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MotoTech KTM rider the overall
win.
"I got off to a bad start and
made a lot of careless errors,
and the only think I could think
was I work too hard to come in
here and have a bad result," he
said. "I've been working really
hard and so I just tried to get
things going starting with the
second test and everything went
my way."
In the meantime, Grant Baylor
was on a rampage of his own,
picking up an outright test win
in section four and then tying
his brother for the fastest time in
test five to finish second for his
N-Fab/AmPro Yamaha team.
"I was a little off pace in the
first test but I'm kind of a slow
starter anyway," said Grant
Baylor. "But then I started to feel
more comfortable and I was able
to pick up the pace."
Beta USA's Jesse Groemm,
who has missed most of the
season overcoming a severe
concussion he suffered just
before round one, finished third
on his two-stroke 300 RR, just
51 seconds behind Grant.
"I had a really bad ride in the
first test, but I came back strong
in the rest of the enduro," said
Groemm. "I think the secret was
not falling down, and I didn't all
day long."
Bobbitt, who sits third in
points, finished fourth just four
seconds off Groemm's pace.
"I had a few ups and downs
but I got off to a great start when
I won the first test," said Bobbitt.
"But this place kind of gets more
technical as the day goes on and
I just kind of struggled in a few of
the later tests, like the fifth test,
the AA-only test, and also in the
final test."
Fifth was DeLong on his
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
Factory Racing FC 350, beating
Kailub Russell by almost a full
minute.
Russell was sixth, while Nick
Fahringer was making his first
race back from injury after
spending several months rehab-
bing a torn ligament in his knee.
The AirGroup Racing Husqvarna
rider finished seventh.
"I think it was a good finish for
my first race back," said Fah-
ringer. "I just took it slow and
minimized my mistakes."
Beta USA's Cory Buttrick
was eighth on his four-stroke
430 RR, while AirGroup Racing
Husqvarna's Ryder Lafferty and
ex-pro motocrosser Broc Hepler
(KTM) rounded out the top 10.
In the Expert AA class, Evan
Smith edged out fellow KTM
rider Drew Higgins by just two
seconds for the win. Meanwhile
Ethan Ficklan, also on a KTM,
was third, another 59 seconds
back.
Shan Moore
Steward was joined
by younger brother
Grant Baylor
(pictured) on the
podium. Grant
picked up second-
place, matching his
season-best finish.
