INTERVIEW I 2022 AMA NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPION GRANT BAYLOR
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After that, I regrouped."
After a couple of runner-up
finishes, Baylor went on a run that
saw him win five of the next six
rounds.
"I started out slow and wasn't
really ready at the first race, but
then the second race in Virginia,
I finished second there behind
[2021 GNCC champ] Ben Kelley,"
said Baylor. "He kind of smoked
me that day. I beat him at one
test but that was it. Then at round
three, I finished second again.
Then after that, I went on a roll,
winning five of six."
Of the six rounds, round five,
the Rattlesnake Enduro, had Bay-
lor a bit, well, snakebit.
"I think the Rattlesnake messed
with my head because I had
crashed there in the past," said
Baylor. "I've had three pretty big
wrecks there. One time I dislo-
cated my shoulder and knocked
myself out. Then last year I sepa-
rated my shoulder, and it took me
out for the rest
of the season. Then
this year I wrecked a couple times
really hard, and it sort of took me
down and hurt me. I ended up just
playing it safe for the rest of the
day and I rode it in for fourth."
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Husqvarna's Ryder Lafferty had
been Baylor's main competition
