2022 Georgia Sprint Enduro Results

Shan Moore | March 22, 2022

After winning easily during Saturday’s racing at the Boswell Farm Sprint Enduro, round four of the series in Greensboro, Georgia, March 19-20, Josh Toth narrowly escaped with Sunday’s win. Despite the scare, the FMF/KTM rider easily won the overall by a 55-second margin over AmPro Yamaha’s Layne Michael with the two days combined.

Josh Toth at 2022 Georgia Sprint Enduro — **Josh Toth made it back-to-back U.S. Sprint Enduro wins at Boswell Farms in Georgia.**

Photos by Shan Moore

It was Toth’s second win in a row in the series and it puts him 19 points up on Michael in the championship standings, 212 to 193.

Toth took a relatively easy win on Saturday but had to work hard for Sunday’s win. On Sunday, Michael won the first two cross tests and held the lead by just under two seconds going into the final test of the day, an enduro test. Toth had been fast all weekend in the enduro test and despite both riders going down in the section, the KTM rider emerged with the test win by three seconds, sealing Sunday’s win and the overall.

Toth won nine tests in all, five on Saturday and four on Sunday.

Michael topped three tests over the weekend, one test on Saturday and two tests on Sunday.

Layne Michael at 2022 Georgia Sprint Enduro — **Defending champ Layne Michael nearly pulled off Sunday’s win but had to settle for second overall.**

“The cross tests were close all day on Sunday and I thought I had a big advantage coming into today with the enduro test,” said Toth. “I rode well, but everyone just stepped it up on Sunday and the times got way closer. Me and Layne went down to the wire. He beat me by a second or two in the cross test, and then I’d pull him a little bit in the enduro test. Going into that last one, he had a second and a half on me. He ended up going down at the end. I saw him a turn ahead and I was like, ‘I just got to ride it in, I have it.’ Then, of course, I dump it on a root. I just had to sprint to the finish. It was a close race. I was able to grab that test win and just barely beat Layne for the day and the overall.”

Michael, the defending series champ, was still feeling the effects of a shoulder separation suffered in mid-February, and was frustrated by missing out on Sunday’s win by such a small margin.

Cody Barnes at 2022 Georgia Sprint Enduro — **Third overall was Pro 2 winner Cody Barnes.**

“Obviously it’s still not 100 percent,” Michael said of his shoulder, “but I felt like I could be competitive this weekend. Yesterday, I got smoked in the enduro test. It was super slick and technical, and I just struggled. So, I knew today I needed to go out and definitely try to win the day. We went into that last test, and I was up by almost a couple seconds. I had my best test all weekend, and just unfortunately in a simple right-hander out in the field I just tucked the front. It was all me. I kind of looked back as I was picking my bike up and Josh was just coming out of the woods, so I knew I had a pretty good gap. I think it would have been close.”

Despite being a Pro 2 rider, Phoenix Racing Honda’s Cody Barnes has been pushing the Pro riders at the last few rounds. Despite hitting the dirt a few times, the Illinois rider came away with third overall for the weekend and first in the Pro 2 class.

“The weekend for me was a little bit challenging,” said Barnes. “I just kind of struggled with the cross test. I was riding good in the enduro but was just making some really rookie mistakes crashing in the cross test.”

Tely Energy KTM’s Liam Draper was third in the Pro division and fourth overall.

“I was looking forward to this weekend,” said Draper. “I’ve done good here in the past with National Enduro. I had three crashes in the cross tests and two in the enduro test. But overall, I think I rode good.”

RPM Racing’s Angus Riordan won all six cross tests for the weekend in the Pro 2 class, finishing second in Pro 2 and fifth overall.

“I did well on the cross test, so I was happy about that, but I was lacking a bit in the woods, but still learning as I go. I enjoyed it,” said Riordan.

Thorn Devlin put his Seven-Sixty Husqvarna into sixth overall and third in the Pro 2 division with the help of a couple of test wins.

“This weekend was just an off weekend for me,” said Devlin. “I just struggled and didn’t have the times I needed to. But we’ll bounce back and be ready for the next one.”

Trail Jesters Racing KTM’s Simon Johnson made his first appearance of the season at the Boswell Farm event and came away with a solid seventh overall and fourth in the Pro 2 division.

A pair of 250 A riders jumped into the top 10, with Gavin Simon (Husqvarna) finishing eighth and Cole Forbes (KTM) finishing ninth. Simon was also top Amateur.

Neil Enman won the Pro-Am class in 10th overall. RJ Cook and Chase Collville were second and third in the Pro-Am division.

Tayla Jones at 2022 Georgia Sprint Enduro — **Tayla Jones won the Women’s Pro division.**

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Tayla Jones took the win in the Pro Women’s class and got her first overall top-ten finish in the first cross test on Saturday. Jones won six of the 12 tests on the weekend.

“The weekend was really good,” said Jones. “Obviously, yesterday was super muddy and slippery and I had a bunch of crashes and lost a heap of time. Today was a really good day. I started flowing and was consistent, so I was really happy about that. We got the day win and the overall and I’m super pumped. Hopefully we can keep the momentum going into the next round.”

Trail Jesters Racing KTM’s Korie Steede rode a consistent race to finish second overall with three test wins, meanwhile KTM’s Brandy Richards came all the way from the West Coast to finish third with two test wins.

FXR Racing KTM’s Shelby Turner had one test win en route to fourth place.CN