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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 .