ana and landing on the podium
in Virginia with a third.
"I'm happy to finally put in a
good ride at one of these," said
Kelley. "I went back home this
past week and kind of got to
regroup. It was just refreshing. I
just rode good. Had two crashes
out there, but still solid test
times. Overall, I'm happy to just
put in a good ride finally."
FMF/KTM's Josh Toth came
into Virginia hoping to improve
on his third-place finish in Louisi-
ana, and came on strong in the
final few tests, but couldn't break
That one test was the deciding
factor of the day. I went into that
last test, and I said, 'we've got
to crush this.' I actually crashed
in the test before and still won,
so I knew I had the speed. We
got in that last test, and it was
the slickest section of the day by
far. I think I was just over-riding
it when I needed to be more
patient. By the time I figured that
out, it was just too late."
After getting off to a disap-
pointing start to the series, Ben
Kelley has now had two solid
rides, finishing fourth in Louisi-
it away again like I did in Louisi-
ana. That was pretty tough."
A shaky run in the second test
put Steward in a hole he couldn't
dig out of, but despite the run-
ner-up finish, the Yamaha rider
still maintains the points lead
after three rounds, 85 points to
80, over Grant.
"I just gave away way too
much time in that second test,"
said Steward. "You have one
bad test and it's hard to ever
make up that time. Giving up
20 seconds in a section, it's
almost impossible to catch up.
OFF-ROAD
KENDA AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
ROUND 3 / MAY 15, 2021
ARRINGTON, VIRGINIA
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Jesse Ansley was the top Pro2-class rider in seventh overall.
