just I didn't perform. I went slow-
er in that last test and he went
faster. I just struggled there."
Coastal Racing GasGas' Ricky
Russell was in the hunt for third,
as well, but ended up with fifth,
his best finish of the year after
missing the opening round due
to injury.
"I was riding kind of a little bit
over-cautious at first, but I still
had decent tests," said Russell. "I
was right there in the mix with ev-
eryone, except maybe Steward's
time in test one. Stew killed us
in test one. Then going into test
two, I felt really good the first cou-
ple miles, and I came down this
hill and there was some ribbon.
I should have gone around the
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Josh Toth finished just seven
seconds behind Baylor in third.
Craig DeLong
missed out on the
overall podium by
18 seconds.
