VOLUME ISSUE FEBRUARY , P71
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
BY MARK KARIYA
F
MF KTM Factory Off-road
Racing Team's Dante
Oliveira had a minor hic
-
cup at round one of the FMF
AMA National Grand Prix
Championship (NGPC) Series,
finishing third in the mud. But
he rebounded nicely to win at
round two aboard his Red Bull/
Motorex/Thor-sponsored 450
XC-F and added another triumph
at round three, the Prospectors
Motorcycle Club's Gold Rush
Grand Prix at Shorty's Sports
Park. Slam Life Racing (SLR)
Honda teammates Cole Mar
-
tinez and Tallon LaFountaine
claimed second and third, Mar-
tinez setting a very quick early
pace before Oliveira got by him.
"Massive thanks to my trainer,
Jared Becker; he's a huge help
and one of the biggest parts to
my program," Oliveira said.
A good start put Dante Oliveira
in third right away, but he let
the leaders go ballistic before
making his winning move.
