VOL. 51 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 P79
Briefly...
Randy Hawkin's AmPro Yamaha
team is based in Travelers Rest,
South Carolina, not far from the Big
Buck area where the Little Brown
Jug was held, so in addition to his
top enduro racer, Brad Bakken,
Hawkins brought his entire GNCC
team, as well, including Paul Whib-
ley, Josh Strang, Jordan Ashburn
and Ricky Russell.
The final round of the series in Mat-
thews, Indiana, will include the
end-of-the-year awards banquet on
Sunday, as well as a special tribute
dinner on Saturday for eight-time Na-
tional champ Mike Lafferty, who is
retiring at the end of the season after
20 years of racing. For 2015, Laffer-
ty says that in addition to his duties
with KTM's Ride Orange program,
he will have more to do with the AMA
National Enduro Series. One of the
eight-time national enduro champ's
duties will be to ride the courses
before each round and making sure
they're up to NEPG specs.
Russell Bobbitt was pleased with
his sixth-place finish, considering
he had only started riding about two
weeks before the race. "I'm pretty
happy with my results for the day
and my knee actually feels pretty
good after a long, rough day," said
Bobbitt. "It's just one step at a time
getting back into racing and this was
my first race back in a long time, so
it feels great to be back on the bike
and to be racing again."
Charlie Mullins was a spectator
during Saturday's proceedings at the
Little Brown Jug. The defending se-
ries champ rode his bicycle over 100
miles from his home just to visit. Mul-
lins is recovering from wrist injuries
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Grant Baylor
claimed his very
first AMA National
Enduro win and
became the fifth
different winner
this season.
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