ROUND 9 / NOVEMBER 7, 2021
PERRY MOUNTAIN / STANTON, ALABAMA
P56
OFF-ROAD I 2021 KENDA AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
away from here, so I knew
coming into here I kind of was
familiar with the terrain, com-
pared to the rest of the rounds,"
said Nicholas. "So, I rode more
comfortable today. I knew Jesse
had a good gap on me going
into the last section, but I just
kept riding. I didn't want to give
up so I pushed every second of
it. I'm happy to get this win."
Ansley, who wrapped up the
NE Pro2 title two races before,
started strong and had a 50-sec-
ond lead going into the final test,
only to clip a tree and go down.
After the crash, Ansley finished
second in the NE Pro2 class and
ninth overall.
in the other.
FMF/KTM's Ben Kelley man-
aged seventh place despite feel-
ing under the weather all week-
end. Kelley finished the year in
third behind Baylor and Toth.
"I came down with something
last night so just kind of didn't
have the energy today," said Kel-
ley. "I just kind of soldiered on
and did what I could."
KTM privateer Steve Nicholas
topped the NE Pro2 division
with an eighth overall finish, just
edging out Trail Jesters Racing
KTM's Jesse Ansley by less than
half a second. It was Nicholas'
first win in the class.
"My dad only lives 20 minutes
"I kind of pretty much threw it
away the first test," said Bol-
linger. "I got arm pump and got
tight. I think I lost like 20 sec-
onds to the guys there. The rest
of the day, I was inching my way
back up in there. Then I think I
was about 10 seconds out of the
podium going into the last test. I
think me and Craig were tied in
it. It's hard when you give them
that much of a gap in the begin-
ning. But it was a good day to
test the 350. I think I'll be on it
next year."
FXR Husqvarna's Evan Smith
was consistent en route to sixth
overall, finishing sixth fastest in
five of the tests and fifth fastest
Ryder Lafferty
came out swinging
by winning the first
test. He would end
up fourth overall.
