Dante Three-Peats With Rabbit
Creek 100 H&H Win
F
MF KTM Factory Racing Off-
road Team's Dante Oliveira's
goal for the year must be simply
to win every time he lines up
and so far, no one's been able to
prevent him from doing so.
With his latest triumph at
Dirt Inc.'s Rabbit Creek 100/Bill
Walsh Memorial Hare & Hound,
Oliveira and his Red Bull/Mo
-
torex/Alpinestars 450 XC-F took
another step towards that goal.
He's now been victorious in all
three rounds to date in the AMA
Hare & Hound National Cham-
pionship Series, Presented by
FMF (as well as in the four AMA
National Grand Prix Champion
-
ship Series rounds so far). And
for the third-straight round, Liqui
Moly Beta's Zane Roberts had
to settle for the runner-up spot,
with Norman Racing Husqvarna
rider Daemon Woolslayer a wea
-
ry third after making the arduous
journey from racing the SCORE
San Felipe 250 the day before.
Due to an extremely dry, warm
winter, the entire region around
the Owyhee Front in South
-
western Idaho had received
minuscule amounts of rain or
snow, guaranteeing dusty condi-
tions as silt pockets developed
everywhere. Getting a good start
would be paramount if one were
to do well, and Oliveira got a
perfect launch when the banner
dropped, leaving the rest of the
pack to fight the wall of dust that
enveloped most of the 114-mile
course.
"I had a nice gap the whole
time," he noted. "The dust was
very heavy, and the wind wasn't
helping out too much for those
in the back."
But it wasn't entirely trouble-
free, as he missed one turn,
nearly forfeiting that lead. Unlike
last year when Roberts took ad
-
vantage of comparatively ideal
conditions to stay close and
employ a late pass for the vic
-
tory, he was unable to get close
this year, save for one time when
Oliveira missed a turn.
WIND
IN THE
P50
Dante Oliveira made
it three in a row for
this season with his
decisive win at the
Rabbit Creek 100.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
