On The Pegs June 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 6 | Page 60

On The Pegs
Tely Energy Racing’s Grant Baylor started slow
but came on strong in the late stages of the race
to claim the win at the Cajun National Enduro,
round three of the Kenda AMA National Enduro
Series in Forest Hill, Louisiana.
Grant, who got off to a late start to the season
due to an injury, was fifth in the opening test, and
second in test two, however somewhere between
test two and test three the South Carolina rider
managed to find enough inspiration to win the
four remaining tests, beating out his brother and
Tely Energy Racing teammate Steward Baylor by
56 seconds en route to the victory. Gnarly Routes
KTM’s Russell Bobbitt was third, another 23 sec-
onds back.
“The race started out a little slow for me,” said
Grant. “I think I was just a little nervous and over-
thinking everything so I ended up beating myself
- just making too many mistakes. We picked it
up in the third test, I think I won it, and I got into
the overall after four tests. In Florida I wasn’t re-
ally 100%. I would say I was more like 70%. This
weekend I’d say I’m closer to 95%. Still not 100, but
we’re getting there. It’s awesome to be back up in
the center of the box.”
Like his brother, Steward Baylor started slow.
However, he wasn’t able to recover like Grant did
and ultimately finished second.
“I just had a slow start,” said Steward. “I made
a few mistakes, and got turned around a couple
times. I think the last three tests I rode really
well, I just couldn’t do anything with Grant going
into the last test. I knew I had moved into a solid
second place, so I just tried not to make any mis-
takes.”
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