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Jr. "I've got a couple surgeries
[scheduled] that have just been
on the backburner since last year.
And I wanted to do something
different—just ride without pres-
sure. So I decided to line up on
the 250
today and just see what it
was about. It was fun. I've always
loved this place. Obviously, I think
this, of any of the tracks, is prob
-
ably one of the ones that favors
the 450,
but we had fun, and that
was what it was about. In my pro
-
fessional career, I never actually
got to
ride a 250F. I just wanted
to ride a small bike, and we had a
blast on it."
Championship at the previ-
ous round, Steward Baylor Jr
of
Rocky Mountain Red Bear
Kawasaki Team Green finished
on the podium at the Motion
Pro Gobbler Getter National.
The six-time AMA National
Enduro Champion decided to try
something different and raced a
Kawasaki KX250F in Alabama.
He went 4-4 in the first two
tests before winning test three.
He ended the day with three
straight second-place finishes.
"Earlier in the week, I didn't
even know if I'd be racing this
weekend," said Steward Baylor
"The Triumph's been awe
-
some," said Russell. "I've been
loving it, especially at these en-
duros. It's got good traction, and
the dirt
here this weekend was
epic. The club did a great job.
The trails were a blast. I enjoyed
test six at the end, compared to
last year. Good conditions make
everything more fun. I'm happy.
[It was] my best year in enduros
to get second place overall."
As he said, Russell finished
second in the 2025 champion
-
ship.
After clinching the 2025
Red
Line Oil AMA National Enduro
