Shirey Finishes Them Off At Lucerne
R
ockstar Energy Husqvarna
Factory Racing Off-Road
Team's Dalton Shirey capped
off his Championship-winning
season by winning the sixth and
final round of this year's AMA
Hare & Hound National Champi-
onship Series, Presented by FMF,
the 100s Motorcycle Club's 56th
Annual California National Hare
& Hound. LiquiMoly Beta star
Zane Roberts and S.W. Roberts
Construction GasGas-mounted
privateer Clayton Roberts (no
relation and on a 450 for the first
time) rounded out the podium.
Having successfully defended
his title at the previous round
last month, Shirey had nothing
but pride on the line as he began
the three-loop (40, 35 and 25
miles long), 100-mile race at
North Anderson Dry Lake in the
Johnson Valley Off-Highway
Vehicle (OHV) Area.
Champions, however, don't
slack off and Shirey treated this
like any other race—he was in
it to win it aboard his Motorex/
Dunlop/Fly Racing-backed FX
450.
However, he took a back seat
to AHM/Motorex/Acerbis KTM
450 XC-F rider Carter Klein off
the start. It wasn't too long
before both Shirey and Zane
Roberts got by Klein who held
third until conceding that spot
to Clayton Roberts on the fairly
technical second loop.
"I kind of sat in his dust for
a while, then eventually he
fell over," Shirey said. "I got by
him and just rode from there
a smooth and collected race. I
didn't want to make any stupid
moves today."
That set the finishing order
with Shirey winning in two hours,
39 minutes and 49 seconds,
Zane Roberts 51 seconds back
on his FMF/IMS/Klim 480 RR,
which clinched second in series
points for him, 171-117.
WIND
IN THE
P34
Dalton Shirey (1) won the final
AMA National Hare and Hound of
season, but third-place finisher and
Pro 250 champ Clayton Roberts
(199) had a better podium burnout
in his first race aboard a 450.
