a really tough race with lappers , depending on when you catch them and how you can get around them efficiently without tangling with anybody . I think it was tough for everybody . When you catch somebody at the wrong time it could go your way or the opposite way .”
Baylor turned in a mostly mistakefree race , except for back-to-back mishaps in test two .
“ That was probably the most I struggled all day ,” added Baylor . “ Aside from that , it was just a really smooth day . I picked up the pace a bit in the last two tests and just nailed my marks and tried to do everything that I knew that I need to do to win . That ’ s what we did .”
Lafferty turned a few heads with his runner-up finish . Th e New Jerseynative won the third test of the day after finish ing second in th e previous test , although he ran mostly under the radar since he started on row 41 , and it was test four before Baylor and th e rest of th e top five even knew he was in the mix .
“ I ’ ve been in Florida training and it ’ s been going good , so the sand riding paid off for me ,” said Lafferty . “ I got into it with some lappers a couple times and lost some time in the fourth test , I believe . Other than that , it was a pretty good day .”
Toth suffered injuries at the opening rounds of the series in 2020 and
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