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Duvall finished the event with a
39-second advantage over Bob-
bitt to claim the win.
"It was good to get back into
race mode after a couple of
weeks off and I feel like condi-
tioning came into play a little bit
today with the heat and humidity.
It also feels really good to get
a win heading into next week's
ISDE," said Duvall, who flies out
the following day (Monday) for
France to compete in the Inter-
national Six Days Enduro.
"We made a few changes to
the bike and I felt a lot more con-
fident in the tests today," said
Bobbitt. "I think I rode well today
and I think it all came down to
choosing a bad line in the last
test."
KR4 Arrive-n-Ride Husqvar-
na's Grant Baylor claimed his
second podium finish of the
season with third, finishing just
one second behind Bobbitt in
the final tally.
"I let those guys get a little
head start on me," said Grant.
"I think I was sixth in the first
test, but I picked up the pace
after that and was able to start
top three for the rest of the day.
Going into the last test I think I
was about 35 seconds out of the
lead and I just went for it. I didn't
hit the ground all day until that
last test and about a mile from
the finish I had a tip-over and it
cost me at least five seconds
and I ended up losing second
place by just one second so that
bobble really cost me."
Steward Baylor, Grant's
older brother, finished the day
in fourth. The SRT Racing KTM
rider was second in the first test
and looked well on his way to a
podium finish. However, a high-
speed crash in test two cost the
former national enduro cham-
pion a lot of time and the South
Carolina rider struggled to get
his rhythm back.
Integrity Acquisitions-backed
KTM rider Evan Smith had his
best finish of the year with a fifth
overall finish, followed by SRT
Off-road KTM's Cory Buttrick in
sixth. New Jersey's Jesse Gro-
emm put his Solid Performance
KTM into seventh, just four
seconds ahead of Rockstar En-
ergy Husqvarna's Josh Strang.
Sherco Offroad's Nick Fahringer
and AirGroup Racing/Enduro
Engineering Husqvarna's Thorn
Devlin rounded out the top 10.
Despite riding in her first-ever
enduro, Australia's Macken-
zie Tricker took the win in the
Women's A/B class on her
Bonanza Plumbing-backed KTM,
topping all five of tests. Husqvar-
na-mounted Sarah Baldwin was
six minutes back in second, while
Allie Spurgeon was third, another
18 minutes behind Baldwin. CN
1. Thad Duvall (Hus)
2. Russell Bobbitt (KTM)
3. Grant Baylor (Hus)
4. Steward Baylor Jr. (KTM)
5. Evan Smith (KTM)
6. Cory Buttrick (KTM)
7. Jesse Groemm (KTM)
8. Josh Strang (Hus)
9. Nick Fahringer (Shr)
10. Thorn Devlin (Hus)
Russell Bobbitt (left) and Grant
Baylor (right) joined Thad Duvall
on the overall podium at the
Muddobbers National Enduro.
