On The Pegs September 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 9 | Page 105

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 9 - September 2019
105
“I guess it was a good day,” said Smith. “I had a couple
of de-cent-sized get-offs today. The last test, I overshot
a ravine and just kind of went into a tree in the air. Not
much I could do about it. That hurt a lot. So, I kind of
struggled to finish, but other than that it was a good
day. It took me a while to adjust to it being so slick, but
once I got comfortable, I was able to ride pretty smooth
and smart and not make too many mistakes.”
After struggling through a couple of races, GasGas
North America’s Thorn Devlin put together an impres-
sive perfor-mance to finish fourth.
“We just tried to get ourselves back out of a rut, and
it worked,” said Devlin. “The name of the game today
was just have fun, get our flow going again, and if ev-
erything fell to-gether, then great. I was just 50 seconds
from a podium, so getting closer. Just going to keep
working and we’ll get there.”
Fifth was Beta USA’s Mike Witkowski.
“The first four tests were pretty smooth and then I
think the fifth test I got a little messed up in the last
part, and I lost some time,” said Witkowski. “But section
six was my best. I ended up third in that one, which was
pretty good. Just had a lot of fun at this one. I think this
is my best one yet.”
Tely Energy Racing KTM’s Liam Draper was nursing a
cracked pelvis from a crash at the Tennessee Knockout
the previous week, but still managed sixth overall and
first in the NE Pro2 division.
“I enjoyed this place last year when we had a sprint
here, so I was looking forward to it, it’s slick.” said Drap-
er. “I got off to a pretty decent start. I just had fun all day
and kept my head down and managed to get another
win. I’m just trying to stay on the bike.”