Racing

Grant Baylor Slays Dragon’s Back National Enduro

The Baylor boys on the podium together for the second time this year

May 8, 2018

Grant Baylor overcame more than a few crashes and several hiccups to beat out his Tely Energy Racing teammate and brother, Steward Baylor, to win this weekend’s Dragon’s Back National Enduro held at Oak Ridge Estates in Arrington, Virginia. Grant won three tests on the day, compared to one for his brother, to take the win by 52 seconds. FMF KTM’s Josh Toth rounded out the podium with two test wins. Photographer Shan Moore brings us the action in photos.

Josh Toth won two of the six tests and challenged early for the lead at the Dragon’s Back Enduro, but two crashes in the final test dropped the FMF KTM rider to third overall.Shan Moore

Grant Baylor took the win despite riding with a hand that required surgery just two weeks ago to repair a broken bone.Shan Moore

Thad Duvall held the lead in the race after two tests, but a navigational snafu dropped the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider to fourth overall at the finish.Shan Moore

Evan Smith posted his best finish of the year with a sixth overall. The SRT Racing Husqvarna rider blasts up a rocky hill climb in test three.Shan Moore

Steward Baylor made up a nine-second deficit in the final test to edge Toth for second by just a few tenths of a second.Shan Moore

KR4 Husqvarna’s Cory Buttrick slithers through the first test as a hard rain peppers the course just after the start of the race.Shan Moore

GasGas North America’s Andrew Delong posted a solid top-10 finish on his XC 300Shan Moore

Solid Performance Racing’s Ryder Lafferty won the NE Pro 2 class with a ninth overall finish.Shan Moore

GasGas North America’s Nick Davis was second in the NE Pro 2 class and 12th overall.Shan Moore

After the race, Grant Baylor said he struggled in every test, but guessed that he must have made fewer mistakes than the competition since he won the race.Shan Moore

Dragon's Back National Enduro Overall Results

Position	Rider	Brand
1	Grant Baylor	KTM
2	Steward Baylor	KTM
3	Josh Toth	KTM
4	Thad Duvall	Husqvarna
5	Ben Kelley	KTM
6	Evan Smith	Husqvarna
7	Cory Buttrick	Husqvarna
8	Russell Bobbitt	KTM
9	Ryder Lafferty	KTM
10	Andrew Delong	GasGas

2018 Kenda AMA National Enduro Point Standings

Position	Rider	Brand	Points
1	Steward Baylor	KTM	85
2	Josh Toth	KTM	71
3	Ben Kelley	KTM	55
4	Cory Buttrick	Husqvarna	45
5	Grant Baylor	KTM	43
6	Evan Smith	Husqvarna	41
7	Thad Duvall	Husqvarna	39
8	Ryder Lafferty	KTM	35
9	Andrew Delong	GasGas	32
10	Russell Bobbitt	KTM	27