On The Pegs August 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 8 | Page 81

On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 8 - August 2018 P 81

On The Pegs Vol . 3 Issue 8 - August 2018 P 81

D BAYLOR

ALKS ABOUT HIS RACE

do what it wants to do . When I got in second today behind Ryan , I was following his lines and kind of watching what he was doing . Instead of over-setting up the corners he was coming in the main line and letting it take him wide , which is kind of the opposite of how you usually ride a cross test . I was able to follow those lines and put in some really good cross test times the last couple times . I even crashed in one and still got second . With that , I think it was good . Just looking forward to next weekend ’ s national enduro . It looks like it will be a little more wet up here for that one .
The weekend was okay , I guess , at best . Day one I knew it was going to be dusty . I pushed really hard in the first cross test . Opened up with a third place there and tried everything I could in the woods to get myself positioned in the lead . Just fell short of it . I knew that if I could get a gap or get a lead and I would be leading into the test you ’ d have dust between the guys . The problem was starting in the woods I was already in third place , so the dust was really lingering this weekend and just no breeze to carry it away . It was tough . I just could never get that break I needed to try to get up front . Strang ended up getting up front that day one , and as soon as he did it was game over . He and Hepler rode really well . I think until he got in the lead there was only five or six seconds separating the top five or six riders . Really tight racing . It was changing results quite a bit . Day two I put myself out to a really bad start . Finished in seventh at the first cross test . It kind of held me up there . I just couldn ’ t cut through the dust . Test two I ended up winning the test and moving myself into second behind Ryan . Strang and I went back and forth all day long . I finally got a little margin going into the last test , which is a woods test . I knew I just had to ride smart . The woods test I usually seem to fare really well . So I went out there and rode smart . It sounded like Josh had a tip-over in there , which ended up giving me the advantage I needed to get second on the weekend as well as second on the day . Points-wise , I think Josh and I flipped days . I think he actually passed me in points yesterday and I got him back today . I don ’ t think I lost much ground to Ryan since he finally had a bad day yesterday , which I ’ ll take it . It was a really good weekend . All in all , I think even with the dust I rode smooth . Didn ’ t make too terribly many mistakes and rode consistent . n