by just half a second. "Josh and
I had a good battle going all day.
I knew we were within a couple
seconds going into the last test,
so I let it all hang out there and
was able to come away with a
second place and extend the
points lead, so all in all it was a
good day."
Third place overall was Enduro
Engineering GasGas rider Toth.
Toth is typically a threat when it
comes to more technical terrain
like it is at the Rattlesnake, so a
podium here is no surprise.
"It was a tough day with the
course being relentless," Toth
said. "They were saying it was
a little rockier than years past,
and I think it might be. It seems
like there is no dirt out there, just
rocks, there are no breaks out
there."
Toth continues to hold second
in the championship points.
Fourth overall on the day was
Factory Husqvarna rider DeLong.
Rounding out the top five was
Coastal Racing Factory GasGas
rider Ryder Lafferty.
Sixth overall went to AmPro
Yamaha rider Ricky Russell.
Seventh overall and first NE
Pro2 rider was Bonecutter Off-
Road GasGas rider Thorn Devlin.
Devlin's day was almost derailed
a half mile into the first test. Dev
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lin's rear tire came off of the rim
completely. Riding the section
on the rim with the tires wrapped
up in the swingarm, Devlin was
nearly outside the top 100 over
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all going into the second test.
Devlin was able to mount a new
wheel after the first test to then
go on and start chipping away
the time behind the leaders in
the NE Pro2 class.
"I was about a half mile in and
I came around a corner and I
was on the ground before I knew
it, I looked down and saw the
rear tire split off the rim," Devlin
said. "I rode three miles of the
test with no rear tire, and it was
sketchy at times. I knew I had
to salvage the time I could and
then throw it down in the rocks."
Devlin won three of the
remaining five tests including
the final and sixth test to finally
come away as the NE Pro2 win
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ner.
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Thorn Devlin won the Pro2
class in seventh overall.
