[and] the conditions so I was
enjoying the ride."
Breaking up the Open Pros
were a pair of chargers from
the Pro II line that started about
30 seconds later. At first, FMF/
Maxxis/RPM Racing KTM's Gus
Riordan led the way with Hymas
lurking close behind, though he
didn't stay there for long.
The second time around,
Hymas and his Pro Circuit/RMX/
Fly Racing KX250X not only had
the Pro II lead but sat in second
overall based on time. Not satis-
fied with that, the teenager kept
charging and worked his way to
second overall physically as well,
which caught Oliveira's atten-
tion—"I didn't want to get beat by
a 250!" he declared.
Hymas reported, "I crashed
a couple times at the beginning
and had to pass Angus Riordan;
me and him had a good battle for
a couple laps then I think he had
a couple bike problems. A lot of
guys were having bike problems
so I kind of started going through
the pack. I think some of the
450cc guys were just trying to
save their bikes. I wasn't neces-
sarily trying to save my bike,
which probably wasn't the smart
thing, but my Kawasaki was on
point."
Walton claimed fifth overall
followed by Stewart, Purvines
Racing Yamaha's Tyler Lynn,
and then a trio of Pro II riders:
Purvines Racing Yamaha-mount-
ed Mason Ottersberg, Carson
City Motorsports GasGas rider
Mason Olson and Kilmartin Rac-
ing/3 Bros. KTM rider Colton
Aeck. Ohio resident and GNCC
regular Tanner Collins made
his NGPC debut, putting his
Chidester Transport/Buchanan
Trucking Yamaha into 11th overall
for the Four-stroke A victory. (The
week before, he'd raced Vegas-
to-Reno with the Chidester group
that earned eighth Open Expert
for his desert debut. All of this fol-
lowed his first-ever airline trip.)
Mark Kariya
PRO OVERALL
1. Dante Oliveira (KTM)
2. Chance Hymas (Kaw)
3. Giacomo Redondi (GG)
4. Cole Martinez (Hon)
5. Austin Walton (Hus)
6. Trevor Stewart (Kaw)
7. Tyler Lynn (Yam)
8. Mason Ottersberg (Yam)
9. Mason Olson (GG)
10. Colton Aeck (KTM)
IN
THE
WIND
P60
Robby Bell (32) and Justin
Seeds (213) may have put
on the best race of the
weekend as they battled
for Vet Pro supremacy. Bell
ended up winning by a slim
one-second margin.
