seconds, officially, Martinez just
two seconds behind the Husky
pilot.
"I made some good moves
and worked my way into second
place then made a dumb move
and just went down," VP Racing
Fuels/ProTaper/Fly Racing FX
450 rider Walton explained. "I
got up as quick as I could and
charged hard to the end and
ended up with a second place so
I can't be mad about that. I was
feeling a little under the weather
coming into the race and trying
to deal with those things so it was
one of those races where I came
in knowing, 'All right let's just give
it our best.' For coming out with a
second, I'm happy with it."
"It started off really good; I
was second for like 30 or so
[minutes]," Monster Energy/Ske-
chers/Fly Racing CRF450RX-
mounted Martinez said. "I had
arm pump today for the first quar-
ter of the race and I made a huge
mistake in the back before the
big uphill and flew off the track.
Austin and Dante got me right
there. I had to regroup because I
wasn't riding like myself."
Pitting early helped him
regroup and make a charge,
though it fell just short of second
place.
Hoeft was fourth followed by 3
Bros./Hatch Racing Husqvarna's
Dalton Shirey, Purvines Racing
Yamaha rider Trevor Stewart,
Precision Concepts/Chaparral
Motorsports Kawasaki's Tyler
Lynn, SLR Honda's Tallon La-
Fountaine and DeMartile.
Unofficially, Martinez and
Oliveira are tied for first at 51
points while Walton has 50 after
two rounds.
On the other hand, FMF/RPM
Racing KTM's Mateo Oliveira has
sole possession of first in Pro II
points after his second straight
victory on his Dunlop/Motorex/
Klim 250 XC-F. He was 10th over-
all, just seven seconds ahead of
Pro II runner-up Jack Simpson of
the SLR Honda squad. Purvines
Racing Yamaha-mounted Justin
Seeds picked up his first class
podium of the season and was
12th overall.
Elite Off-road KTM rider Bran-
dy Richards also notched her
second-consecutive Pro Women
triumph in another dominant ride
that saw her place 30th overall
and on the same lap as overall
winner Oliveira. 3 Bros./Kilmartin
Racing GasGas rider Ava Silves-
tri was second again ahead of
teammate Lauren Woods.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL
1. Dante Oliveira (KTM)
2. Austin Walton (Hus)
3. Cole Martinez (Hon)
4. Justin Hoeft (Hus)
5. Dalton Shirey (Hus)
6. Trevor Stewart (Yam)
7. Tyler Lynn (Kaw)
8. Tallon LaFountaine (Hon)
9. Dare Demartile (Bet)
10. Mateo Oliveira (KTM)
IN
THE
WIND
P46
Taft suited Andrew
Schulz just as well as
round one in Delano,
the young man
claiming three wins
over the weekend:
NGPC Super Mini,
Super Mini Advanced
and Two-stroke B.
