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Sprint Enduro Championship at
the GTR Complex in South Caro-
lina, including semi-retired racer
Kailub Russell, Ryan Sipes,
Ryder Lafferty, Thad Duvall and
Layne Michael, but it was AmPro
Yamaha's Steward Baylor who
occupied the top step of the
podium at the end of both days.
An injury to Baylor's hand
(suffered a few weeks ago) that
prevented him from competing in
the opening round of the GNCC
series just a week earlier, had
Baylor debating whether or not
he'd be able to race this week-
end. But Baylor felt the hand
was good enough to race and
the decision proved to be cor-
WORDS AND PHOTOS BY SHAN MOORE
T
he U.S. Sprint Enduro
Championship made its
debut in Gaston, South
Carolina, over the February 27-
28 weekend. The new cham-
pionship picked up where the
former Full Gas Sprint Enduro
Championship left off with a new
crew, new promoter and new
look. But once the green flag
dropped, the racing looked the
same with many familiar faces
returning to the podium after all
was said and done.
Many of the stars of the Full
Gas Sprint Enduro Series were
on hand for the inaugural U.S.
BAYLOR GETS
IT STARTED
STEWARD
BAYLOR FIRES
FIRST IN
INAUGURAL
U.S. SPRINT
ENDURO
CHAMPIONSHIP
Steward Baylor swept the
opening round of the U.S.
Sprint Enduro Championship
in South Carolina.