VOLUME 59 ISSUE 18 MAY 3, 2022 P29
D
esert racing is as old-school
as it gets, and every so often
you find a fierce battle for the
lead billowing in the thick dust
surrounding the racecourse. And
that's exactly what happened
at the 2022 edition of the Silver
State 300, a 300-mile point-to-
point race just outside of Alamo,
Nevada, April 30.
The race for the overall win
was an all-out dog fight between
the top three for a majority of
the 300 miles. The 1-800-Dent-
Doc/Kenda KTM duo of Hayden
Hintz/Trevor Hunter got the quick
jump over the 3Bros./DT Racing
KTM team of Jeremy Newton/
Jeff Trulove, making first dust and
setting the pace high early on.
Husqvarna Factory Racing's
Skyler Howes started out third
ahead of Skaggs Racing Honda's
Jarrett Megla/Tucker Hopkins to
complete the Open Pro field.
The first 100 miles saw the
N1 Hintz/Hunter team out front,
holding a steady one-minute
gap to the N2 Newton/Trulove
team, who felt the pressure from
Howes, as he slowly reeled them
in over the first third of the race.
Nearing the halfway point, all
three riders tightened up and
were within seconds of each
other, as the N1 team saw their
lead diminish. Hintz credited
an unopened gate causing him
to stop for a moment, allow-
ing the other riders to make up
some ground. From there, the
race was on and the N1 and N2
teams swapped positions back
and forth, each capitalizing on
mistakes made by the other team
trying to sprint away.
Meanwhile, the veteran Howes
sat back and watched as the
front runners traded the lead
and mistakes. Howes made his
move on the N1 team when they
had a run-in with a barbed wire
fence. Howes rode past as they
watched helplessly, entangled in
the fencing.
From that point on, Howes set
sail to another Silver State victory,
amassing a few minutes lead over
the final 80 miles of the race. The
fight for second was a close one,
with the Newton/Trulove team
just edging out Hintz/Hunter at
the finish line by 27 seconds.
Trevor Hunter
Overall
1. Skyler Howes (Hus)
2. Jeremy Newton/Jeff Trulove (KTM)
3. Hayden Hintz/Trevor Hunter (KTM)
4. David Broderick/Luke Reynolds (Hus)
5. Jarrett Megla/Tucker Hopkins (Hon)
Skyler Howes
Solos To
Silver State
Success
Skyler Howes played
his cards just right to
win the BITD Silver
State 300 desert race.
PHOTO: HARLEN FOLEY