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day, as well, finishing seventh.
"I'm not real confident on this
type of terrain and I just couldn't
get a rhythm going and I strug-
gled on the dry, hard stuff," said
Groemm. "I just need to get more
seat time in this type of stuff. I
actually didn't think I struggled
enough to finish seventh, but I
guess I did. I wasn't very confi-
dent and when you're not confi-
dent you can't go very fast."
Count Mike Lafferty in as an-
other one of the disgruntled fin-
ishers, the eight-time National
champ and FMF/KTM rider los-
ing out in a tiebreaker to Groemm
to finish eighth.
"I've never tried so hard for
such a lousy finish," said Lafferty.
"Honesty, I have no reason for
finishing this bad. I didn't crash,
I pushed the envelope, I tried
to change the bike and noth-
ing worked. I tried to ride a gear
higher just to see if I could make
something happen, but nothing
worked. The scary thing was I felt
like I was going good, but then I'd
see the times and I would be way
off. It was pretty demoralizing."
Former National winner Cole
Kirkpatrick made a rare appear-
ance to finish ninth on a KTM,
while Brad Bakken rounded out
the top 10 on a N-FAB AmPro Ya-
maha YZ250F.
With just two rounds in the
books, Mullins holds a comfort-
able lead in the series standings
with 60 points, compared to Jes-
se Groemm's 39. Steward Bay-
lor is third overall with 36 points,
one point better than his brother
Grant. CN
1. Charlie Mullins (KTM)
2. Grant Baylor (KTM)
3. Andrew DeLong (Hus)
4. Shane Hufford (KTM)
5. Nick Fahringer (Hus)
6. Steward Baylor (KTM)
7. Jesse Groem (KTM)
8. Mike Lafferty (KTM)
9. Cole Kirkpatrick (KTM)
10. Brad Bakken (Yam)
