Toth Wins Grassman National Enduro
J
osh Toth captured his third
win of the season and climbed
to the top championship leader-
board in the 2020 Kenda AMA
National Enduro Series with four
rounds to go. His latest victory
came at the Grassman National
Enduro in Chandlersville, Ohio,
August 23.
Previous points leader Grant
Baylor had a mechanical issue in
the opening test and finished the
day in 10th.
Baylor came into the race with
a 12-point lead over Toth in the
series standings, however, the
FactoryONE Sherco rider saw
that lead evaporate when he was
forced to push his bike out of test
one after it suddenly stopped on
him with just a few hundred feet
to go.
"The win helps with confi-
dence, for sure," said Toth. "I still
have to ride the bike, though.
It's still going to be tough. Today
was hard. Stew [Steward Baylor]
was ripping. But battling with him
and coming out on top, I'm pretty
stoked."
For the second round in a row,
four-time National Enduro Cham-
pion Steward Baylor finished
second on a privateer Kawasaki.
Steward led the race during the
early stages but lost out to Toth in
the final two tests.
"It wasn't a technical course,
by any means, but every time you
thought you had flow you would
end up off the track. It was a
really tricky track," said Steward.
"You had to really be on point. I
just made a few costly mistakes.
I wasn't reading the track far
enough ahead when I needed to
be."
Steward missed round two of
the series after having knee sur-
gery, but he is not ready to give
up on a fifth title just yet. "The
championship is back in sight,
so that's the goal," said Steward.
"Just two months ago, given the
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Josh Toth moved
into the Kenda AMA
National Enduro
points lead with
his third straight
victory, the latest
coming at the
Grassman Enduro.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
