to start the race but turned in his best finish of the season with a third. FactoryOne Sherco's Grant Baylor was next to last off the line at the start, but managed to work his way into fourth by the end of the race, even though he was try- ing his best to stay off the ground so he would be healthy for next weekend's AMA National Enduro finale, which Grant leads. AmPro Yamaha's Layne Mi- chael continues his run of top finishes, placing fifth in West Virginia. After getting off to a great start, Michael led at one point but tightened up and dropped off the pace, only to settle in and work his way back through the pack. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Craig DeLong finished sixth over- all and by doing so won the XC2 250 Pro crown. AmPro Yamaha's Mike Wit- kowski was also in the hunt for the XC2 250 Pro crown, and pushed DeLong the entire dis- tance, finishing seventh overall and second in class less than a second behind DeLong. Craig DeLong's older brother and 2014 National Enduro Cham- pion Andrew DeLong had a good day, finishing eighth overall on a Phoenix Honda. Beta USA's Cody Barnes was ninth overall and third in the XC2 250 Pro division, while Phoe- nix Honda's Jonathon Johnson rounded out the top 10, fourth in XC2 250 Pro. Zack Hayes won the KTM FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class on a Coppersmith-sponsored KTM, finishing nearly a minute and a half ahead of Beta rider Max Fer- nandez. Pennsylvania's Michael Delosa (KTM) was third. In the Women's WXC race, Beta USA's Rachel Gutish got her first GNCC win, beating out BABB's Racing's Becca Sheets, who wrapped up the title earlier in the year. "It feels amazing," said Gutish. "It's nine years in the making. I've been doing this longer than anyone except Shelby. I've done a lot. I've got an X Games medal. I've got a Six Days medal. I've won the Tennessee Knockout. But this has always been the monkey on my back, and I finally got it off. It feels amazing." Korrie Steede was third on a TM. CN OVERALL 1. Steward Baylor (Yam) 2. Ben Kelley (KTM) 3. Jordan Ashburn (Kaw) 4. Grant Baylor (She) 5. Layne Michael (Yam) 6. Craig DeLong (Hus) 7. Mike Witkowski (Yam) 8. Andrew DeLong (Hon) 9. Cody Barnes (Bet) 10. Johnathon Johnson (Hon) IN THE WIND P42 Craig DeLong wrapped up the very competitive XC2 Pro class.