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been riding a 450 Husky so I
wanted to see how it did on the
grass track," said Hepler. "They
had a really lush grass track
similar to ISDE and I felt really
good in those."
Hepler wasn't far off the mark
in the enduro tests, as well.
"I was actually pleased with
my times in the enduro test,"
said Hepler. "I was just three-
and-a-half seconds off Ashburn
at the end of the day, so I was
pleased with that."
Cory Buttrick was a bit off
the pace on Saturday and came
away with the fourth-fastest over-
all time, while Georgia's Evan
Smith rounded out the top five
on a KTM.
On Sunday, Buttrick caught
fire and won four of the five tests
(the final test of the day was
canceled due to lightning in the
area), giving him the top time for
the day. The only test Buttrick
didn't win was the final enduro
test, which was won by Baylor.
At the end of the day, Buttrick
finished five seconds ahead of
Baylor for the day, and moved
from fourth to third in the final
overall standings.
"I just dug too big of a hole
on Saturday," said Buttrick. "I
don't know what I was doing
yesterday, but what ever it was
I figured it out today and every-
thing was just clicking."
In addition to his win in the
enduro test on Sunday, Baylor
took two seconds and two thirds
in the remaining tests. However,
it was not quite enough to give
him the overall win.
"I had the speed all weekend,
but I just had too many crashes
and that cost me," said Baylor.
"It's definitely frustrating to lose
by less than a second."
Ashburn finished third on Sun-
day, 15 seconds ahead of Evan
Smith, with Connecticut extreme
racer Ben Kelley rounding out
the top five.
With his win, Ashburn main-
tains a solid third in the stand-
ings, while Baylor moves ahead
of Sipes for the lead in the series
standings with his runner-up fin-
ish. After four rounds, Baylor has
198 points, followed by Sipes
with 175. Ashburn is third at 166,
while Buttrick (159) and Jesper
Borjesson (117) round out the top
five. CN
OVERALL
1. Jordan Ashburn (Bet)
2. Steward Baylor (KTM)
3. Cory Buttrick (KTM)
4. Evan Smith (KTM)
5. Ben Kelley (KTM)
6. Broc Hepler (Hus)
Steward Baylor
(pictured) outdueled
Cory Buttrick for
second overall.
