feature race, Oliveira passed the
young motocrosser after throw-
ing down his two fastest laps of
the race over one hour in. From
there, Oliveira cruised into the
finish unchallenged and with his
fourth win of the season in the
bag. Hymas hung on to second
in his first foray in off-road racing
piloting a 450cc machine—quite
impressive for the young Super-
cross Futures champ.
Meanwhile, the battle for third
raged all race long between
Walton and SLR Honda's Cole
Martinez, both of whom have be-
come quite accustomed to bat-
tling over the last few seasons.
Martinez made the pass on
Walton just over halfway through
the race, and the two never got
out of sight of each other with
Martinez holding a slight advan-
tage over the Husqvarna pilot. At
the checkers, Martinez finished
third with Walton hot on his
heels for fourth. Utah local Tyler
Lynn put in a signature ride,
charging through the pack late
in the race to secure another top
five and matching the front run-
ners' pace in the latter stages.
In the lightweight division,
FMF RPM KTM Racing Team's
Mateo Oliveira left no doubt in
who was the best 250cc rider
on the day. Leading from lap
one to lap 14, the younger Olivei-
ra brother put time on the field
every lap, amassing nearly two
minutes on the next best Pro 2
rider at the finish on his way to
the win and ninth overall.
SLR Honda's Jack Simpson
found himself in the Pro 2 run-
ner-up position once again. The
Aussie native has shown plenty
of speed and consistency in his
first year stateside, but Oliveira
has shown to have just a tad
more of that speed and consis-
tency. 3Bros Kilmartin Husqvar-
na's Kai Aiello rounded out the
podium ahead of Purvines Rac-
ing Yamaha's Thomas Dunn and
Kawasaki rider Gavin Brough.
The Pro Women's class podium
has become somewhat of a
familiar sight with KTM's Brandy
Richards atop the box and Gas-
Gas's Ava Silvestri standing one
step down in second. Richards
led from start to finish and built
quite the gap as she chased down
as many Pro and Pro 2 racers as
she could in favorable conditions
for the Lake Havasu native.
Silvestri's teammate Lauren
Woods rounded out the Pro Wom-
en's podium in third while nursing
an injury sustained at round four
just over one month ago.
Trevor Hunter
Overall Pro
1. Dante Oliveira (KTM)
2. Chance Hymas (Hon)
3. Cole Martinez (Hon)
4. Austin Walton (Hus)
5. Tyler Lynn (Kaw)
6. Trevor Stewart (Yam)
7. Dare Demartile (Bet)
8. Giacomo Redondi (GG)
9. Mateo Oliveira (KTM) Pro 2
10. Cole Zeller (Kaw)
IN
THE
WIND
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Brandy Richards left
the Women's Pro class
behind, racing to 21st
overall and well into
the Pro and Pro 2 fields
ahead of her.
