VOLUME ISSUE OCTOBER , P71
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
BY MARK KARIYA
V
iewfinders MC's Desert
Classic GP, FMF KTM
Factory Off-Road Racing
Team's Dante Oliveira had noth
-
ing to prove at the Vikings Motor-
cycle Club's Lake Havasu Grand
Prix, the ninth and final round of
the FMF AMA National Grand
Prix Championship (NGPC) Se
-
ries. But that didn't mean he was
going to let up at the season fi-
nale. After he and brother/team-
mate Mateo started at the back
of the pack, they steadily worked
their way forward until Mateo
took the overall lead about 30
minutes into the race aboard his
Red Bull/Motorex/Thor-backed
450 XC-F. He had his eye on the
$8000 purse.
Dante Oliveira came
through the pack to
win the Lake Havasu
NGPC final.