Toth Tops Virginia Sprint Enduro
World Championship
J
osh Toth won eight of 12 tests
at the inaugural Sprint Enduro
World Championship in Sandy
Level, Virginia, July 9-10, to claim
the 2022 Sprint Enduro World
Championship crown, topping
his FMF/KTM Factory Racing
teammate Kailub Russell by a full
minute after two days of competi-
tion.
The Sprint Enduro World
Championship is a one-off event
hosted by Trail Pros, the promot-
ers of the U.S. Sprint Enduro
Series, and it was designed to
raise awareness of the U.S. ef-
fort at the International Six Days
Enduro. U.S. Team ISDE Man-
ager Antti Kallonen also held his
annual four-day ISDE camp in
conjunction with the event. The
race is open to anyone, but the
U.S. ISDE qualifiers were re-
quired to run the "eco" DOT tires
required at ISDE and perform
maintenance tasks in the 20
minutes they had between tests
to simulate ISDE conditions. The
U.S. ISDE team will be staying
at the race site though Tuesday,
July 12, to practice on their sprint
speed, changing tires and other
ISDE-specific tasks.
Toth won five of six tests on
Saturday, losing one of the
Cross tests to Tely Energy Rac-
ing KTM's Liam Draper of New
Zealand. A steady rain moved
into the area on Sunday, leav-
ing the track slippery and with
standing water, but Toth was able
to stretch his lead, despite only
winning three of the six remaining
tests.
"The last few times I've raced
IN
THE
WIND
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Josh Toth was the
overall winner at the
one-off Sprint Enduro
World Championships
in Virginia.
PHOTOS:
SHAN MOORE
