ROUND 7 / SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN
P80
OFF-ROAD I AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
row trail, which caused him to slow
his pace in the final few sections.
"I'm pretty disappointed with
fifth place," said Toth. "But I
didn't ride bad. Just a little cau-
tious on cutting the corners and
straight-lining some of the stuff
with all the stumps."
Having led the series midway
into the season, Coastal Racing
GasGas' Ryder Lafferty came
into the race a little banged up
and ended up having an off-day
to finish sixth.
"A couple weeks ago, I had a
crash and did something to my
something that I've been wanting
to try, and I feel like it paid off. I
was in the mix up until the fifth
test, but then I struggled and just
missed my marks, and I got beat
straight up. That's where I lost
all my time. It's frustrating when
you're there and you're in the
mix, and then you kind of just fall
off the pace a little bit."
Josh Toth rounded out the top
five. The FMF/KTM rider won
the opening test of the day and
backed it up with a third in test
two. Unfortunately, he caught his
foot on a stump buried in the nar-
"I felt good all day, just little
mistakes here and there," said
Russell. "I just needed to put in a
good last test, hoping for a win.
Unfortunately, Stew got me by
seven seconds. I just ended up
on the ground too many times. I
felt like I had the speed all day,
just on the ground too much."
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Craig DeLong was in the hunt
early, sitting second after the first
few tests.
"I started off pretty strong,"
said DeLong. "I made a change
to the bike this week, just trying
Ricky Russell finished a close third overall.
