WIND
IN THE
P50
"I just tried to pick up the pace
a little bit, pick up the pace a lit-
tle bit, and he stayed right there!"
Roberts said. "He was better in
the woods than I was, for sure,
but there just wasn't much pass-
ing in there so I knew as long as
I stayed off the ground, I'd prob-
ably be all right."
FMF/RPM Racing KTM's
Jaden Dahners, last year's over-
all and Pro 250 winner, had a
fannypack issue that slowed his
charge, and he ended up sixth
overall, second in Pro 250, fol
-
lowed by 395 Motorsports/MX
Trophies Husqvarna-mounted
Ryder Thomaselli, the defending
Pro 250 champ.
Red Bull/FMF KTM Factory
Off-road Racing Team's Ivan
Ramirez earned fifth Pro/AA and
eighth overall ahead of FMF/
RPM Racing KTM Pro 250 rider
JJ Concannon.
New Bellingham transplant
Russell Bobbitt rounded out the
top 10 overall and won Pro Vet
35+ on his Russell Bobbitt Rac
-
ing & Coaching/Gnarly Routes
KTM 450 XC-F. Round-five class
winner Monte McGrath and Reid
Brown were next across the fin-
ish and on the class podium.
The morning race saw Nor-
man Racing Husqvarna's Ava
Silvestri put her recent WMX
races to good use, at least on
the motocross portion of the
course, en route to a dominating
sixth Pro Women victory on her
Precision Concepts/Dunlop/Troy
Lee Designs FC 250.
"Today I was actually a little
worried coming into this round
because I haven't ridden anything
this tight in a long time, so I was
honestly interested to see how I
was going to do," she said. "After
the first lap I was able to get
comfortable again and not feel
completely foreign in the woods!"
Washington local Breanna Wall
put in an excellent ride to second
in Pro Women aboard her JMC
Motorsport GasGas with Ashlee
Gage rebounding from a poor
start to finish third on her Canyon
Excavation/Let's Ride KX250.
The series now takes its sum
-
mer break and resumes with the
seventh and final round in Monte
Vista, Colorado, on September
12-13.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL (Top 10)
1. Ricky Russell (Kaw) 2:33:32
2. Mateo Oliveira (Hus) 2:34:31
3. Layton Smail (Kaw) 2:35:06
4. Zane Roberts (Bet) 2:35:24
5. Tyler Vore (Hus) 2:35:32
6. Jaden Dahners (KTM) 2:39:22
7. Ryder Thomaselli (Hus) 2:40:06
8. Ivan Ramirez (KTM) 2:48:19
9. JJ Concannon (KTM) 2:49:35
10. Russell Bobbitt (KTM) 2:50:29
It's been a while since Russell
Bobbitt raced on the West Coast,
but we'll probably see a little more
of that since he's now a resident of
Bellingham. The former National
Enduro champ was 10th overall and
won the Pro Vet 35+ class.
Ava Silvestri's recent
WMX experience showed
on the start of the
motocross-track section.
After a lap, riding in the
woods came back to her,
and she earned her sixth
Pro Women win of the
season.
