Oliveira Tops Dynamite NGPC
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eturning from summer break,
a muddy and rutted course,
and flying to Italy for the ISDE
the day after didn't seem to af-
fect FMF KTM Factory Off-Road
Team's Dante Oliveira at the
Napoleon Dynamite Grand Prix
hosted by the Cache Valley MX
Park.
The reigning champ in the
AMA National Grand Prix Cham-
pionship (NGPC) Series simply
picked up where he left off and
led from start to finish at the
race serving as round six of the
10-event series to extend his
points lead over Slam Life Rac-
ing (SLR) Honda's Cole Martinez
who finished third on the day.
Splitting them on a very challeng-
ing, rutted, five-mile course was
3 Bros./Hatch Racing GasGas
rider Giacomo Redondi, his
runner-up finish his best result of
the season to date.
However, second overall
on elapsed time belonged to
Idaho native Chance Hymas, the
Team Green Kawasaki/Monster
Energy motocrosser claiming the
Pro II victory in the process.
Storms in the week leading
up to the race as well as on
Saturday night introduced a new
element for competitors to deal
with and made conditions quite
unlike last year's debut visit to
the facility. The rain turned the
normally hard-surfaced clay
beneath the alfalfa and corn
fields into a veritable skating
rink for both morning's events.
Though it dried considerably for
the 90-minute, $8000 feature
race on Sunday afternoon, deep
ruts in nearly every turn tested
everyone's ability and bike prep
to the utmost.
Oliveira got the holeshot with
Fasthouse Kawasaki's Trevor
Stewart, Beta's Dare Dimartile, 3
IN
THE
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Dante Oliveira got out
front early then put it
on cruise control to win
the Napoleon Dynamite
GP in Idaho—his fourth
win of the season.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
