WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
BY SHAN MOORE
R
ev Motorsports GasGas' Grant
Baylor claimed his fourth win of
the series and third in a row at
this weekend's Muddobber's National
Enduro, round eight of the Kenda
AMA National Enduro Series in Mat-
thews, Indiana.
Baylor won three of the six tests
en route to a 35-second margin of
victory over FMF/KTM's Josh Toth
and backed it up by finishing second-
fastest in the remaining three tests.
Before the enduro, Baylor admitted
that the Muddobber's course is one
of his all-time favorites, although he
didn't get off to the best of starts.
"I went down once in the first test
and came out of there five seconds
behind Toth," said Baylor. "Then I
went down again crossing a log in the
second test and again in the third.
I think those were my only tip-overs
throughout the day, so after that, I
won the rest of the tests and brought
it home. I just kept it smooth and
tried to keep it on two wheels after
those first three tests."
Grant still had a small slipup in test
five, when he overshot a corner on
an off-camber and got stuck. "I had to
get off and had to push my bike back
up onto the track," said Grant. "But
other than that, it was a really good
day for me. I knew it was going to be
one of those days where smoother
would be faster, instead of trying to
go fast, just because of how dry it
was, so I just tried to keep it smooth."
With the win, Baylor extended his
lead to 34 points ahead of his broth-
er, AmPro Yamaha's Steward Baylor,
in the championship points, giving
him more than a full race cushion with
just two races remaining in the series
(30 points are awarded for a win).
Should Grant hold on and win the
title it will make six straight years that
one or the other of the Baylor broth-
ers has won the National Enduro title.
Steward has won it four times, while
Grant won the title in 2020.
ROUND 8 / OCTOBER 2, 2022
MATTHEWS, INDIANA
P70
OFF-ROAD I AMA ENDURO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GRANT BAYLOR
CLOSES IN
GRANT BAYLOR INCHES CLOSER TO THE 2022
ENDURO TITLE WITH MUDDOBBER'S WIN
