Michael's AmPro Yamaha teammate
Steward Baylor finished just 0.7 seconds
behind Michael on Saturday, and was in
position to challenge for the win on Sun-
day, but a high-speed crash in the second
Cross test slowed the South Carolina
rider a bit, leaving him to finish second
overall for the weekend.
"I had a pretty solid day one, but I made
a bad tire choice and that cost me some
time," said Baylor. "I was less than a sec-
ond off Layne at the end of day one, so I
kind of tried to crawl it on day two.
"I felt really good in the Cross test.
Again, a bad tire selection on Sunday cost
me. I feel like it was something I shouldn't
have done. So, in a really fast turn, the
rear end stepped out and I went tumbling.
That was the fastest crash I've ever had
in my life. I was still trembling when I got
back. I lost 30 seconds there. I didn't
even know if I was going to line up for the
next test. I hit my head pretty hard. I was
like, we're still in it for a possible cham-
pionship, so I was able to crawl back out
from fourth back up to second on the day
and second for the weekend."
Baylor won two Enduro tests on Satur-
day and two on Sunday.
Tely Energy Racing KTM's Liam Draper
finished third overall, proving he's a con-
sistent podium finisher.
"I actually found it pretty good in the
Cross test this weekend, where I normally
am slower," said Draper. "I thought it was
going to be the other way around here
with how technical the Enduro test was.
Yesterday was a solid day, but today I
had a big crash in the last Cross test. But
I managed to hold it together and keep
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A hard get-off cost
Steward Baylor a chance
at the overall win.
