easy day compared to Hawaii."
Grant took an impressive sec-
ond overall, despite having to
deal
with riders he was catching
on the row in front of him.
"There were a couple of Pro
2 riders on the row in front of
me and I kept catching them,
and that held me up a bit," said
Grant. "In one test, they were
throwing up a big dust cloud
and I thought the track went
right and it went left."
Riding his first enduro of the
year, AmPro Yamaha's Ricky
Russell put in a strong perfor
-
mance for third, finishing 25
seconds behind
Grant.
"It's good to be back in enduro
racing, I really enjoyed it," said
Russell. "I'm from the West
Coast and there's some desert-
type terrain out there so I think I
was ready for it."
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Craig DeLong matched the fourth-
place finish he turned in at Sum
-
ter with another fourth in Texas.
"It
was kind of a mediocre
day," said DeLong. "I kind of
Grant Baylor won the final
three tests after going 5-3-4 in
the first three.
After two rounds, Grant holds
a four-point lead over Toth in the
series standings (55-51), with
Coastal Racing GasGas' Ryder
Lafferty in third with 41.
Toth finished fourth in a hard
enduro in Hawaii a week earlier,
and he felt it prepared him for
the west Texas event.
"That event was a brutal, four
hours, and I think it got me in
shape for this weekend," said
Toth. "Coming here, it was cold
weather here, so it was a pretty
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Grant Baylor made a run at
Toth at the end but came up 14
seconds short.
