water in the pits and regrouped,
and somehow managed to finish
my second lap clean."
Rounding the pro podium
in third was Otto Pearson who
normally races in the Pro 250cc
class, but being a Nevada native
and previous MRAN Champion
(AA), he decided to try his hand
with the Pro class this round. At
the end of the long hard race
day, Pearson was stoked to say
the least. "Awesome race today!"
he said. "I got off to a great start
which had me in third early on. I
was able to keep that position to
the finish."
Pro 250cc saw a new face on
the top podium step, as Clayton
Roberts was able to put it all
together for his first NHHA Pro
sand washes are all brand new,
they're all smooth but they had
a hard crust, so it was actually
slick. At one point, I was cookin'
and came around a corner and
seemingly out of nowhere there
was a tree. I hit it and ripped my
left arm off, but my right was still
on the bars, and I yanked that
way and went straight right, and
then hit another tree and ended
up crashing. I picked myself back
up, got going again and then I
was able to see the pits, but then
somehow, I clipped a rock, and it
kicked me a little to the right into
another rock, and I swapped out.
I picked myself up from that and
told myself to calm down.
"After a few deep breaths I
took off from there, got some
Unlike Roberts, Shirey got off
the line with great success but
found himself off the bike more
than once. One of those times
was pretty gnarly.
"I was able to get the holeshot
today and start walking away;
I really wanted that holeshot,
because it's pretty silty out here,
and I did not want to deal with the
dust," said Shirey. "I've raced the
series for several years now and
I've learned these terrains, and I
know you have got to get those
critical starts in certain areas be-
cause you're going to put yourself
in a high-risk situation if you don't
get a good start. So, this was a
great race to get that good start.
"I led for a while, and I was
really pushing myself. These
ROUND 6 / SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
LINCOLN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS / PANACA, NEVADA
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OFF-ROAD I AMA HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Clayton Roberts won the 250cc class.
