giant culverts.
As the day stretched on, it was
starting to look like survival of
the fittest, with the heat zapping
many riders' energy and hydra-
tion levels. The day concluded
with an eight-mile test that even-
tually brought riders into town.
Toth captured his fourth con-
secutive overall win of the year.
In addition to taking top honors
and four test wins, the NE Pro1
rider was awarded a coveted
raccoon skin hat as a souvenir.
"It [the race] was pretty event
-
ful, honestly," said Toth. "I found
the ground a bunch, too, and
kind of ran into some lappers;
not the cleanest day, but when
I was upright, I was going fast
and felt good on the bike. So,
yeah, I linked it all together and
put another win in the books. I'm
stoked."
Snatching the second step of
the MSR Little Raccoon National
podium was FMF KTM's Johnny
Girroir. He opened the day by
notching the first enduro-test
win, with three other riders hot
on his tail, who all finished within
five seconds of his time. Girroir
backed up his test win by secur
-
ing another in test three.
"I got my first test win ever at
a National Enduro [and] got two
of them today, so that was cool,"
said Girroir. "Just like Grant [Bay
-
lor] said, I just found the ground
way too many times but felt like
I had some good speed. I feel
like I need to find a little more to
get [Toth]. He's been killing it this
year."
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Nathaniel "Bubz"
Tasha was the NE Pro2
winner in eighth overall.
