ROUND 4 / APRIL 11, 2026
LITTLE SAHARA RECREATION AREA / JERICHO, UTAH
OFF-ROAD I AMA NATIONAL HARE & HOUND CHAMPIONSHIP
P96
Husqvarna's Woolslayer lay
ahead, but not for long.
"We were going through the
dunes, and I saw Daemon make
a move on Zane, and I was
like, 'All right, it's time to go!'
" Oliveira said. "So I pinned it
by and kind of sneak-attacked
Zane and put the hammer down
behind Daemon for about 20
miles, then he ended up having
a little mishap."
That was the opening Oliveira
needed. Once out front, he
relaxed a bit to recover from the
weren't up front after the start,
forcing him to attack the race a
bit differently.
"I didn't get the bike fired up
right away, but I made the best
of it and came out in the eighth-
to-fifth range," Oliveira said. "A
little bit of squirrelly passes,
fighting through the dust the
first mile, then I got some fresh
air. The wind was blowing abso
-
lutely insane, so that helped out
in my favor with my poor start."
About five miles in, only
Roberts and Norman Racing
dunes. But I'm happy with how
I executed my start, and then
everything after the sand dunes
I rode well."
"I think I got passed by, like,
four people in the sand dunes,"
Roberts added. "All of them
except for Dante got to the end
of the sand dunes and blew up
[physically] and went backward.
My heart rate was at 200, and
apparently so was theirs!"
Unlike previous rounds,
Oliveira and his Red Bull/Mo
-
torex/Alpinestars 450 XC-F
Ava Silvestri (pictured) built up
enough of a lead at the start to allow
her to ease her effort afterward
and maintain the top Pro Women
position over Rachel Stout.
