“ Saturday was really slick and I kind of rode a little bit too cautious in those opening tests , especially the enduro test ,” said Barnes . “ I had no crashes on the weekend , so that was a big thing on the slick stuff . Pretty pumped to wrap up my first US Sprint Enduro championship .”
Riordan was 18 seconds behind Toth for sixth overall and second in the Pro2 division .
“ There was some tight racing with Cody , but he would always pull those extra few seconds in the woods which would make it really hard to pull it back in the cross tests ,” said Riordan . “ It seems we were like . 2 , . 5 apart . It was really good . I enjoyed it .”
Forbes Racing KTM ’ s Cole Forbes suffered a couple of crashes but still managed to win the Pro-Am division with a solid seventh overall .
GasGas rider Neil Enman was second in the Pro-Am class and eighth overall , while Zack Toth ( Josh ’ s brother ) won the 250 A class and finished ninth overall .
Drew Callaway ( KTM ) claimed his best finish to date with a 10th overall and first in the Open A class .
In the Pro Women ’ s class , Rockstar Energy Husqvarna ’ s Tayla Jones won all 12 tests for the win and clinched the class championship one race early .
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