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third. The SRT KTM rider said test
six was one of the tightest he's ever
ridden.
"I couldn't keep the bike off the
ground in the first few tests, but I
managed to get it together about
midway into the race and then I
made up a lot of ground in that last
test," said Buttrick. "It was so tight
in there you had to almost come
to a stop in some turns, but I never
gave up and kept pushing and that
allowed me to pass Kailub and Thad
to get third."
Fourth overall went to Solid Perfor-
mance KTM's Jesse Groemm. The
New Jersey native got off to a slow
start but came on strong later in the
race. Groemm won test five and
finished second in the last test, but
missed the podium by four seconds
to Buttrick.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Fac-
tory Racing's Thad Duvall was fifth,
five seconds behind Groemm and
four seconds ahead of FMF KTM's
Kailub Russell. Duvall was in the
running for the win early in the race,
but dropped off the pace as the tests
Cory Buttrick completed
the Alligator podium.
got tighter.
Russell won the second test of
the day, but like Duvall, he strug-
gled in the tighter tests, leaving
him in sixth for the day.
Seventh and eighth went to
N-Fab AmPro Yamaha teammates
Josh Toth and Ricky Russell. Both
Toth and Russell are still learning
the ropes in the National Enduro
series but show good speed and
lots of promise.
RPM Racing's Chris Bach
made a rare National Enduro
appearance pay off with ninth
overall, while FMF KTM's Russell
Bobbitt capped off a disappointing
day with 10th overall.
In the Rekluse/Expert AA divi-
sion, Airgroup Racing/Enduro
Engineering Husqvarna Racing's
Thorn Devlin grabbed his sec-
ond win of the season, beating
KTM-mounted Adam Bonneur
by almost two minutes. Scott
Gawler Jr. put his Kawasaki into
third about seven seconds behind
Bonneur.
"It kind of surprised me that I
won so easily because I felt like
I was struggling out there," said
Devlin. "I had a really bad get-off
in the transfer heading to the
fourth test and I hit the ground
petty hard."
Despite the crash, Devlin's
finish was also good enough for
20th overall.
Winning the Women's Elite di-
vision was Australia's Tayla Jones
on her KR4 Husqvarna. Jones
turned in a stellar performance
that put her 11 minutes-and-five-
seconds ahead of runner-up
finisher Sarah Baldwin (Hsq). CN
OVERALL
1. Grant Baylor (Hus)
2. Steward Baylor (KTM)
3. Cory Buttrick (KTM)
4. Jesse Groemm (KTM)
5. Thad Duvall (Hus)
6. Kailub Russell (KTM)
7. Josh Toth (Yam)
8. Ricky Russell (Yam)
9. Chris Bach (KTM)
10. Russell Bobbitt (KTM)
Steward Baylor made it
a family affair by taking
second overall.
