On The Pegs December 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 12 | Page 99

On The Pegs
VOL. 4 ISSUE 12 - DECEMBER 2019
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Steward Baylor claimed his fourth win of the season
at the final round of the Kenda AMA National Enduro
Series at Perry Mountain in Maplesville, Alabama, edg-
ing his brother, Grant, by one second to secure the
victory.
With the win, Steward also laid claim to his fourth Na-
tional Enduro title, finishing the season 31 points clear
of Grant.
Over 700 riders took to the Perry Mountain course,
which produced epic single track after rain the preced-
ing week wet down the trails.
Steward got off to an uncharacteristically fast start,
with a win in test one, and the battle was on, as Grant
and Steward took turns winning tests with the two Tely
Energy Racing-backed brothers accounting for every
test win except for test two, which was won by Gnarly
Routes KTM’s Russell Bobbitt.
Grant led by four seconds heading into the sixth and
final test, however, Steward made up the ground plus
an extra second to claim the “W”.
“I think we were separated by seconds going into that
last one,” said Steward. “That’s pretty cool. It’s badass
to be doing this with your brother, it just makes it that
much better.”
Grant was solid all day, but a bobble in the final test
dropped him to second for the day.
“The first half of the race, it was a pretty tight battle
between the top five,” said Grant. “But after that I start-
ed clicking away a couple test wins and moved my way
into the overall with one test to go. I had a four-second
gap over Steward. I didn’t hit the ground all day, but I
tipped over once in that last test and he ended up get-