ROUND 8 / OCTOBER 1, 2023
CUMBERLAND COVERED BRIDGE / MATTHEWS, INDIANA
OFF-ROAD I AMA NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
P82
Rocky Mountain ATV-MC Tely
Energy KTM's Steward Baylor Jr.
put on a charge for the second
half of the day to take a com-
manding win over Enduro Engi-
neering GasGas rider Josh Toth
and Monster Energy Babbitts
Kawasaki's Grant Baylor.
After a morning of solid times,
including a win in test two,
Steward went into the afternoon
holding a minuscule one-second
lead over Toth. Steward thought
his bike could be better and
made some adjustments at
the gas stop. He went with his
GNCC setup, which proved to be
a good move, and he dominated
the final three tests of the race.
Steward stretched out his lead
on Toth to more than 50 sec
-
onds. In the end, Steward had
officially 53 seconds on Toth.
After a so-so performance
at the previous race in Ohio,
Toth said he wanted to come
out swinging in Indiana, and he
did. But luck wouldn't be on his
side. With roughly four miles to
go in test two, Toth had his shift
lever ripped off the bike and was
stuck in third gear.
"We got into a tighter spot in
the test, and I kind of pinballed
off a couple of trees and clipped
the shifter and broke it off, so I
was stuck in third gear," he said.
Still, Toth somehow managed
to maintain his momentum and
ended up being second quickest
in the test. After installing a new
shifter, Toth attacked the third
(Right) Steward
Baylor Jr. was the
day's overall winner.
(Below) Josh Toth
put in a good
fight en route to
second overall.
