the way around. Just been deal-
ing with this. I rode really well,
considering everything. I'm just
kind of bummed at myself."
Barnes is obviously improving
with every race and on Saturday
he was clearly the fastest. The
Illinois rider finished third overall
for the weekend and first in the
Pro 2 class.
"Saturday I was riding super
well and grabbing my first overall
for the day, so that was pretty
cool," said Barnes. "Today I
still rode good, but I just made
a couple little mistakes in the
enduro test, I had an easy fall in
the first one. Josh and Layne,
they were going at it and they
definitely stepped it up. Overall,
just to be competitive with those
championship.
"Toth obviously had us cov-
ered in the enduro test," said Mi-
chael. "Today I was much better
in the enduro test. Unfortunately,
I crashed in the first one and lost
about seven seconds, and then
lost out for the overall by just
under three seconds. I'm kicking
myself right now. It's a little men-
tal error. It would have been nice
to win the overall, but we at least
swapped days on points and we
live to fight another day."
Michael is still battling an
injured shoulder.
"Hopefully we can rest the
shoulder for a couple weeks and
just keep trying to get this thing
better," added Michael. "It's
been a pretty miserable year all
day on Saturday and I kind of fell
back," said Toth. "Those guys
took advantage of that on day
one, but as the day went on I
got better. I went a little softer
on suspension just because the
track wasn't really getting tore up
and those changes helped a lot.
Then going into today, I knew I
needed to make up some time
on the cross test, not just the
enduro, and I managed to do it.
I took it to the last test and was
able to beat Layne."
The win was Toth's fifth day-
win in the last six rounds (third
overall win in a row) and he now
leads Michael by 19 points in the
series standings.
Michael's win on Saturday
keeps him in contention for the
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Honda rider Cody Barnes was third overall
and first place in the Pro 2 division.
