On The Pegs December 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 12 | Page 101
On The Pegs
VOL. 4 ISSUE 12 - DECEMBER 2019
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ting me by just over a second for the day. It was really
tight racing. I pushed as hard as I could to get the win,
but Steward just made it happen.”
Making just his third appearance all year, Bobbitt
turned up the heat in the final test to eclipse Husqvar-
na/Max Motorsports/FXR’s Evan Smith and XC Gear/
Enduro Engineering/Husqvarna’s Ryder Lafferty for the
final podium position.
“I was a little leery if I was going to be able to hold on
the whole time,” said Bobbitt. “I haven’t been riding fast,
or training like that. Evan made a mistake in that last
test, so I got him by one second. And Ryder and I were
really close all day, so it turned into the standard battle
with a Lafferty.”
Smith held a 17-second lead over Bobbitt going into
the final test, but a bobble cost him 18 second, so he
missed the podium by a single second to finish fourth.
Lafferty turned in a strong couple of tests to start the
race, but got stuck on a hill and then lost his brakes in
the final test, leaving him with fifth overall.
Tely Energy Racing’s Liam Draper rounded out the top
five, which also gave the New Zealander the win in the
NE Pro2 class, as well. Draper topped FXR, Bryan Easler
Toyota, Kenda tires, XC gear-backed Jonathan Johnson
by 33 seconds. Johnson was getting a taste of his first
National Enduro and was impressive for a newcomer
with a seventh overall and a second place in the NE
Pro2 division.
Ronnie Commo, winner of the NE Pro 2 class at the
previous round in Oklahoma, finished eighth overall
and third in the NE Pro2 class.
A pair of Japanese bikes rounded out the top-10, with