ROUND 10 / NOVEMBER 27-28, 2021
AMERICANMX / DELANO, CALIFORNIA
P76
OFF-ROAD I FMF AMA NATIONAL GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Left) Robert Baehr walked
away with the Super Senior
(50+) 250cc A victory and class
championship. He followed that
up the next day with the Senior
(40+) 250cc A triumph, giving
him second in points to the
absent Rowan Trefz who locked
up that class at round nine.
skipped Delano to race Day in the Dirt)
at 158 points apiece, Walton's win at
round nine the tiebreaker.
Redondi was over a minute ahead of
fifth place Tallon LaFountaine, the SLR
Honda rider making his Open Pro debut
aboard his Dunlop/Maxima/Fly Racing
CRF450RX after clinching his second
consecutive Pro II Championship at round nine.
However, it was season-long Pro II rival Mateo
Oliveira right behind him all afternoon, the FMF/
Maxxis/RPM Racing KTM rider trading spots with
him at one point and ending up 11 seconds behind
in sixth overall at the finish.
"I was having a blast out there," the Motorex/
Engine Ice/Klim 250 XC-F rider, said. "Normally
because of bad starts, LaFountaine comes from
behind and catches me midrace—he's a pretty
hard charger—but he lined up in the 450cc class
this weekend and I was like, 'That's my goal: I've
got to catch this guy!'
"I rode with Tallon pretty much the majority of
the day, just like old times. I had a blast. I really
wanted to end the year with a win, and it was icing
on the cake for me and my brother to go 1-1. It was
a perfect weekend; this was an epic new facility, a
lot like a cross test in Six Days."
Mateo Oliveira was, in turn, nine seconds
ahead of Pro II runner-up Colton Aeck, whose
consistency throughout the season earned the
(Right) Though Evan
Shine bested him on
the day, Andrew Schulz
claimed the NGPC
Super Mini Open (12-16)
Championship over
Shine by a single point,
196-195.
