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Cycle News Issue 2018 05 February 6

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VOL. 55 ISSUE 5 FEBRUARY 6, 2018 P77 Steward Baylor outduels Josh Toth for Sumter win STEWARD BAYLOR TOPS NATIONAL OPENER before injuring his wrist at the ISDE; in fact, Duvall led much of the 2017 championship before giving way to Baylor. Duvall was hop- ing to get the season off to a good start like he did last year, but was besieged by prob- lems right off the bat. He actually had a pretty good first test but finished a few seconds be- hind the guy he wanted to beat most—Baylor. In the second test, a tree branch got caught in his handlebars, which he had to stop and remove, costing him a precious 20 seconds and resulting in a fourth-place finish in the test. But things only got worse for Duvall in the third test when an electrical problem put him in the pits and he was forced to retire early. It was a bitterly disappointing start to his season for Duvall who said before the race that he "…never felt so ready" to start the season. S teward Baylor Jr. kicked off the 2018 Kenda AMA National Enduro Series much like he ended the 2017 series— winning. The defending champion got off to a fast start by topping the first of six tests and holding on to take the overall victory. But he could never relax, as he had FMF KTM's newest member Josh Tosh breathing down his neck the whole way. At the end, Baylor, on the Trey Racing KTM, finished just 18 sec- onds ahead of Toth. Going into the first race, many expected a showdown for the win between Baylor and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Thad Duvall, who was Baylor's biggest challenger last year PHOTOGRAPHY BY DARRIN CHAMPMAN Defending champ Steward Baylor Jr. came out swinging in the opening round of the 2018 Kenda AMA Enduro National Championship in Sumter, South Carolina.

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