In fact, on the final lap while
making a final push to catch
Dante, a run-in with a lapper left
Redondi on the ground, banged
up and with a gaping hole in his
bike's swingarm! But he rejoined
the race in time to hold off Ma
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teo and salvage second.
Though third place matched
his result at Glen Helen's brutally
hot round four, Mateo Oliveira said
he was happy with his ride on his
Dunlop/Renthal/Scott 350 XC-F.
"I feel a lot better than after
Glen Helen, that's for sure!" he
said. "We got spoiled with good
conditions here, and I was just a
little bit off the mark the first two
laps to stay close, but I charged
hard and finished within, like,
eight seconds of 'Giac.' I'm not
too bummed—I rode hard, and
two hours and 45 minutes is
a long time, but I felt fresh the
whole time, so I'm pumped!"
An impressive fourth overall
saw Sherco FactoryOne's Layton
Smail claim the Pro 250 victory
over FMF RPM Racing KTM's
Jaden Dahners for the third time
this season. That puts the GPR
Stabilizers/SxS/ FXR 250 SEF
rider five points further ahead
of Dahners and his Americool/
Acerbis/ Moose Racing 250 XC-
F, the standings now 140-126.
Dahners was fifth overall fol
-
lowed by Liqui Moly Beta's Zane
Roberts, FMF/DDC/ Fly Racing
FC 250-mounted Ryder Thoma
-
selli, Hunt and Sons GasGas
rider Lane Lorenzo (the overall
A and 250cc A winner), Johnny
Campbell Racing (JCR) Honda
support rider Nolan Cate (fourth
in Pro 250) and Fly Racing Husky
FX 250-mounted Ethan Pacak
(fifth Pro 250).
Pro Women got the weekend
started. The race order switched
to accommodate the Pros, who
needed to do double duty with the
NGPC Pro race taking place on
Sunday in Ridgecrest, California.
As she'd done in every previ
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ous round, GasGas-backed Ava
Silvestri took the win on her FMF/
Dunlop/Troy Lee Designs EX
250F, her dominating ride carry
-
ing her almost two minutes clear
of runner-up InnTeck KTM rider
Rachel Stout with Let's Ride KTM-
mounted Ashlee Gage third.
"If I didn't win today, I wouldn't
have been mad about it, so I want
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ed to control [the race] as best as
possible," Silvestri said. Knowing
she had another important race
the next day as well as getting
promoted to the U.S. Women's
World Trophy in Spain after Korie
Steede had to withdraw due to
injury, Silvestri had a lot on her
mind. "Yeah, there's a lot going
on in my brain, but I kind of had to
push it to the back of my head."
Mark Kariya
OVERALL
1. Dante Oliveira (KTM) Pro
2. Giacomo Redondi (GG) Pro
3. Mateo Oliveira (KTM) Pro
4. Layton Smail (She) Pro 250
5. Jaden Dahners (KTM) Pro 250
6. Zane Roberts (Bet) Pro
7. Ryder Thomaselli (Hus) Pro 250
8. Lane Lorenzo (GG) A 250
9. Nolan Cate (Hon) Pro 250
10. Ethan Pacak (Hus) Pro 250
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Layton Smail
claimed his third
Pro 250 victory
of the season
over fellow
Pacific Northwest
resident Jaden
Dahners.
Ava Silvestri took her fifth
Women's Pro win of the season.
