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ville course, but laments giving
up the lead in the final test.
"This place is real cool be-
cause it has everything," said
Bobbitt. "Sand, rocky hills and
they definitely lived up to their
name the Knuckle Buster with
plenty of tight trees. It was a
good race. I felt pretty good
off the start, I just wasn't riding
aggressive enough. Then I got
stuck in a mud hole and it pissed
me off—in a good way, I sup-
pose, because I won the test.
My favorite all day was test five.
It flowed really well and felt like
you could keep your momentum
up. I just didn't have enough at
the end of the day."
Rounding out the podium
was another former champ
Steward Baylor Jr. Aboard an
SRT Off-Road-backed KTM,
Steward finished just 13 seconds
behind Bobbitt to collect third.
He stayed in the top-five in all six
tests with second-place finishes
in the last three.
"I really struggled early on,"
Steward said. "I spent a lot of
time on my head. I even got my
bike lost; I was on the trail and it
was stuck in a bunch of trees. It
was a good day overall and we
are third in points. I hope to pick
things up in Louisiana and fight
for a win."
In fourth for the day was
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
rider Josh Strang. The Austra-
lian rider was coming off a win
in both the Florida and Georgia
rounds of the GNCC series.
Strang managed a second-place
finish in test two and third in the
final test, never placing below
sixth all day.
KTM rider Jake From topped
the Expert AA class followed
by Adam Bonneur
on a Suzuki with Zac
Brown rounding out the
podium. In the Womens
A/B class, FMF KTM's
Kacy Martinez took
the win over Shawn
Davidson with Rachael
Gutish finishing third.
Kenny King
FMF KTM's Russell
Bobbitt held the lead
until the final test of the
day, and had to settle
for second place.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KENNY
KING
Rounding out the podium
was another Baylor—
Steward Baylor—who had
a rough start to his day,
but managed to finish third
overall.
