ROUND 2 / FEBRUARY 12-13, 2022
SOUTH OF THE BORDER MX / HAMER, SOUTH CAROLINA
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OFF-ROAD I AMA U.S. SPRINT ENDURO SERIES
FMF/KTM's Josh Toth won the
final enduro test on Saturday and
came away with fourth overall
(third Pro rider) for the weekend,
despite a huge mistake in the first
test on Saturday that cost him
considerable time.
"I just started off on the wrong
foot," said Toth. "Nothing seri-
ous, but just jumped off the track
and got in the soft stuff and went
down. Just lost a ton of time, and
here there's really no time to make
it up. The racing is so tight and
there are so many guys riding re-
ally good here. I just need to get
back up to the sprint speed and I
got some good seat time here."
Seven-Sixty Husqvarna's Thorn
Devlin topped all of the LOI riders
and finished second in the Pro 2
division with a fifth-overall finish.
Devlin was all set to compete
in the 2019 Six Days in Portugal,
but a crash two weeks before the
event kept him from competing.
"In 2019, I qualified for my first
ISDE," said Devlin. "I did the whole
nine yards, I qualified, I paid the
whole thing, and the bike was
already over there. Two weeks
before, I crashed, and it put me out
of my Six Days. So, I went there
and watched. Since then, I've been
bugging to get back. I've got a good
bike. I've got a team behind me who
wants to go to Six Days. So, I'm
hoping I can make it this year."
Tely Racing KTM's Liam Draper,
who is still recovering from knee
surgery, went 8-7 for the two days
and finished sixth overall.
AmPro Yamaha's Mike Wit-
kowski, also an LOI rider, fin-
ished third in the Pro 2 class and
seventh overall, despite being out
of his comfort zone.
"This was definitely a big learn-
ing experience," said Witkowski.
"I don't really do these sprint en-
duros, but honestly I kind of told
myself this year I'd do the stuff
I'm uncomfortable with or not so
good at. I think it was a positive
for myself and just a big learning
thing. Hopefully, I can make the
ISDE team, the junior team, this
year and go over there and really
experience that. That's why I'm
here today, really."
An injury robbed Thorn Devlin
of a chance to ride the ISDE in
2019. Devlin was fifth overall,
and it looks like he'll get another
chance at the Six Days this year
after having a strong ride at
round two of the series, which
doubled as an ISDE qualifier.
