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like I rode the wheels off of my 250." Toth ended up in fourth, a mere eight seconds behind Laf- ferty, making for an exciting fin- ish. The Connecticut-native won the fifth test to close the gap on Lafferty and Russell, however it was too little too late. Fifth went to Babbitt's Online/ Monster Energy Kawasaki's Grant Baylor, making for the first time the South Carolina rider has been off the podium all year. Meanwhile, Beta USA's Evan Smith had his best ride of the season with a sixth overall. Bonecutter GasGas' Thorn Devlin won the NE Pro 2 class with a seventh overall finish, top - ping second place in the NE Pro 2 class by almost two minutes. "The first section was a lot more slick than the rest of the day and I had a little bit of a get-off in section one, so I kind of had to get up and dial it back down a little bit and ride smooth and just keep it on two wheels," said Devlin. He won three of the six tests in the class. Tely Energy Racing/Rocky Mountain ATV-MC KTM's Stew - ard Baylor is still fighting the Epstein Barr virus, but still man- aged a credible eighth overall. "The day was rough," said Steward. "I'm still not 100 per- cent, but I notice it here more than GNCC, which is weird. I think in National Enduros you just have to be so sharp and when you're not 100 percent here, you notice it a lot more just being a little bit slow to react. It was just one of those days where I just kind of knew that I didn't want to go any faster. I felt like I was making mistakes any time I did. So, I just rode my race." FMF/KTM's Ben Kelley is still building his speed after break - ing his femur in February and finished ninth, while Beta USA's Jonathan Johnson was second NE Pro 2 rider and rounded out the top 10 overall. "The class is stacked this year," said Johnson. "I've had a slow start for sure, but hopefully we're headed in the right direc- tion, and we can keep it up here from now." Enduro Engineering GasGas' Mackenzie Tricker won the Women's Elite division, winning two of five tests and topping Trail Jesters Racing KTM's Korie Steede by 52 seconds. Steede won the opening test of the day to take the early lead, but then battled the remainder of the day with Over and Out GasGas' Ra - chel Gutish, who won two tests, for second place. Steede ended up beating Gutish for the runner- up spot by 26 seconds, while Jocelyn Barnes (Husqvarna) wound up in fourth. Shan Moore OVERALL 1. Craig DeLong (Hus) 2. Ricky Russell (Yam) 3. Ryder Lafferty (GG) 4. Josh Toth (GG) 5. Grant Baylor (Kaw) 6. Evan Smith (Bet) 7. Thorn Devlin (GG) 8. Steward Baylor (KTM) 9. Ben Kelley (KTM) 10. Johnathan Johnson (Bet) WIND IN THE P56 Mackenzie Tricker won the Women's Elite division.