Redondi, Semmens, Nielsen Take
Pro Wins at NGPC Finale
I
t's been a long time between
wins for 3Bros/Hatch Racing
Gas Gas-sponsored Giacomo
Redondi in the Parts Unlimited
AMA National Grand Prix Cham
-
pionship (NGPC) Series, Present-
ed by FMF.
In fact, you have to go back
to 2018 for his first win in the
series—and it was called the
AMA District 37 Big 6 Grand
Prix Series back then. But
Giacomo broke that dry spell
with a hard-fought win in the
Gold Rush Grand Prix, hosted
by the Vikings Motorcycle Club,
the ninth and final round of the
2024 season. Liqui Moly Beta's
Dare DeMartile clawed his way
through the multi-rider lead pack
all afternoon, completing the
$8000, 90-minute feature race
14 seconds adrift of the winner,
while GNCC regular Ruy Barbosa
led much of the early going on
his borrowed Johnny Campbell
Racing (JCR) Honda, ultimately
finishing a further six seconds
back for third place.
With all three Pro-class Cham
-
pionships wrapped up at the pre-
vious round, one might expect
those riders to give a little less
than 100 percent at the finale—
but one would be incorrect. In
fact, of those three, only overall
Pro champ (for the fifth-straight
time) Dante Oliveira failed to
register another victory. Having
suffered a wrist injury during the
week, he opted to sit this one out
to focus on retaining his AMA
West Hare Scrambles (WHS)
Championship in two weeks.
But newly crowned Pro II
champ Mason Semmens of the
FMF RPM Racing KTM team and
Slam Life Racing (SLR) Honda's
Mikayla Nielsen, who'd clinched
her second-straight Pro Women's
championship, did show up and
added triumphs at the finale to
their résumés.
The Vikings laid out the tight
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WIND
IN THE
P42
A tighter-than-usual
Havasu course led to close
racing, especially at the
front. Giacomo Redondi
leads Dare DeMartile and
Mateo Oliveira. Redondi
eventually made his way to
the front to win.
