out front, the battle for second
heated up between Mateo Olivei-
ra and DeMartile. Mateo held
the upper
hand for a while on his
Dunlop/Motion Pro/100% 450
XC-F, but DeMartile and his FMF/
Bridgestone/FXR 480 RR found
the pace to catch and pass him,
even after going down once.
"I had to dig real deep the
first couple laps," DeMartile
said. After getting into second,
then dropping his bike, which
let Mateo pass, the Beta pilot
said, "I did some breathing and
calmed myself back down and
got charging back to Mateo. I
think he was pretty tanked by the
last lap. He was making some
mistakes, and I saw an opportu
-
nity, and I took it and got a good
little gap on him at
the end."
"I didn't have what it took to
seal the deal for second today,"
Mateo said. "I'm miles ahead of
where I was last year, so I believe
I'm just getting better. Congrats
to my brother and hope I can
give him more battles next year."
As for Semmens, his closest
competitor in points was fel
-
low Australian Sam Pretscherer,
the recently crowned
two-time
AMA Hare & Hound Pro 250
champ. But Semmens did have
a relatively comfortable lead in
that department on his Acerbis/
Precision Concepts/Moose
Racing-backed 250 XC-F, and he
said, "I think if Sam won, I had to
be second [to lock it up]. But it all
went according to plan, which is
what I wanted to do in the race.
I had to pass a few guys to get
there on the first lap and pushed,
but Sam rode quite well the first
couple laps. He wasn't letting me
get away, which I was impressed
with!
Hoeft held on for fourth Open
Pro and fifth overall in only his
third appearance of the year, fol
-
lowed by Pretscherer aboard his
3Bros/Hatch Racing Husqvarna
FC 250.
Slam Life Racing (SLR)
Honda's Tyler Lynn took seventh
overall, followed by visiting Aus-
sie Lyndon Snodgrass on his
borrowed
Pro Circuit/Precision
Coatings KX450SR. Pro II com
-
petitors Jake Alvarez on his Pro
Circuit/Team
Green KX250 and
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Mason Semmens wrapped
up his second consecutive
AMA NGPC Pro II title with
his sixth consecutive class
triumph, also earning third
overall in the process.
