NATIONALS
VOL. 52 ISSUE 14 APRIL 7, 2015 P85
NEW OMA FORMAT PROMOTES CLOSE,
FASTER-PACED RACING AT MOONSHINE
CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL
BAYLOR
OVER
BONNEUR
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK KARIYA
M
ost people take six weeks of rest to
recover from a broken collarbone and
subsequent surgery to repair it.
Steward Baylor is obviously unlike most peo-
ple and prefers a more active form of recupera-
tion, which for him means continuing to race his
Ride PG/Everrev/Fly Racing-sponsored KTM
450 XC-F week-in and week-out.
On this Easter weekend at the Kirkpatrick
family farm, he tested the knitting bone once
again and took the overall win via 2-1 moto fin-
ishes at the Moonshine Cross-country National,
round one of the Parts Unlimited Off-road Motor-
cycle and ATV (OMA) Nationals, co-sanctioned
by the Iowa Enduro Riders Association (IERA)
and Midwest Cross-Country (MXC) Series.
