Semmens Tops NGPC/WORCS
Dynamite Grand Prix
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ummer break is over and so
is Dante Oliveira's win streak
in the Rocky Mountain ATV/
MC AMA National Grand Prix
Championship (NGPC) Series,
presented by FMF.
Round seven of the 10-race
series saw FMF RPM Racing
KTM's Mason Semmens lead
from start to finish, with six-time
and reigning series champ Dante
Oliveira keeping him honest the
entire 90 minutes. That broke
Oliveira's considerable win
streak, though Semmens has
taken two Pro 450cc victories
in the Rocky Mountain ATV-MC
World Off-Road Championship
Series (WORCS), presented by
MSR, and leads in points in that
championship.
Dubbed the Dynamite Grand
Prix at the Cache Valley MX
Park, the race was co-sanc
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tioned by no less than five
organizations: NGPC, WORCS,
Grassroots Off-Road, South-
western Idaho Desert Racing
Association (SIDRA) and Utah
Motorcycle Off-Road Racing
Association (UMORA). This
resulted in a huge number of
participants, leading to several
classes with more than 40 riders
lining up behind the MX gates.
And Semmens was doubly
motivated after watching (on
TV) fellow Aussie—and former
teammate Hunter Lawrence—
capture the AMA Pro Motocross
Championship on Saturday.
"Back in 2014, 2015, I was
teammates with Hunter and
Jett—on a KTM junior [moto
-
cross] program we had at home,"
he said. "I wanted Hunter to
win so damn bad yesterday just
because of Supercross, and
he'd come second in SMX to
Jett multiple times. I just really
wanted him to get that win! See
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WIND
IN THE
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The WORCS 450cc Pro points leader in his first
year aboard the big bikes, Mason Semmens
had yet to win Open Pro in NGPC until
everything clicked at the Dynamite Grand Prix.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
