Acerbis/Seven-backed EX 450F.
The two inched away from the
rest of the field.
"I was stoked [to ride for]
the first time at Washougal; it
was a lot of fun," Oliveira said,
though he was surprised at how
slick the dirt in general, tended
to be. "It definitely kept you on
your toes, so you couldn't really
charge in some of those spots."
Unofficially, he has 171 points
with Redondi second at 146.
With that 25-point difference
and 30 awarded for a race win,
Oliveira noted, "For the finale
[in November], I think I've just
got to show up and finish, but
Wilseyville and the NorCal MC
group, they always do a good job
on the course so I'm excited to
see what they have. I've spectat
-
ed the last couple [years] there
so I hope to go have some fun
there."
And for Oliveira, having fun
means winning.
As for Redondi, he made a
stab at Oliveira early on but
fell, though me managed to
scramble back to within a few
seconds. Realizing the race
would be nearly three hours, he
metered his effort and observed,
"I think the last hour and a half—
more than half the [race]—me
and Dante were doing the same
pace, so I'm happy about that.
Good job to him and I'm look
-
ing forward to the last race. The
championship is not over."
Having missed a round and
later having a bike issue, the
Pro 250 title isn't in the cards
for Dahners and his AmeriCool/
TBT Racing Suspension/Arai
YZ250FX, but his second class
win in a row solidified his third
in points. Grabbing third overall
as well as the class win once
again was a happy bonus, but
he insisted that both runner-up
Layton Smail and third-placed
Tyler Vore were formidable op
-
ponents.
"It was kind of anyone's game
going into this and I just got
a little lucky on some of the
mistakes the other riders made
and capitalized on that," Dahners
said.
Filling in for the injured Jack
Anderson on the DC Sherco
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Jaden Dahners got out
front early in the Pro 250s,
winning for the second-
straight round while also
earning third overall on
adjusted time.
