03.02.2023

REVISED RESULTS: BEN KELLEY RETURNS TO RACING WITH A TOP 10 FINISH AT SUMTER NATIONAL ENDURO

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ROUND 1 — AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
SUMTER, S.C. — In his first race back from injury in nearly a year, FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Ben Kelley eased his way into the 2023 offroad racing season, finishing seventh in the NE Pro 1 class at the opening round of the AMA National Enduro series in Sumter, South Carolina. The Connecticut native was seventh-fastest in test one aboard his KTM 350 XC-F, and consistently maintained that position for the remainder of the day, despite suffering a hard get-off in the third test.

Ben Kelley: “Overall, it was okay today. I was off the pace, of course, but it’s my first race back in about 10 months, and I’ve only been riding for five weeks now, so I can’t be expecting too much. The first two tests I was maybe rushing it a little bit, trying to get the feeling back, but I had a crash in the third test and from then on, my leg was hurting a lot and the pain kind of consistently got worse. After that I just did what I could and finish.”

At the end of the day, Kelley went 7-8-8-9-7-7 in the six tests for a very consistent but rather uncharacteristic day for the former GNCC Champion. 

Round 1: February 5 – Sumter, South Carolina

NE Pro1 Results
1. Grant Baylor, KAW, 01:21:59.780
2. Ryder Lafferty, GAS, +20.394
3. Josh Toth, GAS, +50.834
OTHER KTM
5. Steward Baylor, KTM
7. Ben Kelley, KTM
 
NE Pro1 Championship Standings (After 1 of 9 rounds)
1. Grant Baylor, 30 points
2. Ryder Lafferty, 25
3. Josh Toth, 21
4. Craig DeLong, 18
5. Steward Baylor, 16
 
 
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