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Babbitt's Online/Monster Energy Kawasaki's Grant Baylor was third overall. "I feel like I just kind of left a lot on the table out there," said Baylor. "I just made way too many mistakes. I don't know if I've ever wrecked that much in a race in my life. Between this week and Snow - shoe [GNCC] last week, I don't know what I'm doing, but I can't keep my bike on two wheels. I wrecked twice in the first test, once in the second test, twice in the third test. It just kept going on and on. Then, in the fourth test, I came over this blind rise— no danger [marking], Nothing. Just straight drop-off into a big rock garden. I hit a big boulder, front wheel first. Over the bars [and the] bike landed on me. I mean, it was a good one. Just way too much of that today. Need to keep it on two wheels." Steward Baylor Jr. (Kawasaki) and Evan Smith (Husqvarna) rounded out the top five overall. Nathaniel "Bubz" Tasha set the pace for the NE Pro2 class on his AmPro Yamaha. He secured two test wins, finishing no worse than second place on the other tests. He earned the NE Pro2 victory with Red Bear Racing's Will Sievenpiper on his heels. It marked Tasha's second class win of the year. Sievenpiper captured the test-one win mounted on his Kawasaki before adding a pair of runner-up test finishes, a set of third-place finishes and a strong test-six victory to achieve the second-place spot on the podium. FMF KTM Factory Racing Team Landers rider Grant Davis pushed to secure the test-two victory before a high-speed, over- the-bar dismount in the third test. He went on to lay down strong results for the remainder of the day to take third in class and seize his fifth-straight class podium. Red Bear Racing's Rachael Archer, aboard a Kawasaki, led the Women's Elite class all day, capturing four of the five test wins to claim her fifth-straight win this season. A crash for Archer in test three opened the door for Rachel Gutish to capture a test win aboard her Sherco USA-backed machine. Gutish was happy with her fourth runner-up finish this year, but said she was exhausted due to her return from Europe, where she was competing in the EnduroGP series. Enduro Engineering's Shelby Turner captured third in all five tests, which landed her on the final step of the podium and allowed her to achieve her fifth class podium of the 2024 sea - son. AA class rider Cole Whitmer earned his best finish of the sea- son, taking all but one test win in his class, and also asserted his dominance as the top amateur. The GasGas rider from Pennsyl- vania finished 14th overall. Heather Wilson OVERALL (Top 10) 1. Josh Toth (GG) 2. Johnny Girroir (KTM) 3. Grant Baylor (Kaw) 4. Steward Baylor Jr. (Kaw) 5. Evan Smith (Hus) 6. Ryder Lafferty (GG) 7. Ricky Russell (Yam) 8. Nathaniel Tasha (Yam) 9. Will Sievenpiper (Kaw) 10. Grant Davis (KTM) WIND IN THE P48 Rachael Archer topped the Women's Elite division.