kind of got in my way and I feel like I kind of let third place get away , and that kind of hurt me for the overall result . All in all , it was solid . All those guys in front of me are experienced and solid so I ’ m happy with it . Not over the moon , but I ’ ll take it and move onto the next one .”
Ben Kelley had a solid ride going , but crashes in tests five and six kept him out of the top four .
“ I felt good in the fourth test , but then the fifth and sixth I had a few problems just trying to get the flow and then I had three crashes between those two tests ,” said Kelley . “ Overall , I felt like I rode pretty good and ended up fifth for the day .”
FMF / KTM teammate Josh Toth came into the race a bit banged up after he broke his ring finger in a nasty crash at the previous round in Missouri . Toth had surgery on the finger just 12 days before the Indiana race , and , naturally , was not in top form for the race . A few big get-offs in the first , second , and third tests , complicated matters , however , Toth managed to fight his way to P6 .
“ I got a plate put in my finger and I think seven or eight screws to hold it all together after the Missouri race ,” said Toth . “ The swelling just went down the last couple days and fortunately I was able to make a homemade splint to hold it together and it really helped out today . But as expected , it was sore going into the race . It just really limited me and I was kind of uncomfortable on the bike at first , but hon-