On The Pegs May 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 5 | Page 86

On The Pegs
TOTH KEEPS
IT CLEAN
In a race where plenty of mistakes were
made, Josh Toth stayed relatively mistake-
free en route to his first-career win in the
Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series in
Greeneville, Tennessee.
In all, the FMF/KTM rider won four of the
12 tests during the course of the two-day
event and topped runner-up Kailub Russell
by 23 seconds after two days of tight racing,
despite the fact that Russell won six tests.
Toth was an equal opportunity test winner
and demonstrated his versitility by taking
wins in both Enduro tests and in Cross tests.
Toth won two tests on Saturday and
clocked out with a 24-second advantage
over Russell to win Saturday’s round.
On Sunday, Toth won two of the three En-
duro tests, and was second for the day be-
hind Russell, however his combined time for
the two days was fast enough for the overall
win.
“I was pretty consistent on Saturday,” said
Toth. “So, on Sunday I knew I had a pretty
good cushion over those guys, so I just tried
to ride as well as I could, but also stay off the
ground and just kind of play it safe.”
Russell came back from a rough day on
Saturday to win Sunday’s round and take
second overall. Russell won more tests than
anyone, six in all, however a mishap in the
second test on Saturday cost the FMF/KTM
rider a shot at the overall.
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