at, probably, mile 11—there was
a split lane on the main trail, and
I went for it. I said, 'I have to get
it right now, or I'm just going to
be stuck behind [Ryder Thoma-
selli] for way too long.'
"Once
I got into the lead, I had
clear air and just rode my race."
Defending Pro 250 champ
and Husqvarna support rider
Thomaselli had to battle a shock
setting that was off, making
for a punishing ride on his 395
Motorsports FC 250. "I guess
I need to do more testing," he
said after finishing second in
end, and I'm still kind of feeling
it going into this weekend, so I
did what I could," Shirey said.
Having traded his broken 350
for a new MC 450F, GasGas
support rider Lane Lorenzo
enjoyed the extra power in the
whoops and sped to fourth
overall, 12 seconds ahead of
Pro 250 winner Layton Smail.
A disappointed fourth Pro 250
last year, the Let's Ride/ Canyon
Excavation/ JMR Suspension
KX250-mounted rider said, "I
think it was on lap three when I
finally got into the lead. It was
five laps of the 21-mile loop in
under three hours—2:55:56 to
2:55:47, officially.
Five minutes back, Pro Cir
-
cuit Kawasaki Off-Road Team's
Dalton
Shirey learned that he
needed more time to recover
from his gargantuan eight-hour
solo effort at the Mint 400 the
week before. While he charged
in the early laps, residual fatigue
(as well as trying suspension
using Colton Aeck's GP settings)
conspired to have him settle into
a pace he could hold to the end.
"It was pretty brutal last week
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ROUND 3 / MARCH 14-15, 2026
FORT SAGE OHVA / DOYLE, CALIFORNIA
OFF-ROAD I AMA WEST HARE SCRAMBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
P50
Defending Big Wheel champ Ryan
Watts added another victory on
Saturday over Walker Segale Van
Dover and Ryker Manthey. On
Sunday, he won 200cc B for the
second straight round.
