On The Pegs November 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 11 | Page 68

On The Pegs
JOSH TOTH
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On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 11 - November 2018
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up some time on Grant, but then I tagged a tree
and fell pretty hard. I crashed a few more times
after that. I didn’t feel like I was riding bad, it was
just random stuff; a root here, and a rolling loose
rock there, it was just little things I was not picking
up on.”
DuVall rounded out the podium in third thanks
in part to his win in the fourth test.
“I’m happy that I was able to beat Grant in a
test, but I just started too slow,” said DuVall. “I
just couldn’t get going, I think I was just riding
too comfortable and I needed to be riding on the
edge.”
Fourth went to FMF KTM Factory rider Josh Toth,
who needed to make something happen this
weekend to keep up with Steward in the champi-
onship chase.
“I just struggled trying to keep up with the Bay-
lors,” said Toth. “It was tricky out there. It was hard
to go fast and hard to know when to go fast.”
In addition to the tight and slippery places, the
Muddobbers course had some pretty fast sec-
tions, as well, and SRT Husqvarna’s Evan Smith,
who finished fifth, reported after the race that he
hit 78.9 mph in one of the bean fields.
“I finished third in a couple of the tests, which
I’m happy with, although I lost intensity halfway
into the day,” said Smith. “I crashed a couple of
times in the last two tests, but overall I’m happy
with the day.”
FAR Racing Gas Gas North America’s Andrew De-
Long turned in his best finish of the season with a
sixth overall.
“I feel like all the hard work is starting to pay off,”
said DeLong. “I was feeling it today and I’m happy
with the bike and I’m happy with how I rode. I lost
my brakes in one of the tests and that cost me