IN
THE
WIND
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Drama as Hoffman Takes AMA
Supermoto Title
D
ustin Hoffman (KTM) cap-
tured the 2021 AMA Super-
moto Championship at Mussel-
man Honda Circuit in Tucson,
Arizona, November 6-7, after
S1GP protagonist Lukas Hol-
lbacher (KTM) fell in the final
race.
Hollbacher came into the event
as the title favorite in a last-minute
deal for KTM USA and for a while
it looked as though the Austrian
would head back to Europe with
an easy Open Pro class number-
one plate.
Pole position and three wins
from three starts had Hoffman
well and truly on the ropes, but
a crash in the dirt section of the
final race that saw Hollbacher's
front-brake master cylinder break
off dropped him to 11th.
Hollbacher refused to give in
despite having no front brake
and charged back up to fifth by
the flag, only to miss out on the
title by a single point, 91-90, to
Hoffman.
Shane Narbonne (Honda)
picked up third in the Open Pro
Championship on 82 points with a
trio of third places and a second.
In the Pro Lites category,
Nicky Reimer (Husqvarna) took
a third, a second and two wins
to seal the title ahead of Charles
Buffman (Honda) and Austin Pec-
oraro (Honda).
The Amateur National class
went to Mike Eller (Husqvarna)
with two wins, a second and a
third, and the Pro Open Asphalt
title went to Andy DiBrino (KTM)
with three wins and a second
place.
In the Amateur Asphalt class,
Parker Pitman (Ducati) took the
win.
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Dustin Hoffman just
held on for the 2021
AMA Supermoto
title ahead of Lukas
Hollbacher (72).
PHOTO: BRADLEY M.
PETRUCHIK
