the fourth test, and I busted up
the radiator and had a big crash.
I lost some time on that test,
unfortunately, to Grant. Still rode
okay, just lost some time with
that big crash."
Enduro Engineering GasGas'
Josh Toth, who won the previous
round in Texas, was fourth at the
new venue.
"I kind of struggled and went
down, just dumb mistakes in the
beginning of the day," said Toth.
I also had some big collisions
with lappers. Just found myself
on the ground or into people too
often. Everyone else was riding
super good, so it's hard to make
any kind of mistake and be com
-
petitive."
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Craig DeLong struggled a bit
with the rocky terrain, but still
managed fifth overall.
"It was an okay day; I tried to
stay off the ground, but I didn't
quite do that," said DeLong.
"This was a new venue, so it was
new to me and it turned out to
be rockier than I expected."
FMF/KTM's Ben Kelley was
sixth in his first enduro back
since breaking his leg at round
one.
"It was an okay day. Just get
-
ting back to the enduros, trying
to get back up to speed and get
more comfortable reading the
trail, just sending it," said Kelley.
"I just was a little uncomfort
-
able all day. Maybe we had a bit
too stiff of a setting, but kind of
softened it up each test and felt
like I slowly got more comfort-
able throughout the day. Just all
in all, an okay day."
Tely Energy Racing/Rocky
Mountain ATV-MC KTM's Stew-
ard Baylor came into the race
a little under the weather and
settled for seventh.
"It was a rough day," said
Steward. "I just haven't been able
to stay healthy this year. Just
stayed sick pretty much from
round one this year. Epstein Barr
will do that. I've been able to
manage it in years past, but this
year it just hasn't been as easy."
AmPro Yamaha's Liam Draper,
of New Zealand, was eighth and
first in the NE Pro2 class.
"Test one started off awe
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Ryder Lafferty kept Baylor
honest all day en route to
second overall.
