Toth Wins Rattlesnake Enduro
J
osh Toth captured his sec-
ond straight win in the AMA
National Enduro Championship
after a strong performance at
Rattlesnake National Enduro in
Cross Fork, Pennsylvania, July
25. The FMF/KTM rider won
two of the six tests and beat out
series points leader Steward
Baylor (AmPro Yamaha) by just
over 34 seconds for the victory.
Toth finished fifth in the open-
ing test, but picked up momen-
tum as the day wore on, finishing
third in test two, and second in
test three, before winning tests
four and five. A solid runner-up
finish in the sixth and final test
behind Steward was more than
enough to seal the victory.
"It was a good day," said
Toth. "Actually, I rode pretty
conservative and just stayed off
the ground—I never went down
once. I just focused on staying
smooth. I was fifth in the first
test, but from there on it got
rockier; and the rockier it got,
the better I got."
With the win, Toth moved into
second place in the series stand-
ings behind Steward. Steward's
brother, Grant (KLM/Milwaukee/
GasGas), came into the event
sitting in second overall in the
standings, but suffered a DNF
after he injured his collarbone in
test three and was forced to drop
out.
With four rounds remaining,
Steward leads the standings with
135 points, followed by Toth with
109 and Grant with 101.
Steward mixed it up with Toth
and FMF/KTM's Ben Kelley for
most of the day and entered the
final test of the race sitting in
third, just a few seconds behind
Kelley. However, the South Caro-
lina rider turned in a blistering
ride to win the final test, moving
IN
THE
WIND
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Josh Toth built up a
34-second lead at the end
to take the overall victory
at the Rattlesnake National
Enduro in Pennsylvania.
PHOTOS: SHAN MOORE
