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Shirey Shines
At Gorman AMA
West Hare
Scrambles
D
alton Shirey (3 Bros./SRT
Husqvarna) isn't a regular in the
Kenda/SRT AMA West Hare Scram-
bles Regional Championship Series,
Presented by MojoMotorsport.com,
but he looked like a potential series
champion at round three, the Prospec-
tors Motorcycle Club's Gorman Hare
Scramble, March 17.
Leading from start to finish aboard
his FMF/Zip-Ty Racing/Troy Lee De-
signs-backed FX 450, Shirey ran away
mile by mile, finishing with an astound-
ing margin of three minutes and 54
seconds over Beta's Max Gerston, the
2017 series champ, and Chance Ful-
lerton, who prevailed in a last-lap battle
for the final podium spot. Shirey put in
seven laps around the Prospectors's
14.5-mile course out of the Quail Can-
yon MX track and stopped the clock at
two hours, 39 minutes and one second,
Gerston's time 2:42:55 and Fullerton
getting his first Open Pro podium in 2:43:29.
"A good start helped, for sure!" Shirey said after having
slipped underneath Brandon Magann in the first turn and
basically running away with the race from there.
The dry, slippery trails put a premium on being smooth
and smart. "Just being smooth is key here, because this
track's so slick and there's a lot of corners that you can mess
up easily," said Shirey. "So you want to be smooth and not
aggressive, and take your time, more than anything. Like at
Primm, you have to be really aggressive; here, it's the com-
(Above) Dalton Shirey
dominated from start
to finish for his first
series triumph.
(Left) Zane Roberts
got a good start and
went on to win the
Pro 250 class for the
second straight round.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
