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better to clinch the title, mak-
ing the race a bit anticlimactic.
However, stranger things have
happened, so both Baylor and
Toth went into the race with guns
blazing.
Ryder Lafferty surprised
everyone by posting the fastest
time in the opening test, which
put the New Jersey rider in a
good spot for top contention.
The Coastal Racing GasGas
rider tripped the timer a second
faster than Toth, with Rock-
star Energy Husqvarna's Craig
DeLong finishing third in the
test. Baylor was fourth, ahead
of Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Trevor Bollinger.
Baylor took tests two and
three, but Toth found his groove
and topped the final three tests
of the day.
After six tests and 52 miles
of racing, Toth took the win with
just over 29 seconds to spare
ahead of Baylor.
"I started off a little bit slow
and just kind of a little cautious,
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY
SHAN MOORE
J
osh Toth finished off the
2021 Kenda AMA National
Enduro Series with his
fifth win of the season at the
series finale—the Gobbler Getter
Enduro in Alabama—and won-
dering what could have been.
Meanwhile, Steward Baylor Jr.
stayed consistent and rode out
an injury-riddled year to claim
the 2021 championship title with
a runner-up finish.
Baylor started off the season
with a pair of wins to take the
early lead in the standings, while
Toth nursed a hand injury to a
10th-place finish at the opener.
Toth proceeded to win five of
the next six races, but an 11th in
Ohio—when he drowned out his
bike while leading—left the FMF/
KTM rider in a hole he couldn't
dig out of.
Coming into the series finale,
Baylor had such a lead that he
only needed to finish 14th or
Steward Baylor
didn't have to win
the Gobbler Getter
Enduro to clinch
the 2021 title:
Second place was
more than enough.
