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Cycle News Issue 22 June 6, 2017

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VOL. 54 ISSUE 22 JUNE 6, 2017 P29 test—I was sick and didn't feel well, but I just cleared my head and ended up winning." Steward Baylor came into the event having spent the previous week in the hospital due to a virus. The SRT Racing KTM rider admittedly came into the event hoping to salvage a top-five fin- ish, however, the South Carolina rider was able to keep Duvall honest all day and even won the fourth test. In fact, Baylor didn't finish worse than second all day. "I came in a little bit behind the eight ball, after spending last week in the hospital, but I rode well today," said Baylor. "I wasn't expecting to do this well, but we kept it tight and hopefully we can bounce back from this and get back on top of the podium. It's good to come out here and come away with a good finish af- ter all that happened last week." Josh Toth is still learning the ropes in the National Enduro series, but the Connecticut rider picked up steam as the day pro- gressed and came on strong in the last three tests. The AmPro Yamaha rider claimed his best finish to date with a third. "I rode pretty good in the beginning, but I couldn't stay off the ground," said Toth. "I like the mud, so when it started raining I think I got stronger. I'm get- ting better at this tight stuff and I definitely had a lot of fun." KR4 Arrive-n-Ride Husqvar- na's Grant Baylor turned in a steady day for fourth. Grant still has a solid grip on third in the series standings, sit- ting nine points ahead of Russell Bobbitt, who was fifth overall at the Cherokee. Bobbitt came into the event hot off of a podium finish at the previous round, but the FMF KTM Factory rider struggled with suspension settings at the Cherokee and was a bit off the pace. Finishing a hair behind Bob- bitt in sixth was Cory Buttrick. SRT KTM rider was 13 seconds behind Bobbitt for fifth heading into the sixth and final test, and he ended up beating Bobbitt in the test, but came up just a tenth of a second behind him in the overall, leaving him with sixth. Eighth overall and first in the Rekluse/Expert-AA class was Thorn Devlin, who has won all four rounds in the division so far. The AirGroup/Enduro Engineer- ing Husqvarna rider finished more than five minutes ahead of Logan Lowrey, the second place finisher in the Expert-AA class. In the Women's Elite class, Aussie off-road star Tayla Jones claimed her fourth win of the series, putting her KR4 Arrive- n-Ride Husqvarna on top of the podium ahead of Husqvarna rider Sarah Baldwin and KTM rider Ashley Copeland. Jones beat out Baldwin by almost nine minutes, while Copeland fin- ished another five minutes back in third. CN 1. Thad Duvall (Hus) 2. Steward Baylor Jr. (KTM) 3. Josh Toth (Yam) 4. Grant Baylor (Hus) 5. Russell Bobbitt (KTM) 6. Cory Buttrick (KTM) 7. Jesse Groemm (KTM) 8. Thorn Devlin (Hus) Exp-AA 9. Evan Smith (KTM) 10. Zach Hayes (KTM) PHOTOGRAPHY BY DARRIN CHAPMAN Josh Toth got on the podium with a carreer- best third .

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