Toth Takes Goliath Win at GNCC's The General
E
nduro Engineering's Josh Toth
(Honda) etched his name in
the record books by becoming
the first person to win a Grand
National Cross-Country Series
round starting from the XC2 250
Pro-class row. Though FMF/
KTM Factory Racing's Johnny
Girroir crossed the finish line
ahead of Toth at the GNCC's
The General on the March 9-10
weekend in Washington, Georgia,
Toth claimed the overall win on
adjusted time since Toth, who
was riding in the XC2 250 Pro
class, started 10 seconds behind
Girroir, who was riding in the XC1
class.
Toth's historic ride comes one
week after Babbitt's Online Mon
-
ster Energy Kawasaki's Craig Da-
vis finished second overall from
the XC2 250 Pro-class wave.
"It feels unreal, really," said
Toth. "It's just a dream right
now. I just put in my own race; I
just put my head down. I knew I
was going to come for Johnny
today. I was fired up all week.
There's no reason I shouldn't be
fighting with those guys. I just
rode my own race and tried not
to make mistakes and made it
happen. I just want to build my
own program and have fun. I've
raced a bunch of hard enduros,
and I think it showed today. I'm a
dirt-bike racer. I just want to race
everything. It's paying off. I'm
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Josh Toth is the first
person ever to overall
a GNCC race starting
from the second row in
the XC2 class.
PHOTOS: KEN HILL
