On The Pegs November 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 11 | Page 94

On The Pegs
STEWARD BAYLOR
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On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 11 - November 2018
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Strang was second in every test on Sunday except
for one.
“It feels great to win the title, especially as good as
Stew was riding on Sunday,” added Strang. “I did what
I had to do on Saturday and the rest took care of it-
self.”
And to win the title while riding on a golf course has
to be every dirt biker’s dream.
“That’s an unbelievable situation,” Strang said about
the chance to race on a golf course. That’s exactly
what the series has provided its riders the last two
years.
Steward Baylor ended up second in the series stand-
ings, but finished off an up and down season an ex-
clamation point at the Hidden Valley event with his
dominating win on Sunday.
“We weren’t prepared for Saturday,” admitted Stew-
ard. “I was riding the 2019 450 and all I had as far as
suspension was the stock shock. I got a new shock at
the last minute but I was afraid to run it this weekend
without any testing, and I paid the price. My rear end
was all over the place with the stock shock.”
Things took a drastic turn for the better when Stew-
ard decided to run the new shock on Sunday.
“After the way things went on Saturday I figured I
didn’t have anything to lose on Sunday so we threw
on the new shock,” said Steward. “I won the first Cross
test and I did it pretty dominatingly. I ended up win-
ning Sunday by almost a minute so I wish I had of ran
the shock on Saturday.”
Steward came up five points short in his bid for a
second Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro title.
“It would have been nice to have won the title, I’m
bummed I didn’t get it, but I’m happy to come away
with some wins and I think I turned in a performance
today that is up there with the best,” added Steward.