On The Pegs July 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 7 | Page 53

On The Pegs VOL. 4 ISSUE 7 - July 2020 53 “It was pretty good,” said Lafferty. “It started out, I didn’t feel the greatest. Just struggled a little bit with the bike, just the front end kind of felt a little twitchy. Then we put on a different front tire. We went to the new Washougal 3 and it really helped out a lot. From there on out, it felt like I was pretty solid and I had some good times. Kind of battled my way back up to make up some ground on Grant. So I felt good.” FMF/KTM’s Ben Kelley finished fourth in his first race since having shoulder surgery. “Overall it was a good day,” said Kelley. “I’m overcoming a shoulder injury and I just got on the bike about two weeks ago, so it’s twelve weeks off and then two weeks of riding. I felt good and had fun. It’s good to get back racing, that’s for sure. Just happy to get the first one out of the way and test the shoulder. All was good. I had one good crash on it in the last test and it all feels okay.” Fifth went to Gnarly Routes KTM’s Russell Bobbitt, who has spent most of his time recently, adventure riding. Thorn Devlin finished a solid sixth overall, one-minute-eighteen seconds ahead of his Beta USA teammate Cody Barnes. Barnes also won the NE Pro2 division, coming from behind to nip eight overall finisher and second NE Pro 2 rider Craig DeLong on the Rockstar Energy Racing Husqvarna by 20 seconds. Rounding out the top 10 were Phoenix Honda’s Jonathon Johnson in ninth and KTM-mounted Vincent Smith. In the Women’s Elite class, MacKenzie Tricker took the overall win on her MEP- MX/Fly Racing/Grizzly Peak/Travelers Rest Speedway/KTM’s Mackenzie Tricker took the win by 34 seconds over Sherco’s Brooke Cosner, with Beta USA’s Rachel Gutish finishing third, another 27 seconds back. OVERALL RESULTS 1. Josh Toth (KTM) 2. Grant Baylor (Shr) 3. Ryder Lafferty (Hsq) 4. Ben Kelley (KTM) 5. Russell Bobbitt (KTM) 6. Thorn Devlin (Bet) 7. Cody Barnes (Bet) 8. Craig DeLong (Hsq) 9. Jonathon Johnson (Hon) 10. Vincent Smith (KTM)