Draper Tops Cross Timbers Enduro
A
mPro Yamaha's Liam Draper
made it two wins in a row
to start the 2026 American
National Enduro Championship
in Oklahoma City on March 22.
Draper topped a stacked field at
the Beta Cross Timbers National,
opening up a small champion
-
ship lead to start the season.
The race featured six tests,
with the New Zealander, Draper,
winning half of them.
Rocky Mountain ATV/MC Red
Bear Racing Kawasaki's Steward
Baylor Jr won the first test and
concluded his day with a vic
-
tory in the final test. However,
this was not enough to surpass
Draper for the overall win, as he
finished only 18 seconds behind
the Yamaha rider.
The only other rider to win
a test on the day was Rocky
Mountain ATV/MC Red Bear
Racing Kawasaki's Grant Bay
-
lor. The three-time champ was
among the top three all day until
a bobble in the final test landed
him in sixth place. However, his
consistent riding was enough to
put him on the podium alongside
Draper and his brother, Steward.
It was close among the top
three, as approximately 45 sec
-
onds separated first from third.
Another few seconds back
in fourth overall was the Pro2
winner Nick DeFeo, making it
three Kawasakis in the top four.
The Rocky Mountain ATV/MC
Red Bear Racing Kawasaki Team
rider, DeFeo, was dominant in
the class, winning all six tests.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Craig DeLong was fifth overall,
fourth in the Pro1 class.
Evan Smith, Ryder Lafferty,
Jason Tino, Ben Kelley and
WIND
IN THE
P60
Liam Draper took the
overall win at the Cross
Timbers National Enduro
in Oklahoma with 18
seconds to spare.
