ROUND 13 / OCTOBER 24, 2021
IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
P78
OFF-ROAD I GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES
"Finally, to pull it off, it's been
a long road," said Duvall. "A lot of
days, a lot of struggles, a lot of
ups and downs, but we're here.
We finally won."
Baylor was in street clothes
when Kelley crossed the finish
line.
"I felt like I had the momentum
coming in here," said Baylor. "I
ride mud really well. Four turns
in, my bike shut off. So, that was
it. That was the day. One mistake
after another. The clutch failed
swerving and weaving, and there
was water everywhere. With all
the talk and everything, I wanted
to win this last race just to put the
nail in the coffin and come out on
top. Honestly, I'm lucky to finish.
Just happy to finish and come
away champion. It's awesome."
Up front, Duvall came out on
top of the fierce back-and-forth
battle with Strang to cross the
finish line first, capping off an
injury laden rollercoaster ride of a
season with a victory.
When Kelley finally got going,
he found himself in 88th overall,
while Baylor got underway just
two spots behind.
Kelley was able to work his
way up into ninth overall by the
end of the race, while Baylor ulti-
mately dropped out, giving Kelley
the title.
"It was stressful; just crazy,"
said Kelley. "Honestly I've never
raced anything this crazy. None
of us had any idea where we
were going. We were all just
