Shirey Seals the Deal at BITD World
Hare & Hound Championship
S
erving as the grand finale to
the 2022 Championship and
paying homage to its roots, Best
In The Desert returned to To-
nopah, Nevada, November 5-6,
for another World Hare & Hound
Championship, round six of the
American Off-Road Racing Se-
ries. Husqvarna factory-support-
ed ace Dalton Shirey claimed the
"World Champion" title to match
his AMA National Championship
for the year.
Going back to the mid-1980s,
BITD originally started with the
World Hare & Hound Champion-
ship, drawing all of the fastest
desert racers from across the
nation. Last year saw the return
of this race to the calendar, and
now, two years in a row, the win-
ner has doubled down as Na-
tional and World Champion in the
grueling discipline.
In true BITD fashion, the ban-
ner dropped at sunrise on the
outskirts of Tonopah. Shirey's
3Bros/Hatch/Husqvarna FX450
fired first among the Pro field,
nabbing the early lead and set-
ting the pace at the start of the
nearly 120-mile point-to-point
race. Behind Shirey was a field
of competitive pros, including a
tight points chase between the
series contenders with Hayden
Hintz/Trevor Hunter (riding sepa-
rate at this non-team event) and
Jeremy Newton. While Hintz and
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Dalton Shirey came away
with the overall win at
the World Hare & Hound
Championship held near
Tonopah, Nevada.
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