Grant Baylor Clinches Enduro Title
G
rant Baylor clinched the
2022 Kenda AMA National
Enduro Series Championship
with one round remaining on the
schedule after claiming a thrilling
win at the Zink Ranch National
Enduro in Sand Springs, Okla-
homa, October 16. He topped
his brother, AmPro Yamaha's
Steward Baylor, by the narrow-
est of margins. It was the South
Carolina rider's second National
Enduro title in the last two years,
and six in a row for the brothers.
With the win, the Rev Motors-
ports GasGas rider, Grant Baylor,
now holds an insurmountable
44-point lead in the champion-
ship heading into the series finale
in Alabama.
Grant got off to a fast start,
winning the opening test of the
day by seven seconds ahead of
Coastal Racing GasGas' Ryder
Lafferty. However, test one was
the only test Grant won all day,
but his consistency was enough
to keep him in the lead the rest of
the way, finishing second, third,
fourth, fifth and second in the
final five tests.
FMF/KTM's Josh Toth won
tests two and three, while Steward
won the final three tests. Steward
didn't get the best of starts, finish-
ing fifth in test one, however his
late-race flurry put him in position
to challenge Grant for the win in
the final test. Grant went into test
six with a 10-second lead over
Steward. Steward won the test by
just over nine seconds ahead of
Grant, leaving Grant with the vic-
tory by less than a second.
"When Steward won test five
by 11 seconds, I knew I had to do
something different in that last
test," said Grant. "I really wanted
to win today because I didn't want
the championship battle to linger
into the final round in Alabama,
IN
THE
WIND
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Grant Baylor won the
Zink Ranch National
Enduro in Oklahoma
and clinched the 2022
Championship for the
second time in his
career.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
