On The Pegs VOL . 4 ISSUE 10 - OCTOBER 2020 83
five , I had a couple tip-overs and I still ended up doing well in the test , but I had three crashes and I just couldn ’ t stay off the ground . I knew I had the momentum going into the last test . Just once again I made a couple mistakes . Just blew a couple corners . I felt like I was the fastest guy all day , but Grant and Ryder just had the consistency .”
Toth turned in a heroic ride to claim fourth , despite a suspected broken finger and badly bruised hand suffered in test four . Toth started the event on a sore leg , which he injured in a practice crash two weeks before .
“ I banged up my leg a little bit , but honestly I was pretty good today ,” said Toth . “ I never really felt the flow in the dry , slick stuff . I was just kind of pushing it a little bit , but right where I fell it was really dusty . A left-hand turn came up really quick and I just pushed the front and fell down an embankment into some rocks and stuck my hand out . Looks like I broke my ring finger or something but we ’ ll see .”
Toth ’ s FMF / KTM teammate Ben Kelley finished in fifth .
“ Overall it was a decent day ,” said Kelley . “ I had one crash , but that was about it . Nothing crazy . I felt pretty good , it was just tough to not make mistakes out there . It was super dry and slick and a lot