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Shan Moore’s Favorite National Enduro Photographs Of 2017

A look back at the best of last year’s NEPG National Enduro Series

March 5, 2018

I was planning to bring you coverage this week of the Cajun Classic National Enduro from Forest Hill, Louisiana, but the event was canceled due to flooding. So to make sure everyone gets his and her enduro fixes, I rummaged through my archives to find what I thought were my best enduro images from 2017. Enjoy!

Steward Baylor kicked off the 2017 season with a victory in his home state of South Carolina, where he topped Kailub Russell and Thad Duvall. The season turned out to be a year-long back-and-forth battle for the title between Duvall and Baylor, who went on to win the championship chase.Shan Moore

Kailub Russell, the 2015 series champ, dropped out of national enduro competition to concentrate on the GNCC series and to prepare for the 2017 ISDE in France.Shan Moore

Russell Bobbitt came into the season as the defending series champion. The Georgia native has five AMA national enduro titles under his belt.Shan Moore

Buddy, Tayla Jones’ travel companion, prepares to mark his territory in an enemy camp, the KTM pits. Jones, a member of the KR4 Husqvarna team, went on to win the Women’s Elite division in 2017.Shan Moore

Andrew Delong, the 2014 national champ, switched to Airgroup/Enduro Engineering Husqvarna Racing for 2017, but missed four rounds due to a wrist injury.Shan Moore

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Former Husaberg factory rider Nick Fahringer rips through the greenery at the Cajun Classic National Enduro in Louisiana on his Sherco.Shan Moore

Cory Buttrick finished the season in fifth overall on his SRT Offroad KTM.Shan Moore

KR4 Husqvarna’s Grant Baylor won the Alligator Enduro in Florida en route to a third overall ranking at the end of the year.Shan Moore

Evan Smith was perhaps the “most improved” off all the top-10 riders, completing the season with 4-4-3 finishes at the final three rounds.Shan Moore

Solid Performance KTM’s Jesse Groemm turned in a fourth-place finish at the Alligator, yet the New Jersey rider struggled from the side effects of concussion he suffered the previous year.Shan Moore

Josh Strang roosts out of a turn at the Cherokee National Enduro in Georgia. The Aussie racer finished the season with a third-place finish at the final round in Alabama on his Rockstar Energy Husqvarna.Shan Moore

Duvall went on a midseason win streak, ripping off four straight victories before suffering a wrist injury at the ISDE in France. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider finished the year second overall.Shan Moore

Texas rider Drew Higgins blasts through the blackjack oaks at the Tulsa, Oklahoma, enduro on his Beta USA-backed 300 RR.Shan Moore

Russell Bobbitt says, “Th…th…th…th…that’s all, folks!”Shan Moore