Steward Baylor Inks AmPro
Yamaha Deal
A
mPro Yamaha announced its
off-road racing team for 2021
and it's official, Steward Baylor
Jr. of Hodges, South Carolina will
be a member of the team, riding
the 2021 Yamaha YZ450FX in
both the Grand National Cross
Country Series and the National
Enduro Series.
Layne Michael will also ride a
YZ450FX in the GNCC Series,
as well as the Full Gas Sprint
Enduro Series.
AmPro Yamaha will also be
supporting two returning Pro
Lites divisions riders, both riding
the 2021 Yamaha YZ250FX.
Michael Witkowski of Indiana will
fight for the XC2 Championship in
the GNCC Series as well as New
Zealand's Rachael Archer in the
WXC Women's Pro class.
"This is going to be an awe-
some year for us," said the team's
race manager Randy Hawkins.
"It's time to get back to our roots
and really show the world that Ya-
maha's race machines are a step
above the competition. We have
the riders, the personnel and we
have the right equipment to win
multiple championships in 2021."
The team's primary focus will
remain on the GNCC series,
however, the team will fully back
Baylor in the National Enduro
Championship for the first time in
nearly a decade.
"Honestly, I think I was trained
to ride a Yamaha from an early
age and didn't even know it,"
said Baylor. "I spent almost every
summer living in the old Hawkins
race shop and training with Jason
Raines, so there is definitely a
lot of history there. This year has
been crazy on so many levels and
I'm really thankful that Randy and
Yamaha stepped up when others
wouldn't. He helped put a win-
ning program together with very
little time. As we head into 2021, I
can only speculate what the sea-
son holds, but I know we have
a great team, a great bike, and
we're dedicated to do whatever it
takes to be successful." CN
IN
THE
WIND
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It's official: Steward
Baylor will be an
AmPro Yamaha team
racer next year.
