On The Pegs October 2019 -Volume 4 - Issue 10 | Page 69

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 10 - October 2019
69
Steward Baylor (who normally rides a 450)
will be riding a KTM 500 in Portugal, and he
spent the first day in South Carolina getting
used to one at the Chestnut Corner event.
After a slow start, Steward put the big KTM
into fourth overall.
“The 500 is a big change, and I’ve been
trying to adapt to it,” said Steward. “It
didn’t help that I stuck my bad knee into
the ground on the first day. I always start
slow anyway, so I picked up the pace on the
second day and was riding pretty good.”
Fifth place went to Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna’s Thad Duvall, who was part of
the winning World Trophy Team in 2016, but
who has elected to sit out this year’s ISDE.
Grant Baylor, also riding a 500 like his
brother (on the Junior Trophy Team), was
sixth overall, just two seconds ahead of
Husqvarna/Max Motorsports/FXR’s Evan
Smith. Smith also won the Pro2 class with his
seventh overall finish.
“This was kind of a sketchy track, so it was
important to be consistent and not make any
mistakes, and aside from a couple of crashes
on the first day I was able to do that,” said
Smith.
Babbitt’s Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jordan
Ashburn, Trail Jesters Racing KTM’s Ben
Kelley, and GasGas North America’s Thorn
Devlin, rounded out the top 10. Devlin also
finished second in the Pro2 division, with
Beta USA’s Mike Witkowski taking third in the
Pro2 class with a 12th overall finish.
Josh Hill finished 13th in the first Cross test
and 12th in the Enduro test, and then elected