ROUND 10 / NOVEMBER 27-28, 2021
AMERICANMX / DELANO, CALIFORNIA
P72
OFF-ROAD I FMF AMA NATIONAL GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
WORD AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK KARIYA
D
ante and Mateo Oliveira won their
respective Pro classes for the third time
this season—Dante taking the overall
and Mateo the Pro II winner—as the FMF AMA
National Grand Prix Championship (NGPC) Se-
ries drew to a close with the SoCal Motorcycle
Club's Inaugural Delano Grand Prix.
Though FMF KTM Factory Off-road Racing
Team's Dante Oliveira had already wrapped up
the overall Pro title at the penultimate round
two weeks earlier, he stalked early leader Cole
Martinez for the first third of the 90-minute,
$8000 race before making the pass and keep-
ing the Slam Life Racing (SLR) Honda star at
bay for the remaining hour, finishing just four
seconds ahead. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Austin Walton—the winner of round nine two
weeks ago—claimed third.
Though he sewed up the NGPC title at
round nine, Dante Oliveira raced the
series finale in Delano like it was on the
line, stalking early leader Cole Martinez
for 30 minutes before executing the
race-winning pass.
OLIVEIRA'S
DELANO DOUBLE
Newly crowned NGPC champion caps off the season with a win
at SoCal Motorcycle Club's inaugural Delano Grand Prix
