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able to make it back up in the last Cross test. Eventually, it came down to the final Enduro test and I was able to put in a decent enough ride to hold him off for the weekend." Ansley, who had hand surgery just two weeks before the race, got the upper hand over Barnes on Saturday, beating the Honda rider by 0.4 seconds. However, a hic- cup in the final test left Ansley just 0.5 second behind in the overall. "It kind of sucks to lose, not only to get third, but I got second LOI and I really, really wanted to win that," said Ainsley. Ansley finished the weekend with fifth overall and third in the Pro2 class. Liam Draper came into Society Hill on a roll having won the first day of the previous round at The Shoals. The Tely Energy Racing KTM rider would have to settle for sixth overall and third in the Pro1 class after struggling with the wide-open course. Hoping to qualify for this year's ISDE, Tyler Vore taped up his shoulder and rode the final test on Sunday with a broken collar bone, having crashed hard in the previ- ous test. The Indiana rider man- aged to salvage seventh overall and first in the Pro-Am class. "I felt like it was broken so we put a brace on my shoulder, put some duct tape on it just to keep it stable just to get through that last test there. I got through it, so it was good," said Vore. "I re- ally want to qualify for ISDE. I've gone twice now and I couldn't give that up." Seven Sixty Husqvarna's Ben Nelko put his motocross skills to good use to finish eighth overall and fourth in the Pro2 division. Meanwhile, Honda rider Nicolas Swenson was the top-finishing Amateur rider with a ninth overall. The finish was also good enough for first in the Open A class. Dalton Seals rounded out the top 10 overall on a Yamaha, good enough for second in the Pro-Am division. Magna1 Husqvarna's Tayla Jones won nine of the twelve tests to win the Women's Pro class, finishing 45 seconds ahead of runner-up Rachael Archer. Archer won the remaining three tests on her AmPro Yamaha, while Pres- ton Raines was third overall on a Raines Racing Yamaha. Among the Letter of Intent (LOI) riders, Cody Barnes was tops, ahead of Jesse Ansley and Tyler Vore. "To go to Six Days, to rep- resent America and be on the Junior team, it would be unreal to me," said Barnes. "To be hon- ored enough to go over there and represent America at the highest level, it would be pretty surreal, I think. If I get the oppor- tunity to go, it would be a really big deal to me because I would be there representing America and not myself." Ben Nelko and Nicholas Swenson were fourth and fifth among LOI riders. Shan Moore OVERALL 1. Layne Michael (Yam) 2. Johnny Girroir (GG) 3. Steward Baylor (Yam) 4. Cody Barnes (Hon) – LOI 5. Jesse Ansley (KTM) – LOI 6. Liam Draper (KTM) 7. Tyler Vore (Hus) – LOI 8. Ben Nelko (Hus) – LOI 9. Nicholas Swenson (Hon) – LOI 10. Dalton Seals (Yam) IN THE WIND P36 Steward Baylor crashed on Saturday and spent the rest of the weekend trying to make up for it. The points leader ended up third overall.