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KENDA AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES, PRESENTED BY MOOSE
ROUND 8/AUGUST 10, 2014
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
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trying to work my way back up."
Baylor's only other setback
came in test three, but it was only
a temporary one.
"I hit something pretty hard
in test three and I bailed off the
back, but I ended up ripping the
header pipe off my bike—it was
totally smashed," said Baylor.
"We were in a scramble to get
that replaced before test four,
and I ended up melting some of
the wires in the crash as well, so
that complicated things a little
bit."
a steep off-camber sec-
tion with big rocks, and
I hit a rock and ended
up down the side of a
ledge," said Groemm.
"After that test I tried to
be smart and ride a little
smoother and try to min-
imize my mistakes."
Groemm finished
the day in third, but he
(Below) Jesse Groemm got on the
podium but lost ground to DeLong
in the championship.
(Right) Steward Baylor's younger
brother, Grant, edged out Ian
Blythe for fourth.
Jesse Groemm came into the
Colorado race sitting on row 21,
having won the previous round
in Pennsylvania, but the Maxxis/
Klim/DirtWise KTM rider got off
to a rocky start in Colorado.
"The day started off a little
slow, I was okay in the first test,
but in the second test there was
