An uncharacteristic poor start
sentenced Dante Oliveira to an
afternoon playing catch-up aboard
his Dunlop/Hinson/Scott Goggles
350 XC-F. "I got a terrible start
worrying too much about what
people were doing next to me
rather than just doing my own
thing. It's been a while since I've
been that far back in a race other
than on the East Coast!"
Though Redondi owned a
huge gap over Dante Oliveira, the
defending champ also had to
worry about Lyndon Snodgrass
lurking a few seconds behind.
But that motivated him, and he
kept chipping away at the gap,
and as they hit the scoring chute af
-
ter the checkered flag, they clashed.
"I should've been a little nicer,
but I had no clue what place I was
in or whatever, so it was just heat
of the moment, ran it in deep and
didn't even make the pass, so that
was kind of dumb," Dante Oliveira
admitted.
But it was still enough for fifth
overall and fourth Open Pro, giving
Dante Oliveira enough points to
retain the championship. Redondi
didn't go away completely empty-
handed, as he earned the number-
one plate for the Pro/AA category
over Dante Oliveira, 140-138, unof
-
ficially.
A tired Toth came in sixth
overall, fifth Open aboard his
brand-new Enduro Engineering/
TBT/Seven-backed KX450 fol-
lowed by new Pro 250 champ
Layton Smail, the Sherco Facto-
ryOne rider and his GPR Stabiliz-
ers/SxS/FXR 250 SEF ending up
with 165 points, unofficially.
"I thought I'd be a little more up
front, but I just rode my own race
all day, found my lines and tried
to ride smooth the entire time
instead of pushing it," he said. "I
wanted to battle with Gus Rior
-
dan, but he was on another level!"
FMF RPM Racing KTM's Jaden
Dahners had a mathematical
ROUND 6 / NOVEMBER 23-24, 2024
CAMP LODESTAR UNITED METHODIST / WILSEYVILLE, CALIFORNIA
OFF-ROAD I AMA WEST HARE SCRAMBLES REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
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Ava Silvestri
dominated the
morning race to seal
an undefeated season
in Pro Women and
easily defended the
number-one plate.
