Dante Oliveira Takes Desperado WHS Win
D
ante Oliveira made it three
wins in a row after topping
Outlaw Racing's 5th Annual
Desperado Hare Scramble at
Flying Blind Dirt Park, May 6-7,
which was round three of the
AMA West Hare Scrambles
Regional Championship Series,
Presented by MojoMotoSport.
And for the third round in a row, 3
Bros./Hatch Racing GasGas rider
Giacomo Redondi—the defend
-
ing series champ—had to settle
for second behind the FMF/KTM
Factory Racing Off-Road Racing
Team star, while LiquiMoly Beta's
Zane Roberts rounded out the
podium in third.
Oliveira led all five laps of the
approximately 16-mile hilly and
diverse loop that started out
extremely sloppy after overnight
rain but tacked up nicely and
drew widespread praise for how
fun it became. But in the early
going, Oliveira and his Red Bull/
Motorex/Thor 450 XC-F faced
strong challenges, with LiquiMo
-
ly Beta's Joe Wasson grabbing
the lead after a pit, though he
was unable to hold it, eventually
finishing fourth.
"Three in a row—I'm stoked
with it!" Oliveira said. "Super-fun
course today, the way the track
was the dirt was unreal. You
could actually charge.
"Joe rode good for a while.
Giacomo rode good. I battled with
Joe a little bit after he passed me
[for the lead] then I got back out
front and just started charging."
Though he'd guessed wrong
on suspension setup and found
the rebound too speedy on his
FMF/Acerbis/Seven MC 450F,
Redondi soldiered on, aware he
needed to ride a bit more con
-
servatively in order to stay on the
often-rocky trails—something he
discovered after losing the front
and careening into a bush while
running second on the second
lap.
WIND
IN THE
P50
Missing his number plate
after some bar banging,
Dante Oliveira took firm
control of the Desperado
Hare Scramble for his
third-straight win.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
