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are both national enduro champs
for a reason, so I can't complain,
although as we go north, I'm
hoping to put a hurting on them."
FMF/KTM's Ben Kelley fin-
ished 50 seconds behind Toth
for fourth overall.
Jesse Ansley was fifth overall,
which was good enough to give
him first place in the NE Pro2
class. The Trail Jesters Racing
KTM rider had not planned on
riding the National Enduro series
this year, but he rode the first
round in South Carolina round as
a warmup for the year and ended
up winning the Pro2 class, so he
made the trip to Louisiana to try
his luck again and came away
with another win.
South Carolina while riding with
an injured hand, so third in Loui-
siana was a big step in the right
direction. Toth was fifth-fastest in
the first test after taking a small
crash but came back with the
second-fastest time in test three
followed by the third-fastest time
in the remaining three tests.
"I just had a tip-over trying to
get around a lapper in that first
test," said Toth. "I couldn't really
read the trail ahead of him and
just hit a root and went down. I
had another mishap where a vine
grabbed me by the neck and
that cost me a bit of time. So, I
lost a little bit early in the day to
the Baylors, but I tried to keep
them honest all day. Those two
up. Then I ended up wrecking
again because the front end
was so twisted that I couldn't
go straight. I tried to bounce
back in the fifth test, but just got
edged out by Steward. I went
down two times in that last test
again and it cost me a win, about
two seconds short."
The Baylor brothers account-
ed for all five test wins, with
Steward winning three tests,
while Grant won the other two.
Steward leads the champi-
onship by 10 points over his
brother, Grant.
Josh Toth turned in a spectac-
ular ride with a third. The FMF/
KTM rider finished outside of the
top-10 at the series opener in
Grant Baylor led going
into the final test but
had to be satisfied with
second after all was
said and done.
