IN
THE
WIND
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stoked to win my first Sprint
Enduro in Pro 1 class. Today I
started off okay in the Cross test,
but in the first Enduro test I had
a good crash and had to come
back down a hill and go up again.
So, I lost 19 seconds to them
there and that kind of set me
back for the rest of the day."
Snodgrass was extremely fast
in the Cross test, but inconsistent
in the Enduro test. The Aussie
off-roader finished the weekend
fifth overall and second in the Pro
2 class.
"I was kind of up and down,"
admitted Snodgrass. "I was
struggling with the Enduro test. It
had a lot of tight woods in it and
that's not something I've done
much riding in. The Cross test
was kind of what I'm used to rid-
ing and I really enjoyed it."
760 Husqvarna's Ben Nelko
was running strong on Saturday
in the Pro 2 class, however, a
crash in the final Enduro test cost
the Pennsylvania rider consider-
able time. Nelko was sixth overall
and third in the Pro 2 division.
"I started out strong on Satur-
day. I was running second place
for most of the day," said Nelko.
"I had a bad crash on the last
Enduro test, which kind of shook
me up a bit. I have a bad hip and
I tweaked it pretty good, so I kind
of just rode for third. On Sunday,
I started out really strong all the
way until the second Enduro test,
where I had another crash. Me
and Lyndon were swapping back
and forth from second and third.
It was a good weekend all in all,
but I'm still learning these things.
It takes time to get that speed in
the woods and being consistent.
But it's going up from here."
Massachusetts rider Bubz
Tasha was the best of the Pro-Am
riders, finishing in seventh overall
on his Husqvarna and winning
the Pro-Am division. Trail Jesters
Racing KTM's Simon Johnson
was eighth overall and fourth in
the Pro 2 class.
Forrest Player (KTM) and Dalton
Seals (Yam) rounded out the top
10. Player was second in the Pro-
Am class while Seals was third.
The Women's Pro class was
an exciting race down to the
wire, with AmPro Yamaha's Ra-
chael Archer taking the win over
Babbitts Online Team Green
Kawasaki's Kori Steede by 0.23
seconds. Magna1 Husqvarna's
Tayla Jones was third.
"I wasn't really expecting to
come out on top today," said
Archer. "I was losing a bit of time
on the Cross test and then today
I just sorted my stuff out and was
doing well in the woods and it
paid off."
Raines Racing Yamaha's
Preston Raines was fourth, with
Brooke Cosner (GG) in fifth.
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Steward Baylor (Yam)
2. Layne Michael (Yam)
3. Johnny Girroir (GG) Pro 2
4. Liam Draper (KTM)
5. Lyndon Snodgrass (Kaw) Pro 2
6. Ben Nelko (Hus) Pro 2
7. Bubz Tasha (Hus) Pro-Am
8. Simon Johnson (KTM) Pro 2
9. Forrest Player (KTM) Pro-Am
10. Dalton Seals (Yam) Pro-Am
Rachael Archer won the
Women's Pro class.
