2024 AMA National Enduro Round 6 Results

| July 31, 2024

The sixth round of the 2024 Red Line Oil AMA National Enduro Series, presented by MSR and Beta Motorcycles, gifted riders ideal trail conditions for the Yamaha Rattlesnake National Enduro in Cross Fork, Pennsylvania, July 28. The dirt was moist due to rain earlier in the week, perfect for ripping through the fern-covered forests.

Josh Toth at Rattlesnake Enduro — **Josh Toth won the Rattlesnake National Enduro in Pennsylvania. It was his fifth consecutive win in the championship.**

By Heather Wilson | Photos: Mack Faint

Topping the box for the fifth straight time was Josh Toth, backed by Enduro Engineering. The GasGas rider had a challenging start to the race, taking fifth in class and sixth overall through the first test. He managed to regroup and go 2-3-2 in class through the next three sections. In test five, the NE Pro1 rider walked away with the win and followed it up with a second-place finish in the final test.

“I’m stoked to make it another one,” Toth said. “It was probably the toughest one yet, I’d say. Yesterday, I had a crash just testing and warming up. I banged up my arm a little bit, so it was tight to begin with. Fortunately, it loosened up. We were all pretty close, because it was a short first test. I kind of went from there and tried to just ride it smooth. The track was pretty treacherous and took out a couple riders. I was just trying to stay upright and get out of the woods as quick as I could.”

Steward Baylor at Rattlesnake Enduro — **Steward Baylor made life difficult for Toth en route to second overall.**

When the day was complete, Rocky Mountain ATV/MC Red Bear Racing Kawasaki’s Steward Baylor Jr. had earned second overall. The 2023 event winner also had to fight his way through test one, only taking seventh in class, before taking fourth in the next test. A pair of second- and first-place results for NE Pro1 in the final four tests really helped turn his day around.

“I pushed the front a few times early on,” Baylor Jr. said, “Test five, I knew Josh and I were tied going into that, and I think within a second the test before that. He, Evan [Smith], and I were all right there within a second, and I knew I had to put my head down. In test five, I lost both front and rear brakes and gave up some time there. About halfway through the test, I was trying to pump them up, and that test had some twisty tight sections in it, so I was bulldogging through a few trees. Test six, I knew I just had to put my head down and ride without mistakes. [However], I ended up on my head about a mile from the finish. I mean, just a few small mistakes, but I’ve always liked this place.”

Max Motorsports’ Evan Smith, aboard his Husqvarna, captured third place. He tallied four NE Pro1 third-place test results and a pair of fourth-place finishes. “I’m super happy with the day,” Smith said. “Historically, this has never really been my place. I didn’t grow up on rocks, so I always kind of struggle here. Today was awesome. I think test two or three, I fell and got stuck between the bike and a tree. That took me a little while, and then I kept it relatively clean until the last test. I fell twice in the last mile, and the handguard locked up the brake. I probably spent 30 seconds dillydallying. I thought Trevor [Bollinger] was going to get me there, so I was super bummed but was happy to hold on to it in the end.”

Notching his sixth consecutive NE Pro2 podium finish this year, FMF KTM Factory Racing Team Landers rider Grant Davis captured the NE Pro2 win. Never finishing worse than fourth in the six tests, he ended the day more than a minute ahead of second-place finisher Jason Tino on his Husqvarna.

Grant Davis at Rattlesnake Enduro — **Grant Davis won the Pro2 division in fifth overall.**

Had it not been for his 11th place finish in test one due to two crashes, Tino might have clinched the NE Pro2 win at his first National Enduro of the year. The New Jersey native dominated the rest of the day, grabbing three test wins in his class in addition to a second and third place.

Red Bear Racing’s Will Sievenpiper started the day strong with a test win but finished sixth in class through the next two tests before regaining momentum to go 5-4-2 for the remainder of the day. His performance earned him the final step of the NE Pro2 podium.

Last year’s Rattlesnake National winner in the Women’s Elite class, Sherco USA-backed Rachel Gutish, backed up her win while also taking her first win of this season. Finishing more than a minute and a half ahead of Enduro Engineering’s Shelby Turner, Gutish won all the day’s tests.

Turner took her sixth podium of the year after she placed her GasGas machine in third and second through most of the day’s tests.

Red Bear Racing’s Rachael Archer, who had dominated the season thus far with wins at the first five rounds, rounded out the podium aboard her Kawasaki. She said that she struggled to stay off the ground most of the day and encountered a few bike issues.

Rachel Gutish at Rattlesnake Enduro — **Rachel Gutish won the Women’s Elite class at the Rattlesnake National for the second year in a row.**

Beta rider Kyle McDonal in the AA class secured top amateur, finishing 14th overall. Third in class through the first section, McDonal took second in tests 2-3-5-6. He captured the test win in the fourth section.

Chase Landers (KTM) topped the A classes. The 250A rider finished 19th overall. He was the fastest 250A rider through all but one test.

In the overall 2024 Championship standings, Toth leads the way with 166 points, followed by Steward Baylor with 128. Johnny Girroir (97), Evan Smith (96) and Grant Davis (91) round out the overall top five.

In Pro2, Davis leads Nathaniel Tasha 166-141, and in Women’s Elite, Archer leads with 171 points, then Turner with 134 and Gutish with 130.