Lafferty was in the hunt all
day, finishing second in every
test except the final one, which
he won.
"I stayed off the ground and
I felt like I had a good pace all
day," said Lafferty. "I just kind
of rode my own race and [only]
worried about myself. It was
good."
After switching teams during
the off-season, Enduro Engineer
-
ing GasGas' Josh Toth looked
comfortable on his new bike
and brought home a third-place
finish behind Lafferty, which
included a win in test five.
"Starting off there was just
a lot of traffic, a lot of people
in front of us," said Toth. "I was
doing a lot of revving and yelling
"We got it all straightened out
for the last test," Baylor said. "I
knew I still had a little bit of a
gap on Ryder, but I wasn't sure
how much. So, going into that
last test, I just had to kind of put
my head down and ride a solid
test and ended up making an
-
other little miscalculation. I hit a
big pine tree with the handlebar
pretty good, probably third gear.
It threw me to the ground and
the bike landed on top of me
and had me pinned between a
tree and the bike. So, it took me
a good ten seconds to get out of
that. So, we just tried to ride it in
after that. I ended up losing that
last test to Ryder by a second,
but it was enough to bring home
the overall today."
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(Left) Ryder Lafferty
kept the pressure
on Baylor all day,
finishing second
overall. (Below)
GasGas-mounted
Josh Toth got on the
box in third.
