WIND
IN THE
P46
FXR 250 SEF Factory, four sec-
onds behind Dahners.
JMC Motorsports/Just 1
GasGas rider Layton Smail—sec-
ond in Pro 250 points behind
Vore now, 103-87—and Mojo-
MotoSport/Six Five O GasGas-
mounted Anthony Ferrante (also
a Pro 250) rounded out the top
10 overall.
In the morning race, defending
AMA Hare & Hound Pro Women
champ Rachel Stout led the way
on her Full Factory Offroad/Let's
Ride Powersports/Fly Racing
KTM 350 XC-F, but Alpinestars/
Piston Bones KTM 250 XC-F
rider Mikayla Nielsen hounded
her most of the way despite
having separated a shoulder
three weeks ago in a high school
powder-puff football game.
In a prelude to the afternoon
race, Nielsen saw an opening
in the final stretch and scooted
past Stout, but in doing so
strayed out of the course bound
-
ary marked by double arrows.
Officials penalized the first-year
Pro (in her first year doing the
series) one position as a result,
handing Stout her first-ever WHS
Pro Women win.
After taking the lead early on,
Stout noted, "We got on some
fast roads and it kind of felt
more hare & hound-ish and it
was dusty. I just felt like I was
used to riding stuff like that and
I knew that I would have a little
bit of an advantage with the dust
so I was trying to ride smooth
and not over my head. I came in
way too hot to a few corners and
I was like, 'All right, you just need
to ride smooth and ride smart!'"
Defending class champ Ava
Silvestri was a distant third on
her 3 Bros./Hatch Racing Gas
Gas EX 250F but remains the
points leader with Nielsen sec
-
ond, 106-101.
Mark Kariya
Overall
1. Giacomo Redondi (GG)
2. Mateo Oliveira (KTM)
3. Dante Oliveira (KTM)
4. Joe Wasson (Bet)
5. Zane Roberts (Bet)
6. Tyler Vore (GG) Pro 250
7. Jaden Dahners (Yam) Pro 250
8. Mason Ottersberg (Shr) Pro 250
9. Layton Smail (GG) Pro 250
10. Anthony Ferrante (GG) Pro 250
Rachel Stout (112L)
holds a slight lead over
Mikayla Nielsen. Stout
went on to nab her first
WHS victory.
