OFF-ROAD
2019 KENDA FULL GAS SPRINT ENDURO SERIES
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 10, 2019
GTR COMPLEX / GASTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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day. A fifth place on Sunday put
Toth into fourth overall, which
was a respectable finish consid-
ering he underwent arm-pump
surgery on each arm just 15 days
before the South Carolina race.
"I was a little nervous going
into the first test, so I think I was
a little tight but everything still
went pretty well," said Toth. "I
crashed pretty hard in the first
Enduro test on Sunday and land-
ed on my arm, so it was pretty
sore after that. I was a little beat
up and sore at the end of the day
and I think the arms could use a
little more time to recover."
Riding a 250F, Evan Smith
won the Pro 2 class with a fifth-
overall finish. The Husqvarna/
Max Motorsports/FXR Racing-
backed rider was particularly fast
in the Enduro test.
"I tried not to put any pressure
on myself and I just tried to have
a good time and I think I rode
loose, which translated into fast
times," said Smith. "It was a good
weekend. No crashes, just a
couple of bobbles."
Ben Kelley (Trail Jesters Rac-
ing/KTM) finished second in the
final test of the event and finished
sixth overall for the weekend.
New Zealand's Liam Draper
(Tely Energy Racing KTM)
finished seventh overall, 19
seconds ahead of Jordan Ash-
burn (Babbitt's Monster Energy
Kawasaki). Craig DeLong Coastal
struggle," Duvall said about his
weekend. "I just had one bad test
on each day, and that cost me. I
just need to brush up on my sprint
speed and I'll be all right. I turned
in some good times and I won the
last test on each day, but I just
had a bad moment on each day."
Josh Toth finished second to
Russell on Saturday but a nasty
crash on Sunday led the FMF
KTM rider to take a more tenta-
tive approach to the rest of the
and the track got super rough,
so it was a tough race. I'm happy
with second and I'm looking for-
ward to the season. It's going to
be a really competitive year."
Thad Duvall posted the fastest
time in two tests (one on each
day), but lost his brakes in a test
on Saturday and then crashed
in a test on Sunday, which was
enough to keep him out of con-
tention for the overall win.
"It definitely wasn't without a
Josh Toth had a
pretty big crash
on Sunday but still
hung on to finish
fourth overall.
