On The Pegs January 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Page 62

On The Pegs
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SILLY SEASON’
TEAM SRT/HUSQVARNA
EVAN SMITH, RON COMMO III, WALLY PALMER
SRT Racing won the Kenda AMA National En-
duro title and the Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro
Series title behind the aggressive style of Stew-
ard Baylor in 2017. Baylor moved Tely Racing for
2018 but Team SRT should be in good hands
having picked up Evan Smith (left) for the new
year. Smtih was without a doubt the most
improved pro rider of this past year, going from
just inside the top 10 at the start of the season
to sniffing at the podium at season’s end.
Ron Commo III is another east coast rider who
should be a top-10 contender in the National
Enduro Series. All SRT riders will be on Husqvarna in 2018.
For the AMA EnduroCross series, SRT Racing has series regulars Cory
Graffunder, Trystan Hart, Kyle Redmond and Wild Wally Palmer (below)
signed for 2018. Hart finished second in the EnduroCross series this year
behind KTM’s Cody Webb, while Redmond was fourth and Graffunder
was fifth. The trio should make for a formi-
dable team in 2018. Palmer, who is always
a crowd favorite, ended the 2017 season in
14th overall.
SRT Racing is based on the west coast so a
lot of their riders are west coast guys. Here’s a
list of the rest of the SRT Racing lineup:
Austin Wells, Clayton Gerstner, JT Baker,
Joseph Bartziokas, Mike McGinnis, Morgan
Crawford and Ryan Smith.