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"I wish I could have made the
podium, but getting out of here
with a fourth is not too bad," said
Bobbitt. "I felt my speed was
there and the bike is working well
so things are looking good for the
rest of the series."
Fifth went to Andrew DeLong,
who was making his debut ride
with Airgroup Racing/Enduro En-
gineering Husqvarna Racing. The
Pennsylvania native started fast,
and sat in second place after the
first two tests.
"I was feeling pretty good at
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Thad Duvall is another rider
returning to the enduro
championship who got on the
podium in third.
finished seventh.
Grant Baylor (Steward's young-
er brother) was eighth in his first
national race for the KR4 Arrive-
n-Ride Husqvarna team, just edg-
ing out Solid Performance KTM's
Jesse Groemm, who had an
interesting day that included a big
get-off in the first test and then
nearly getting his head ripped off
by a vine in test four.
Josh Toth rounded out the top
10, including an excellent ride in
test three where he claimed the
fourth fastest time on his N-Fab/
Am Pro Yamaha.
In the Rekluse/Expert AA divi-
sion, Airgroup Racing/Enduro
Engineering Husqvarna Racing's
Thorn Devlin claimed a three-
the start but in the third test I
tangled with a lapper and we
went down and it took about 40
seconds to get going again,"
said DeLong. "In the fourth test,
we had an issue with the bike;
it's new to us and we are still
learning, but I'm pleased with
how things turned out since it's
really my first season to be totally
healthy in two years. Fifth is the
best I've ever finished at Sumter
so that's another reason to be
happy."
Sixth went to Trevor Bollinger
on a JCR Honda. Bollinger was
part of last year's US Junior Team
at the ISDE, though he is new
to enduro racing. Meanwhile,
SRT KTM veteran Cory Buttrick
