er in each of the last two years,
and he wasn't about to risk injury
at the 2022 opener. Despite
the conservative approach, the
Connecticut rider still managed
a third-place finish.
"I came in healthy and got
out healthy, so, I'm stoked on
it," said Toth. "Overall, the day
was good. The track was much
rougher than last year, but
overall, a typical Sumter. A bit
rougher, but it was a good day.
I got out of here healthy with a
third, and that was the plan."
Craig DeLong led a conga line
of Husqvarnas in fourth, fifth and
sixth, with teammates Thad Du-
vall and Trevor Bollinger finishing
in the previous test, although he
ran mostly under the radar since
he started way back on row 41.
It was test four before Baylor
and the rest of the top five even
knew Lafferty was in the mix.
"I've been in Florida training,
and it's been going good, so the
sand riding paid off for me," said
Lafferty. "I got into it with some
lappers a couple times and lost
some time in the fourth test, I
believe. Other than that, it was a
pretty good day."
Josh Toth could be excused if
he entered the opening round of
the season with a bit of caution.
After all, the FMF/KTM rider has
been injured at the series open-
Baylor turned in a mostly
mistake-free race, except for
back-to-back mishaps in test
two.
"That was probably the most
I struggled all day," Baylor said.
"Aside from that, it was just a re-
ally smooth day. I picked up the
pace a bit in the last two tests
and just nailed my marks and
tried to do everything that I knew
that I need to do to win. That's
what we did."
Lafferty turned a few heads
with his runner-up finish, finish-
ing the event some 32 seconds
behind Steward. The New
Jersey-native won the third test
of the day after finishing second
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 6, 2022
MANCHESTER STATE FOREST / WEDGEFIELD, SC
P68
OFF-ROAD I AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
Ryder Lafferty
won one
special test
en route to
second overall.
