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"All-in-all, it was a good day for
me," Walton said. "I got off to a
pretty decent start and charged
really hard to get behind Dante.
We charged the whole race, and
I was kind of just yo-yoing right
behind him. He'd get me in the
back, and I'd kind of catch him
up in the front. I was feeling good
and felt like I fell into a comfort-
able groove. I sort of pushed a
little bit harder and made a couple
mistakes in the back section. It's
one of those tracks where you
can make some major mistakes
and make yourself really tired to
get to the end. We had a little mis-
take and ended up taking a little
digger, but that's just racing."
Beta's Dare Demartile took
control of third place by lap four
and he held the spot for the re-
mainder of the race, finishing ap-
proximately three minutes behind
the two riders ahead of him.
Tyler Lynn (Kawasaki) and Tal-
lon LaFountaine (Honda) round-
ed out the top five.
Hoeft ended up seventh and
Hymas dropped out at the half-
way point.
It was much the same for
little brother Mateo. In the
250cc Pro race, Mateo Oliveira
took the lead on lap three and
steadily pulled away from Honda
rider Jack Simpson for the win.
Oliveira took the checkers ap-
proximately 30 seconds ahead
of Simpson. And Kai Aiello
(Husqvarna), who started nearly
dead last, worked his way up to
third, with Colton Aeck (KTM)
taking fourth and Noah Viney
(Honda) fifth.
"Awesome day and awesome
year in WORCS," Oliveira said.
"Today, it was hot, rough and san-
dy, but I was able to get a medio-
cre start and then move into the
lead fairly quick. Then, I just kind
of paced with the second-place
rider, Jack, for the whole race.
He was riding good. I'm stoked. It
was a good year, and I finally got
the championship."
KTM had a good weekend
with Jace Allred leading all laps
en route to winning the ProAm
race just ahead of Women's Pro
winner, KTM Brandy Richards,
who has yet to finish no less than
first all year.
Yamaha-mounted Jason Fich-
era was third overall in ProAm in
his first try.
Connor Moore
450 PRO
1. Dante Oliviera (KTM)
2. Austin Walton (Hus)
3. Dare Demartile (Bet)
4. Tyler Lynn (Kaw)
5. Tallon LaFountaine (Hon)
250 PRO
1. Mateo Oliveira (KTM)
2. Jack Simpson (Hon)
3. Kai Aiello (Hus)
4. Colton Aeck (KTM)
5. Noah Viney (Hon)
Mateo Oliveira made it
two titles for the Oliveira
family after clinching the
Pro 250cc class.
