September 2020 - Volume 4 - Issue 9 On The Pegs September 2020 | Page 77

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FMF/KTM’s Josh Toth claimed his third win of the season,
and by doing so, took control of the 2020 Kenda AMA National
Enduro Series point standings with an impressive
per-formance at this weekend’s Grassman National Enduro
in Chandlersville, Ohio.
Toth missed the opening round of the 2020 season due
to a leg injury, however, after compiling three wins and a
second in the remaining four rounds, the Connecticut rider
has managed to move to the top of the series standings.
It didn’t hurt that previous point leader Grant Baylor had a
fluke mechanical issue in the opening test and finished the
day in 10th.
Grant came into the race with a 12-point lead over Toth in
the series standings, however, the FactoryONE Sherco rider
saw that lead evaporate when he was forced to push his
bike out of test one after it suddenly stopped on him with
just a few hundred feet to go.
With four rounds remaining in the series, Toth feels he
has the momentum he needs to finish out the season on
top.
“The win helps with confidence, for sure,” said Toth. “I still
have to ride the bike, though. It’s still going to be tough.
To-day was hard. Stew was ripping. But battling with him
and coming out on top, I’m pretty stoked.”
For the second round in a row, four-time National Enduro
Champion Steward Baylor finished in the runner-up slot on
a privateer Kawasaki.
Steward led the race during the early stages, but lost out
to Toth in the final two tests.
“It wasn’t a technical course, by any means, but every
time you thought you had flow you would end up off the
track. It was a really tricky track,” said Steward. “You had
to really be on point. I just made a few costly mistakes. I
wasn’t reading the track far enough ahead when I needed
to be.”
Steward missed round two of the series to have knee surgery,
but is not ready to give up on a fifth title just yet.