On The Pegs August 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 8 | Page 54

On The Pegs
GRANT’S BIG CRASH
Grant Baylor appeared to be locking into
a third-straight national enduro win in 2018
but then it all came crashing down - literally
- in the fourth test when he landed head-
first into a massive rock, seperating his
shoulder and knocking himself silly.
“The day was kind of a struggle from
the start,” said Grant. “I had a crash in the
first test. I think I ended up around sixth in
there. Gave these guys a little head start.
Then went out and won the next two I was
two seconds down from Josh and went into
test four and I had a really good test going.
Then about a mile from the finish I came
around a corner and hit a big rock garden
in about third gear wide open. Just came
around this fast corner not even expect-
ing it. I just hit these rocks and dislocated
my shoulder, knocked the wind out of me.
Broke the grip. Destroyed my bike. Knocked
myself out for a second there. I couldn’t
see anything. I lost almost two minutes in
there doing that. I still salvaged a fourth for
the weekend, but it’s okay for me because
Steward’s leading the points and he finished
third. So I didn’t lose too many valuable
points today, but still it was an awful day.
I think I hit the ground about eight times
today in the five tests that we ran. But other
than that, when I didn’t have that big crash
I was riding good and it was looking like a
good day.”
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