Factory Beta Rider Evan Smith
from the NE Pro1 class came
away with eighth overall.
For his first NE Pro2 podium
and ninth overall finish was
Hunter Bush. Hunter is a local
ECEA enduro rider and avid NE
Pro2 National Enduro racer. Bush
felt really comfortable in the
rocks at the Rattlesnake National
Enduro because he lives only a
few hours from Cross Fork.
"I really like this type of terrain
and I ride this stuff at home all
the time," Bush said. His best
finish before this race was fourth.
"Finishing on the podium was a
surprise today; it feels awesome."
Wrapping up the top 10 overall
and the third podium spot in
the NE Pro2 class was factory
Beta rider Jonathan Johnson.
Johnson has several NE Pro2-
class podiums including two this
season. "I put some work in with
a little bit of time off lately, just
trying to be a little bit smoother
and I think it paid off today,"
Johnson said.
Taking top honors in the
Women's Elite class was Ra
-
chel Gutish on her OverandOut
GasGas. Gutish is always tough
to beat in rocky technical terrain
and she proved that again today.
"I thought there was topsoil
here and I thought wrong," Gut
-
ish said. "I really like the techni-
cal stuff, so the course suited
me well here. I didn't feel like I
set the world on fire today, but I
was just smooth."
Women's Elite points leader,
Enduro Engineering GasGas rider
Mackenzie Tricker, took home
second place. "Not a record day
for me today," she said. "I am not
typically a good rock rider and it
was tough today."
Another new face to the Pro
podiums was Cate Nash in the
Women's Elite class. Nash is
local to the area and wanted to
give the National Enduros a try.
"This is my first time here and I
absolutely loved it," Nash said.
"Tests two and three were tough
and I crashed a bit. But then I put
my head down to try to make up
time in test four and five."
Top Amateur rider was AA
rider Justin Lafferty.
Logan Densmore
Overall (Top 10)
1. Steward Baylor Jr (KTM
2. Grant Baylor (Kaw)
3. Josh Toth (GG)
4. Craig DeLong (Hus)
5. Ryder Lafferty (GG)
6. Ricky Russell (Yam)
7. Thorn Devlin (GasGas)
8. Evan Smith (Bet)
9. Hunter Bush (GG)
10. Jonathan Johnson (Bet)
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Rachel Gutish topped the Women's Elite division.
