ROUND 2 / JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 1, 2026
SHORTY'S SPORTS PARK / BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA
OFF-ROAD I AMA NATIONAL GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP
P86
his AEO Powersports/Gainsling-
er Human Performance/Moose
Racing
450 XC-F.
A half-dozen Pro II riders filled
the rest of the top 10 overall,
led by Slam Life Racing (SLR)
Honda's Pretscherer and his
Monster Energy/Lava Propane/
Fly Racing-backed CRF250RX.
After a slow start, the Austra
-
lian quickly worked his way into
the class
lead after about 20
minutes and built a lead of 32
seconds over Pro II runner-up
Cody Simpson by the finish.
rest of the race playing catch-up
to work his way back to the
podium.
"The way my bike was run
-
ning, I was just kind of surviving
out there,"
he said. "I think Ma-
son [Semmens] was a little sick,
so I
knew he was going to get
tired. I just put my head down
and charged."
Despite possibly being under
the weather, FMF/RPM Racing/
KTM's Semmens managed to
hold on and claim fourth, his
best series finish to date aboard
vantage over Hoeft at the finish,
with Rockstar Energy Husqvar
-
na's Mateo Oliveira having his
own battles
in netting third, a
minute and 19 seconds behind
Hoeft.
Dunlop/VP Racing Fuels/Fly
Racing FX 450-mounted Mateo
Oliveira said, "I was riding—not
out of control but a little squir
-
relly in the beginning."
That
included getting dusted
out in the Pro section and get
-
ting stuck momentarily, drop-
ping him to fourth. He spent the
Mikayla Nielson came down with a
bug that kept her off the bike until the
Saturday Pro Women races, but she
put all her energy into Sunday's feature
race to take the overall win.
