my bike was out of balance for
how rough the track was, so
we made some changes. We
changed our fork and our shock
there in the middle of the day,
and that put us in a position to
start riding a little bit better in the
last three tests, and just barely
missed out on the win."
Ricky Russell continues to
come on strong in the enduro
series and grabbed his second
podium of the season with a
third. The Coastal Racing Gas-
Gas rider went into the final test
tied for second, just 15 seconds
off of Grant, but a couple of mis-
takes in the final test forced him
to settle for third.
"I have almost a full race lead
in the points, so I just need to
keep it going and not do any-
thing stupid these last couple
rounds, and hopefully we can
come out on top," said Grant.
As he usually does, Steward
came on strong at the finish,
winning the final two tests, allow-
ing the AmPro Yamaha rider to
secure second overall.
"The day was pretty bumpy,"
said Steward. "We got off to a
slow start in the first test. I was
riding really well, but right to-
wards the end of it, I had a really
big crash and gashed my arm
open pretty bad. Then, midway
through the day, I just felt like
"I started out a little slow," said
Grant. "I went down maybe 10
turns into the first test; just hit
a root. I wasn't expecting it and
just washed my wheels out from
under me and it bent the bike up
a little bit, but I tried to minimize
the damage. After that, I just put
my head down and put in a solid
run. I knew if I just kept it on two
wheels, I would be okay, so the
rest of the day I just tried to keep
it upright."
With the win, Grant extended
his lead in the championship to
22 points over Coastal Racing
GasGas' Ryder Lafferty with
three rounds remaining on the
schedule.
ROUND 7 / SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN
P78
OFF-ROAD I AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
Steward Baylor came on
strong at the end, but
it was too late to catch
his brother, Grant. He
finished eight seconds
back in second.
