Nelko won the NE Pro2 class
with a ninth overall finish.
"I struggled a little bit in the
first couple tests; I didn't know
how hard you could push on the
dirt with it being wet and kind
of slippery," said Nelko. "We
couldn't see times, so I was just
kind of expecting that I wasn't
doing as good as I was. By the
time I saw my times, I think I was
52 seconds up, so the last test
it was raining really hard and we
just kind of rode it in and [Jona-
than] Johnson got me by 30
seconds. Luckily, I had enough
on him to get the win."
Thad DuVall returned to action
after missing the last four races
due to injury. The Rockstar En-
ergy Husqvarna rider battled the
mud to 10th overall.
Enduro Engineering/Fly Rac-
ing KTM's Mackenzie Tricker
topped AmPro Yamaha's Rachael
Archer to win the Women's Elite
class.
"Obviously, we had a lot of rain
last night, so I was a little nervous
with how muddy it was going to
be," said Tricker. "I won the first
two tests and Rachael [Archer]
had a problem, so I knew that I
had a big lead. So, my last few
tests, I just kind of did what I
needed to do. I went down in the
last test, but I was just patient
today. There were a couple of hill
climbs that I stopped at the bot-
tom and people were stuck, and I
just took my time. It paid off, so it
was a good day."
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Grant Baylor (GG)
2. Craig DeLong (Hus)
3. Trevor Bollinger (Hus)
4. Steward Baylor (Yam)
5. Josh Toth (KTM)
6. Ryder Lafferty (GG)
7. Ricky Russell (GG)
8. Evan Smith (Bet)
9. Ben Nelko (Hon)
10. Thad DuVall (Hus)
IN
THE
WIND
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Mackenzie Tricker
took top honors in the
Women's Elite class.
