ROUND 6 / SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
LINCOLN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS / PANACA, NEVADA
P76
OFF-ROAD I AMA HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
behind Dalton was Factory Beta
racer Zane Roberts, who initially
had a rough start to his NHHA
season but has steadily progressed
and improved on his points, mov-
ing him up to a solid fourth behind
injured FMF KTM racer Taylor Rob-
ert (who remains on the injured list
and reportedly will not be returning
to racing this season.)
With Zane Roberts moving up
in points and likely finishing the
2022 season on the podium, he
said, "It's definitely nice to be get-
ting back into the points a little bit
but what's more important for me
at this point is to have solid rides,
and hopefully collect some wins
so that I can roll that confidence
into next year when I get a fresh
start on the points."
A slight mishap off the start
line would not keep Roberts from
charging his Beta 480RR hard
through the bomb run, getting him
off to a second-place seat which
he held onto for the entire 80
miles of rough desert track.
"I messed up my start a bit
by blipping the throttle too soon
before my bike started, so I had
a terrible jump off the line but
had a really good line down the
bomb run and was able to come
out second behind Dalton," said
Roberts. "Immediately, we got
into some nasty dust and Dalton
was able to get a decent-sized
gap on me. From there on out I
just had a smooth race and rode
by myself the whole day chasing
Dalton's dust. No crashes, no big
mistakes, just rode my own race
and ended up in second."
work on themselves and try to
find their weaknesses or things to
work on, you're never a perfect
rider, so there is always some-
thing to improve on."
Finishing less than two minutes
"Going into Reno [the next
round of the NHHA Champion-
ship] I will be approaching things
mostly the same; maintaining
the momentum I have is always
the goal. Racers always need to
Zane Roberts kept the
pressure on Shirey the
entire race, finishing
approximately a minute and
a half behind the winner.
Otto Pearson rounded out the
overall podium with third.
