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INTERVIEW I 2022 AMA NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPION GRANT BAYLOR P78 next year is going to be a tough year, a challenging year with all the guys going really well. I'm looking forward to it." Do the Baylor brothers have a secret as to why they have dominated the series the past six years? Grant chalks it up to experience and their upbringing on motorcycles. "I really don't know what the key is," said Baylor. "I grew up always riding in tight trails like that. I grew up training a lot on an S-track, which is what we called it. We had a track that ran down a power line that went roughly a minute down and a minute back. So, straight down the power line and straight back, just S-turns back and forth. Every corner was a little different. Some were tighter. Some swept more and some had deeper ruts. It was good practice to learn almost every turn you would see in a race. "Most racers know that races are won in the corners. That's where you make up your time. So, if you can go fast around a corner, you're going to be the fastest guy on the track. My dad always had us on the S-turn track, since I was about 10 or 11 years old. I did that all the way up through my XC2 career, although I haven't been on that track the last four years now or so. I think that track did help a lot with those tight turns and just having your balance and just be - ing one with the bike. That's what it's all about. Just making every- thing connect. Never losing time. You don't ever want to lose time in the enduros. That's my view on it, I guess. Just always keep every - thing going forward. I feel like that track had me prepared for any- thing in any moment." Having his brother to push him obviously helps a lot, too. "We've always pushed each other," said Baylor. "I always want to do better than he does, and I'm sure he wants to do better than I do. We also grew up racing in the South here, it just seems like the local series has tighter trails com - pared to the other local series I've run up North. Maybe that helped as well, with the features all being cut by hand. I grew up riding a lot of trails like that. "