September 2020 - Volume 4 - Issue 9 On The Pegs September 2020 | Page 57

On The Pegs VOL. 4 ISSUE 9 - SEPTEMBER 2020 57
STEW BAYLOR
ever done before, so I’m pumped on it.”
Beta USA’s Cody Barnes was ninth overall
and second in the NE Pro 2 class.
“I rode pretty solid, only a couple little
mistakes here and there,” said Barnes.
“My Beta 250RR was running awesome
and was handling great. Overall it was a
good day. Just need to limit some mistakes
and go a little bit faster and hopefully
come out with the win the next
one.”
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Craig
DeLong rounded out the top 10 and finished
third in the NE Pro 2 division.
“It felt like I was riding good all day,
personally,” said DeLong. “I just had
some issues with some bottlenecks out
there, just other people stuck in the trail.
I tried to go around them and tried to
do my best and sometimes it worked,
and sometimes it didn’t. It’s just the luck
of the game and you can’t do anything
about it. I tried as hard as I could. I made
one personal mistake. I fell in the last test.
That was the only crash I had all day.”
Rachel Gutish raced the day before
and won the Battle of the Goats in North
Carolina, and then drove all night to
compete at the Little Raccoon Enduro,
coming away with first in the Women’s
Elite class.
“I raced the Battle of the Goats extreme
enduro yesterday, so I came into this not
really sure how things were going to go,”