VOL. 54 ISSUE 41 OCTOBER 17, 2017 P41
Thad Duvall, now back to
"100-percent" after his injury
at the ISDE, ended up third but
now trails Steward Baylor by two
points in the championship.
close racing, but it was a little
tighter and rockier than I was
expecting," said Duvall. "I was
way off in the sixth test, and
then in the seventh I stalled
the engine and had trouble
getting it started. I'm super
happy with how I rode and I
felt like I laid it on the line all
day. Even if I had of won, it
would still come down to the
final round in Alabama [for
the championship], so I'm not
disappointed at all."
Grant Baylor let it all hang
out in the final test, which put
him ahead of Duvall at the
end of the day. "I know I'm not
my best in slippery conditions
and after last night's rain that
grass track was pretty slick so I
just took it easy and got through
it the best I could," said Grant
(KR4 Arrive-n-Ride Husqvarna).
"I was a little bit down the stand-
ings after that first test, but I was
pretty much top-three the rest of
the day. Thad had six seconds on
me going into the last test and I just
hung it out for the last eight miles
and I was able to edge him out for
second by about three seconds."
Thorn Devlin was ninth overall
but that was good enough to get
the victory in the Rekluse Expert
AA class.
Ashlee Applewhite beat fellow
KTM rider Kerrie Swartz for the
win in the Women's Elite class.
Yamaha-mounted Sam Mat-
tingly took the win in the Open A
class over Ryan Overton (KTM)
and Trent Whisenant (Yam).
Former AMA Superbike
Champion Ben Spies suited up
for something a little different for
him and was fourth. CN
1. Steward Baylor (KTM)
2. Grant Baylor (Hus)
3. Thad Duvall (Hus)
4. Evan Smith (KTM)
5. Cory Buttrick (KTM)
6. Russell Bobbitt (KTM)
7. Jesse Groemm (KTM)
8. Josh Strang (Hus)
9. Thorn Devlin (Hus)
10. Andrew DeLong (Hus)
Grant Baylor made a late-race
charge and slipped into second at
the last moment.
