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we came out pretty good."
Phoenix Honda Racing's Cody
Barnes came out on top of the
tight battle with Trail Jesters Rac-
ing KTM's Jesse Ansley to finish
fourth overall and second in the
Pro2 class. Barnes was also the
top-finishing LOI (Letter of Intent)
rider, which is for riders hoping to
qualify for this year's International
Six Days Enduro in Italy.
"Me and Jesse, we just went
back and forth all day Saturday,"
said Barnes. "Then today, I had
a super good first cross test and
had a little gap. I found some
better lines in the Enduro test
and maintained it, and then again
into the second Cross test I had
a fall and lost my lead. But I was
Baylor. "I'm more of a technical
rider, so I think I just pushed a
little too hard too early and I went
down right off the start and then
made a few more mistakes. I
was like, all right, we've got to
just chill out. I was chilling out
too much, I think riding just too
conservative. That cost me."
Baylor came out swinging on
Sunday, winning the first Enduro
test of the day, but was still un-
able to make up the distance to
Michael.
"On Sunday, I rode like I knew
how to ride," said Baylor. "This re-
ally fast stuff terrifies me, so I didn't
push it any harder than I needed
to. I could have done a little bit bet-
ter. Considering the start we got,
tenths of a second separating us.
Then Layne just found another
gear and definitely walked away
with it. But I'm happy with my rid-
ing. I got my first runner-up finish
ever in sprint racing."
Baylor came into the race
with an 11-point advantage over
Michael in the series standings,
having won the first two rounds.
However, a crash in the opening
Cross test on Saturday put the
South Carolina rider in a deep
hole that he would spend the rest
of the weekend trying to dig his
way out of.
"Lane definitely shines in the
Cross tests and I knew he was
going to be really good because
this was a really fast one," said
Jonathan Girroir was
the top Pro 2 rider in
second overall.
