ROUND 8 / OCTOBER 30-31, 2021
BUFFALO BILLS RESORT & CASINO / PRIMM, NEVADA
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OFF-ROAD I AMA NATIONAL GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP
MAKES IT
HAPPEN
MARTINEZ
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK KARIYA
I
t's getting close to desperation time for those who want to
dethrone FMF KTM Factory Off-Road Team's Dante Oliveira.
The reigning champ in the FMF AMA National Grand Prix
Championship (NGPC) Series owned a 36-point lead com-
ing into round eight of the 10-race series over his closest
competitor, Slam Life Racing (SLR) Honda's Cole Martinez,
196-160. With 30 points awarded to the winner of each round,
that certainly puts Oliveira in the driver's seat.
Thus, Martinez had to start winning if he wanted to unseat
the current king and that's just what he did at round eight, the
Shamrocks Motorcycle Club's Shamrocks Grand Prix, taking
center spot on the podium at day's end for only the second
time in his young off-road career, flanked by runner-up Trevor
Stewart and third-place Oliveira. That cuts Oliveira's points
lead by nine points, the standings now 217-190.
