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scored in the top-four the rest of the weekend .
“ I was happy with my riding all weekend ,” said Draper . “ I ’ ve never been that close to podiums and test overall wins , so I was happy . I had a good week leading up to the race and I did a lot of sprints . It paid off , obviously .”
Four-time National Enduro Champion Steward Baylor put his privateer Kawasaki into fifth overall , just 16 seconds behind Draper . Meanwhile , Jordan Ashburn got the hard luck award for the day . The Team Babbitt ’ s Online / Monster Energy / Kawasaki Team Green rider was sitting in a solid third overall heading into the final test , but clipped a tree and lost his clutch , which cost him enough time to drop him to sixth overall .
In the Women ’ s Pro Class , Enduro Engineering / Mepmx / Fly / Grizzly Peak / Traveler ’ s Rest Speedway / KTM ’ s Mackenzie Tricker took the round 4 win , beating Rockstar Husqvarna Lan Mills XC rider Tayla Jones by 1:07 . Jones turned in a gritty effort just racing since just three weeks before the Australian off-roader had surgery to repair damage to her clutch hand .
Am Pro Yamaha ’ s Rachel Archer finished third ahead of Texan Allie Spurgeon .
The Harleywood course dried out a bit for Monday ’ s round 5 , leaving mostly flat turns with no berms to speak of and Chile ’ s Ruy Barbosa drew first blood on his Husqvarna by winning the opening test of the day ( a Cross