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Smith inherited second but
bobbled and lost considerable
time, allowing Davis a chance to
move up behind Kelley, Ashburn
and Michael Witkowski. Davis
continued to stretch his lead on
adjusted time and catch up to
the front-runners.
Davis passed Baylor during
Baylor's extended pit stop.
On lap five of the seven-lap
race, the overall order stood at
Davis, Riordan, Cody Barnes,
Kelley and Liam Draper, all on
adjusted time.
On lap seven, Davis made the
pass on Kelley to take the physi
-
cal lead and eventually the win.
"Honestly, I've been working so
what was going on," said Baylor.
"On lap four, I left the pit still in
second, and I've got a quick con
-
nect on my battery as a backup
system, and it came unplugged.
Luckily, I diagnosed it and got
back into the race in like P7. But
I was struggling with the clutch.
At that point, I was trying to ride
a little more aggressively, and
I went down hard in the field. I
pulled my clutch in, and there
was nothing. That was it."
XC1 rider Evan Smith had the
ride of his life, running second for
the first two laps, although the
AmPro Yamaha rider was picked
off by Kelley on lap three, eventu
-
ally settling for 16th in his class.
Baylor continued to lead until
lap three, when he began to
have clutch problems.
"Right off the bat, I had no
clutch, and I couldn't figure out
(Left) Overall series points leader
Ben Kelley had to settle for second.
He's now just one point ahead of
Davis in the championship.
(Below) Third overall, Angus
Riordan made it two XC2 bikes on
the podium and a KTM sweep.
