Racing ’ s Liam Draper had one of his best days of the season with a third on Saturday , dropping Michael to fourth by 28 seconds .
Toth ’ s win on Saturday moved him into the lead in the title chase by five points over Michael going into Sunday ’ s round , in addition to the 16 seconds he had on Girroir for the weekend overall .
On Sunday , it was Girroir ’ s turn to shine , as he won five of the six tests for Sunday ’ s win . The Connecticut rider also made up the 16 seconds he had given up the day before to Toth , beating out the KTM rider by three-tenths of a second to claim the overall win for the weekend . Toth finished second for the day , which was more than enough to claim take the championship title ahead of Michael , who was fourth again behind Draper for the day .
“ Man , it ’ s such a relief ,” said Toth . “ It was stressful coming into this weekend . I had such a bad round the last one and put myself in the hole when I had the points lead . Coming into this weekend down , I knew I needed to beat Layne both days . Like I said , it is stressful but I knew what I needed to do . Just a huge relief , really . “
Girroir ’ s overall win was his second in a row since returning from injury .
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